Drugs, Falls, and Fires
Research suggests that two-thirds of US adults aged 65 and older use at least three prescription medications. Meanwhile, older adults are twice as likely as the general population to experience a fata...
12 Apr 202234min
40 Years of Fire Research
Since 1982, the Fire Protection Research Foundation, the research affiliate of NFPA, has been instrumental in answering countless important questions about how best to protect the world from fire and ...
22 Mars 202241min
Long COVID and the Fire Service
Dr. Denise Smith, who has spent decades researching the physiological impact of firefighting, joins The NFPA Podcast to discuss how firefighters who have been infected with COVID-19 could struggle for...
8 Mars 202233min
The Dangers of Static Electricity
Static electricity doesn't usually get a lot of attention, but maybe that should change. One tiny spark, many times smaller than what a human can perceive or feel, can cause huge industrial accidents ...
22 Feb 202239min
'Working Together': Moving the US Fire Service Forward
Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell, who was appointed as the US fire administrator in October, joins The NFPA Podcast to discuss her priorities for the US Fire Administration in 2022 and beyond—from the need to f...
8 Feb 202246min
One Week, Two Fires, 29 Deaths
In early January, two of the deadliest residential fires of the past 40 years in the US happened just days apart in Philadelphia and the Bronx. A total of 29 people died, including more than a dozen c...
25 Jan 202253min
Preventing Human Trafficking
January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. In today's episode of The NFPA Podcast, we revisit an interview NFPA Journal Executive Editor Scott Sutherland conducted with Jeremy...
11 Jan 202223min
Earned Wisdom, Part 2: Greg Cade
Two important figures in the US Fire Service, Russ Sanders and Gregory Cade, have announced they will be retiring at the end of 2021 after a combined 105 years of service to the fire profession. In to...
28 Dec 202136min
