Firehouse Community Risk eNL - Sep 5th, 2023
 
 
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September 5, 2023

From January 2000 to April 2023, 94 fatal fires occurred on a college campus. With the new school year upon us, the NFPA and Center for Campus Safety are working together to help ensure college dormitories and off-campus housing are as safe as possible for students through their Campus Fire Safety for Students campaign.

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Jeremy Mitchell says a community risk assessment is a tool that helps departments to maximize the capability of time-pressed fire prevention personnel.
Craig Weinschenk's description of FSRI's thermal runaway experiments with e-scooter lithium-ion batteries provides explanation for why the fires that can erupt from them often are extremely dangerous.
David Mutnansky believes discussions with school administrators are needed to begin to allow more fire safety education back into schools.
Daniel Byrne explains how going beyond the conventional community risk reduction mentality makes a department a daily valued service, which is needed for long-term change.
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