Fire Safety Challenges in East Africa
More than 80 percent of the world's population lives in low-and-middle income countries, according to the World Bank. In these nations, it's often a huge challenge to find the resources needed to buil...
22 Jul 202532min
FDNY's Lithium-Ion Task Force
Since 2022, New York has experienced more than 800 fires sparked by lithium-ion batteries, leading to 30 deaths and more than 400 injuries. The sudden explosion of battery incidents led FDNY in 2023 t...
8 Jul 202540min
Safety Goes on Offense
As we've noted on the podcast a few times recently, standard development organizations and safety professionals are facing several significant challenges right now. In statehouses, lawmakers are incre...
24 Jun 202533min
Heat, the Silent Killer
As summer weather begins in the Northern Hemisphere, we revisit this very relevant episode from 2023. Heatwaves aren't just uncomfortable, they are deadly for millions of people around the globe each ...
11 Jun 202553min
Risk Reduction on Tribal Lands
Tribal nations and native communities across North America are consistently one of the highest-risk population groups for a range of health and safety issues, including fire incidents and casualties. ...
27 Mai 202557min
The Mysteries of Electrical Injuries
May is Electrical Safety Month, which is a good time to remember that dozens of people across the world suffer injuries from electrical hazards every single day. Survivors of these incidents list a ra...
13 Mai 202551min
Is It Alzheimer's, or Carbon Monoxide Poisoning?
Carbon monoxide is known as the silent killer, but it doesn't have to kill you to have permanent consequences. There is growing evidence that long-term exposure to CO, at concentrations that are too s...
22 Apr 202530min
The Construction Fire Problem
As the weather in the Northern Hemisphere starts to shift to spring and construction season gears up, we revisist an episode from 2021 about the costly ongoing problem of fires in buildings under cons...
8 Apr 202531min
