CRR Radio

In this episode of CRR Radio we chat with Naperville (IL) Fire Chief Mark Puknaitis about how they are using community risk reduction in Naperville and across the state of Illinois through the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association. Also, be sure to check out the free CRR resources available to you from The Vision 20/20 Project, including the Fire Safety Materials Generator where you can create customized flyers, door hangers, refrigerator magnets and more at http://materialsgenerator.strategicfire.org.

Underwriters Laboratories has come out with a new standard for smoke alarms that radically changes the landscape. The new requirements are designed to make smoke alarms more responsive to a range of fires, yet also reduce the number of nuisance alarms. In this episode we talk with Bruce Johnson about the changes and what it means for the CRR community. You can find out more information at https://smokealarms.ul.org.

In this episode we talk with the CPSE Commission on Fire Accreditation Program Director Karl Ristow about the intersection of CRR and Accreditation and how CRR is a vital part of the accreditation process. You can learn more about accreditation at the Center for Public Safety Excellence at www.cpse.org.

Watch Commander Paul Speight from the Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service in the United Kingdom talks about how they are using virtual reality and 360 degree video in training the fire service and the public. This cutting-edge application has the promise of revolutionizing how to provide information in an incredibly engaging, realistic way that results in effective behavioral change. You can see the driving training in action here https://youtu.be/qztSyReEVc0, behind-the-scenes on the road safety film, and learn more about Leicestershire Fire and Rescue on their website https://leics-fire.gov.uk/

In this episode we talk with FF/PIO Corey Lewis from the Richmond, Kentucky, Fire Department.  RFD was one of the 25 agencies across the nation that took part in 2018's Town/Gown Fire Safety Community Service Project, a partnership between First Alert, the Michael H. Minger Foundation and Campus Firewatch, that connects college students with fire departments to install smoke alarms in at-risk homes. RFD took it to another level by also doing it on Martin Luther King Day as a community day of service with 53 students from Eastern Kentucky University. By using analytics, they were able to create heat maps identifying the at-risk parts of the community to better focus their efforts.

In this episode we talk with Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell from the IAFF about two of the data projects she is working on - FireCARES and NFORS. In addition to what Dr. Moore-Merrell is telling us in this podcast, you can learn more about them at http://www.firecares.org and http://www.nfors.org. Also, a new organization has been created that will be the host for both of these data projects, http://www.i-psdi.org.

In this episode we speak with Chief Nate Trauernicht, CFO, from the UC Davis Fire Department in California. Chief Davis heads up one of the few campus-based fire departments, and has a unique set of challenges when it comes to protecting the campus and students. His department has taken a very proactive approach through Community Risk Reduction to help teach the students lifelong skills.  As a bonus, during the conversation Chief Trauernicht was talking about the Social Media Style Guide that his department developed that they are sharing with other fire departments across the nation to help them in their outreach efforts. https://fire.ucdavis.edu/resources-fds

NFPA has released an updated educational messaging guide that includes new sections on campus fire safety and wildland fire safety. This guide contains a wealth of fire safety messaging covering a wide range of topics to help fire safety professionals develop standardized messages. You can download the EMAC Guide at https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/Resources/Educational-messaging

Past IAFC President and Rogers Arkansas Fire Chief Tom Jenkins had the opportunity to travel and meet with fire departments across the United States and around the globe during his year in office. He sat down with CRR Radio and shared his observations on how fire departments are working with Community Risk Reduction and the challenges they are facing.

In this episode of CRR Radio we talk with Matt Hinds-Aldrich from the NFPA about the two-year grant they were awarded to look at how to better collect data relating to CRR activities.  Having a better way of documenting CRR activities would be key to helping develop evidence-based programs by collecting data relating to activity and outcomes. NFPA is looking for information on how departments are currently documenting their activities as part of this research project, and if you have something to contribute, please contact Matt Hinds-Aldrich at nfds@nfpa.org. (Sorry about some of the audio glitches during the podcast, we had an intermittent connection!)

In this episode of CRR Radio we talk with West Midlands FIre Service Chief Officer Phil Loach about the research project being undertaken in the UK to develop evidence-based methods for evaluating the impact of CRR (or as they call it, Integrated Risk Management). Phil Loach is Chief Fire Officer for West Midlands Fire Service, the largest UK Fire & Rescue Service outside of London. Alongside this, CFO Loach is also the Vice Chair for the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) which is made up of Chief Fire Officers from all 50 UK Fire & Rescue Services. Within the NFCC, CFO Loach is Programme Executive for the Community Risk Programme which has been set up to develop a comprehensive, evidence based and accredited risk analysis toolkit that is endorsed by the NFCC to assist UK fire and rescue services in developing their community risk management plans, while also being available to inform the understanding of Government departments around approaches to community risk management. The Programme is currently carrying out a Research Project that will include reaching out across the world to understand the approaches taken internationally when it comes to Community Risk Management. The Community Risk Programme is therefore inviting the International Fire Community to get in touch with the program if they would like to contribute or be involved in the exchange of ideas and sharing of approaches. Fire departments in the United States and other countries outside the UK can do so by contacting Group Commander Martin Ward-White at Martin.Ward-White@wmfs.net.

NFPA 3000 is the new standard that focuses on responding to hostile events and active shooters. In this episode we talk with John Montes from the NFPA, Lori Moore-Merrell from IAFF and Massachusetts State Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey, all involved in the development of this important standard and how you can use it in your community. For more information on NFPA 3000, go to http://www.nfpa.org/3000 For more information on The Vision 20/20 Project and Community Risk Reduction, visit http://www.strategicfire.org/crr To listen to other episodes of CRR Radio, now in its second season, go to http://www.strategicfire.org/crrradio and be sure to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts

This episode of CRR Radio focuses on the efforts being done in Huntington, West Virginia and Manchester, New Hampshire to address the impact of the opioid crisis on the communities and the departments. First, we speak with Huntington Fire Chief Jan Rader, who was featured in the Netflix Oscar-nominated documentary Heroin(e). We then talk with Firefighter Chris Hickey from the Manchester Fire Department about their Safe Station program that is being adopted by other departments across the country. Heroin(e)http://heroinethefilm.com/ Huntington Fire Department http://www.cityofhuntington.com/city-government/city-departments/fire Manchester Fire Department https://www.manchesternh.gov/Departments/Fire The Vision 20/20 Project http://www.strategicfire.org CRR Radio http://www.strategicfire.org/CRRRadio

In Cobb County, Georgia, they formed a CRR Co-Op that is bringing together a wide variety of organizations to begin focusing on county-wide risk reduction. Wendy Korotkin talks about the first problem they chose to address…the opioid crisis that is sweeping across the nation and is having an impact in Cobb County. We then talk with Fred Durso from NFPA about the new podcast series they produced, The Survivors, which chronicles the impact of a tragic, fatal fire in Landers, Wyoming on a family, the fire department and the community

Virtual Reality and Fire meet up in this episode where we learn how the Poudre Fire Authority and the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery teamed up to produce a virtual reality tour of an off-campus house fire. This is a great educational tool that PFA is using with different audiences and it really places the viewer in the middle of a fire scene - something that they have never seen before. More info is available at http://www.strategicfire.org/crrradio#vr VR Tour on RoundMe https://roundme.com/tour/191762/view/ Fort Collins Museum of Discovery http://fcmod.org/ Poudre Fire Authority http://www.poudre-fire.org/Home/Components/News/News/247/17?backlist=/ Campus Firewatch http://www.campus-firewatch.com/vr