Episode 1444: iWomen - SMART Firefighting

Last year fire departments in the United States responded to more than 480,000 structure fires which resulted in death and injuries to both firefighters and civilians.  Fire Service leaders have the difficult task of gathering information and data from a variety of sources in an effort to insure the safety of their communities and their firefighters.  The world of technology is rapidly advancing and NFPA and the fire service is working to incorporate these new types of integrated systems called cyber-physical systems (CPS) in an effort to greatly improve performance, safety, prediction and resilience against the effects of fire.

The NFPA pulled together candidates and out-of-the box thinkers from representatives from thirteen key fire organizations including iWomen – The goal was to address the emerging topics, take action on this information so that the fire service can swiftly adapt to these emerging technologies.

Tonight iWomen will inform our listeners about these SMART technologies.

Remember FDIC is in April 2017 and is the largest and most important North American fire training event and tradeshow in the fire service industry with more than 32,000 attending the 2016 event.  iWomen will be co-hosting their Leadership Conference in Indianapolis, the FDIC 2017 event will take place April 24-29th.

Find details at:  www.fdic.com