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• April 2009 - A discussion with Carol Peterson
  Curt Varone speaks to Carl Peterson, who recently retired from the NFPA after 42 years of service. Listen as Carl discusses the history and development of fire apparatus project that he worked on for the past 24 years.
• February 2009 - What is the ProBoard?
  Curt Varone discusses the purpose and function of the National Board of Fire Service Professional Qualifications, more commonly known as the ProBoard, with Tony O’Neil and Steve Austin. Tony is the ProBoard’s Secretary Treasurer and Steve is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.
• January 2009 - NFPA's Casey Grant  Part 1  Part 2
  This podcast is a presentation by Casey Grant on fire research and the Fire Protection Research Foundation. Casey Grant is the Director of Research at the Fire Protection Research Foundation, and delivered the presentation at the recent Public Fire Protection Division Technical Committee Chair Forum held December 10 and 11, 2008 at NFPA Headquarters.
• December 2008 - Stay and Defend
  This podcast addresses a relatively new and quite controversial strategy in wildland firefighting called "Stay and Defend."
• November 2008 - NFPA's Firefighter injuries report
  NFPA’s Senior Statistician Mike Karter discusses the 2007 NFPA Firefighter Injury report with Director of Public Fire Protection, Curt Varone.
• October 2008 - Fire Prevention Week
  Ken Holland from NFPA's Public Fire Protection division discusses FPW with Judy Comoletti, division manager for Public Education.
• 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.
• June 27, 2008 - 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.
• June 26, 2008 - Fireside chat with Alan Brunacini
  Curt Varone has a frank discussion with retired Fire Chief Alan Brunacini on firefighter health and safety.
• June 25, 2008 - Wildland firefighter safety
  Jim Smalley introduces the Firefighter Safety in the Wildland Urban Interface program. The full program is available free of charge .
• June 24, 2008 - 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.
• June 23, 2008 - 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)
• June 18, 2008  - Introduction by NFPA Director of Public Fire Protection, Curt Varone