The Assault on Safety, Part 2
This is the second part of our series looking at how fire and life safety codes are being delayed, erased, and watered down across the United States. On this episode, we talk to Ohio State Fire Marsha...
25 Mars 202552min
The Assault on Safety, Part 1
There is a serious threat to safety happening now that isn't getting nearly enough attention, according to many state fire marshals and fire service leaders. Across the U.S., anti-regulatory sentiment...
11 Mars 202539min
Making LA More Resilient
As the Los Angeles area wildfires exploded in early January, a nonprofit organization called MySafe:LA leapt into action, disseminating timely information to guide residents through the chaos. But pub...
25 Feb 202552min
The Act that Transformed Fire Safety
In 1973, fire killed and injured more people in the United States than in any other industrialized nation in the world. The next year, Congress passed the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act, a la...
11 Feb 202552min
Big Storage, Bigger Questions
Modern warehouses and distribution centers are huge. Some have footprints larger than 60 American football fields and are filled with densely packed racks up to 100 feet tall. When a giant building li...
28 Jan 202544min
The LA Wildfires
In the last week, huge swaths of metro Los Angeles have been devastated by wildfires fueled by parched vegetation and hurricane force winds. The images and videos of once vibrant neighborhoods reduced...
14 Jan 202540min
Artificial Intelligence and the Fire Service
You could make the argument that artificial intelligence was the most consequential new technology for fire and life safety in 2024. Several fire departments began dabbling with AI this year, and some...
24 Dec 202443min
A New Dawn for Smoke Alarms
This summer, long-awaited changes to the standard that sets the performance requirements for smoke alarms went into effect, marking a new era for the technology. For the first time, smoke alarms must ...
10 Dec 202445min
