The NFPA Podcast is a new podcast series featuring in-depth interviews on fire, life, and electrical safety. The new podcast follows the same journalistic style that was employed by the former NFPA Journal Podcast but delves further into emerging issues and trending topics by featuring more voices from diverse professionals from around the globe.
Points of view from different subject matter experts—code officials, facility managers, inspectors, builders, electricians, firefighters, public educators, policymakers, and more—are woven together to demonstrate that safety is a system, as illustrated in the NFPA Fire & Life Safety Ecosystem.
“Everything related to fire and life safety changes so fast and frequently, and as such so must the depth of our knowledge,” said Lorraine Carli, Vice President of Outreach and Advocacy at NFPA. “The NFPA Podcast looks at persistent challenges, current issues, and potential concerns in a refreshing, relevant way. It provides listeners with well-rounded information so that those charged with protecting people and property can do their jobs effectively and efficiently.”
The inaugural episode of The NFPA Podcast examined the legal cannabis industry through different lenses. The multi-billion-dollar legal marijuana industry, with its own unique industrial processes, has fire marshals, firefighters, regulators, inspectors, and others across the United States scrambling to learn how these facilities operate, what the dangers are, and what regulations need to be in place to prevent fires and explosions, such as the one that occurred recently at a cannabis-related business in Los Angeles. Listen to the cannabis conversation here.
New episodes will air on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month and can be accessed on Spotify, Apple Music, and many other popular podcast platforms. In the coming weeks, The NFPA Podcast will look at fire safety considerations for batteries, remote video inspection, residential fire sprinklers, and wildfire preparedness efforts. Listeners with ideas for future podcast episodes are encouraged to email Jesse Roman at [email protected].
