Podcasts

• September 2008, Part 1 - OSHA regulations
  A discussion about OSHA regulations and their applicability to both career and volunteer Fire Service with Ron Hopkins associate professor of Fire and Safety Engineering Technology at Eastern Kentucky University.
• September 2008, Part 2 - NFPA standards
  NFPA's Frank Florence and Curt Varone discuss the legal effect of NFPA standards.
• August 2008 - FIrewise program
  Michele Steinberg, NFPA’s Firewise Communities Support Manager, explains how Firewise helps residents and fire departments prepare for wildfires in a way that will dramatically reduce the risk of homes and businesses being destroyed.
• July 2008 - Fire service now subject to new Federal requirement for high visibility clothing while operating on highways
  A recently proposed Federal requirement for high visibility clothing has created a potentially confusing array of regulations and standards for emergency responders. Listen as two of NFPAs top experts, Bruce Teele – (NFPA 1971 Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting), and Carl Peterson (NFPA 1500 Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program and NFPA 1901 – Standard for Automotive Fire Apparatus) discuss the new regulations.
• 6/27/08 - 2007 Edition of NFPA 1403
  Jim Smalley discusses  live fire training with Fire Chief Ken Richards, Old Mystic, CT., Training Officer Dan Rossos, Portland (Or.) Fire & Rescue, and Larry Hughes, North Carolina State Fire Marshall’s Office, all of whom serve of the NFPA Technical Committee on Fire Service Training.
• 6/26/08 - Fireside chat with Alan Brunacini
  Curt Varone has a frank discussion with retired Fire Chief Alan Brunacini on firefighter health and safety.
• 6/25/08 - Wildland firefighter safety
  Jim Smalley introduces the Firefighter Safety in the Wildland Urban Interface program. The full program is available free of charge .
• 6/24/08 - Apparatus Safety and changes to NFPA 1901
  Carl Peterson discusses apparatus safety, seat belt usage, and recent changes to NFPA 1901 with Robert Tutterow, Fire Department Safety Officer of the Charlotte, North Carolina Fire Department, and member of the NFPA Technical Committee on Fire Department Apparatus.
• 6/23/08 - Medical issues for firefighters
  Curt Varone discusses the most important medical related issues confronting firefighters with experienced doctors who are heavily involved in treating firefighters, Dr. Jon Mittelman and Dr. Thomas Gassert.
  Note: Dr. Mittleman is organizing a conference in Sturbridge, MA on September 27: How to Decrease Cardiovascular Mortality in Your Fire Department. (PDF, 130 KB)
• 6/18/08  - Introduction by NFPA Director of Public Fire Protection, Curt Varone