Smart Firefighting
Smart Firefighting Podcast covers real-world deployments of smart technologies through conversations with technologists, innovators, companies, and forward-thinking public safety and government agencies. Learn from interviews with leaders as they share their insights and offer their expertise every week! Host Kevin Sofen is a co-founding member of the Smart First Responder Community who loves to explore change management and technology in public safety.
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Thursday Jul 14, 2022
Thursday Jul 14, 2022
A glimpse into the state of the international fire service...
Hello Smart Firefighting Community!
Welcome to another episode of covering real world innovations via interviews with fire service and technology industry experts that empower YOU to develop your very own Smart Firefighting strategy!
This is the first episode of our Interschutz 2022 Mini Series. Interschutz 2022 was an international trade show hosted over six days and included exhibitions plus engaging forums covering the various aspects of firefighting, rescue services, civil protection and safety and security.
In this episode:
- How can we share and learn from best practices within the international fire service?
- Why is the vernacular in wildfire fighting so important?
- How can implementing Community Risk Reduction strategies help prevent disasters and improve response efforts?
At the expo, SFF met with Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell - an expert in executive leadership, emergency response system evaluation, public safety resource deployment, community risk assessment, data science/analytics, and so much more. Dr. Moore-Merrell recently served on the Biden-Harris Transition Team to conduct agency review for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as part of the COVID-19 response planning. She has also served on the Public Safety Committee of the transition teams for both the mayor of New York City and the mayor of the District of Columbia.
During her 26 years at the IAFF, Dr. Moore-Merrell spent more than 17 years leading a research team made up of international fire service organizations and other partners. As principal investigator and senior project manager on projects funded by FEMA/Assistance to Firefighters Grants totaling more than $23 million, she led the team to produce landmark reports and other tools to improve residential and high-rise fire ground operations, community risk assessment, fire and EMS resource deployment, and “Big Data Analytics” — all to help drive executive decision-making. These reports and other resources have changed the face of fire and EMS deployment in countries throughout the world.
Connect with Dr. Moore-Merrell: LinkedIn | Twitter
Episode Resources:
- Additional biography on Dr. Moore-Merrell
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Monday Jun 06, 2022
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Information the fire service needs may already be available, so how can it be optimized?
Hello Smart Firefighting Community!
Welcome to another episode of covering real world innovations via interviews with fire service and technology industry experts that empower YOU to develop your very own Smart Firefighting strategy!
In this episode:
- How can we use data to get ahead of the incident before first responders arrive on the scene?
- Should we view the incident command operational picture from a different lens than previous historical examples?
- How can we focus on reducing the risk rather than eliminating it?
Who better to fill in the blanks other than the Impact Strategist for Upstream ABI, WFCA Board Director, CEO and Fire Chief of Jackson County Fire District: Robert (Bob) Horton?
Bob is a scholar-practitioner working in local government while conducting applied research at the intersection of behavioral economics, public policy, and community risk management. He focuses on the use of evidence to evaluate program effectiveness and to examine policy-relevant questions. As a practitioner, he has worked in public safety for over twenty years, with a third of that time in an executive leadership role.
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Head to www.smartfirefighting.com to discover how SFF accelerates innovation for emergency responders, to find out when our next event is or review our curated resources!
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Tuesday May 10, 2022
Tuesday May 10, 2022
This is the seventh and final episode of our FRST Challenge Breakdown Mini Series!
Hello Smart Firefighting Community!
Welcome to another episode of covering real world innovations via interviews with fire service and technology industry experts that empower YOU to develop your very own Smart Firefighting strategy!
In this episode:
- What is the value of 3D tracking for law enforcement?
- How can the FRST Challenge support innovation for all first responders?
- How can entrepreneurs bring new technology into public safety?
Join our SFF Community!
Head to www.smartfirefighting.com to discover how SFF accelerates innovation for emergency responders, to find out when our next event is or review our curated resources!
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Thursday May 05, 2022
Thursday May 05, 2022
This is the sixth episode of our FRST Challenge Breakdown Mini Series!
Hello Smart Firefighting Community!
Welcome to another episode of covering real world innovations via interviews with fire service and technology industry experts that empower YOU to develop your very own Smart Firefighting strategy!
In this episode:
- What is the value of 3D tracking for law enforcement?
- How can the FRST Challenge support innovation for all first responders?
- How can entrepreneurs bring new technology into public safety?
Join our SFF Community!
Head to www.smartfirefighting.com to discover how SFF accelerates innovation for emergency responders, to find out when our next event is or review our curated resources!
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Tuesday May 03, 2022
Tuesday May 03, 2022
This is the fifth episode of our FRST Challenge Breakdown Mini Series!
Hello Smart Firefighting Community!
Welcome to another episode of covering real world innovations via interviews with fire service and technology industry experts that empower YOU to develop your very own Smart Firefighting strategy!
In this episode:
- What is the value of 3D tracking for law enforcement?
- How can the FRST Challenge support innovation for all first responders?
- How can entrepreneurs bring new technology into public safety?
Join our SFF Community!
Head to www.smartfirefighting.com to discover how SFF accelerates innovation for emergency responders, to find out when our next event is or review our curated resources!
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Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
This is the fourth episode of our FRST Challenge Breakdown Mini Series!
Hello Smart Firefighting Community!
Welcome to another episode of covering real world innovations via interviews with fire service and technology industry experts that empower YOU to develop your very own Smart Firefighting strategy!
In this episode:
- What is the value of 3D tracking for law enforcement?
- How can the FRST Challenge support innovation for all first responders?
- How can entrepreneurs bring new technology into public safety?
Join our SFF Community!
Head to www.smartfirefighting.com to discover how SFF accelerates innovation for emergency responders, to find out when our next event is or review our curated resources!
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Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
This is the third episode of our FRST Challenge Breakdown Mini Series!
Hello Smart Firefighting Community!
Welcome to another episode of covering real world innovations via interviews with fire service and technology industry experts that empower YOU to develop your very own Smart Firefighting strategy!
In this episode:
- What is the value of 3D tracking for law enforcement?
- How can the FRST Challenge support innovation for all first responders?
- How can entrepreneurs bring new technology into public safety?
Join our SFF Community!
Head to www.smartfirefighting.com to discover how SFF accelerates innovation for emergency responders, to find out when our next event is or review our curated resources!
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Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
Tuesday Apr 19, 2022
This is our second episode of our FRST Challenge Breakdown Mini Series!
Hello Smart Firefighting Community!
Welcome to another episode of covering real world innovations via interviews with fire service and technology industry experts that empower YOU to develop your very own Smart Firefighting strategy!
In this episode:
- What is the value of 3D tracking for law enforcement?
- How can the FRST Challenge support innovation for all first responders?
- How can entrepreneurs bring new technology into public safety?
Join our SFF Community!
Head to www.smartfirefighting.com to discover how SFF accelerates innovation for emergency responders, to find out when our next event is or review our curated resources!
Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
This is the first episode of our FRST Challenge Breakdown Mini Series!
Hello Smart Firefighting Community!
Welcome to another episode of covering real world innovations via interviews with fire service and technology industry experts that empower YOU to develop your very own Smart Firefighting strategy!
In this episode:
- What is the value of 3D tracking for law enforcement?
- How can the FRST Challenge support innovation for all first responders?
- How entrepreneurs can bring new technology into public safety
Join our SFF Community!
Head to www.smartfirefighting.com to discover how SFF accelerates innovation for emergency responders, to find out when our next event is or review our curated resources!
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Thursday Mar 10, 2022
Thursday Mar 10, 2022
Hello Smart Firefighting Community!
Want to learn a thing or two about augmented reality? Then take a listen...
Welcome to another episode of covering real world innovations via interviews with fire service and technology industry experts that empower YOU to develop your very own Smart Firefighting strategy!
In this episode:
- What is the changing landscape of XR tech & its impacts on public safety?
- How has human-computer interactions to human-world interactions evolved?
- A message for aspiring entrepreneurs / innovators in the world of XR
Joining as SFF's co-host is retired Caption Kirk Mckinzie along with our guest Ori Inbar, the founder of Super Ventures which was the FIRST early-stage fund dedicated to augmented reality (AR).
With an incredibly impressive track record under his belt, Ori is a recognized speaker in the AR industry, lecturer at NYU, as well as a sought after adviser & board member for AR startups. He's been an enterprising champion of the AR industry since 2007 when he established Games Alfresco - a leading augmented reality blog that helped popularize AR. Additionally, back in 2009, he was the co-founder & CEO of Ogmento, one of the first venture-backed companies conceived from the ground up to develop & publish augmented reality games - games like Pokemon Go.
Most notably, Ori is also the co-founder & CEO of Augmented World Expo AWE XR (formerly ARE) - a global community dedicated to advancing AR & virtual reality (VR). Since 2010, over 5,000 companies & 50,000 professionals have trusted AWE to connect, learn & grow their business in the XR ecosystem - via conferences, meetups, classes, award competitions, industry news & thousands of free videos about everything XR. Now in its 8th year, the conference has grown to be the world's largest and most influential conference for AR.
Want to join the XR community for FREE? Head to AWE.LIVE to register now for constant access to events, networking opportunities, virtual expos & more!
Connect with Ori Inbar: Twitter
Episode Resources:
- Edgybees Software
- QWAKE Technologies
- Fire Vision AR
Join our SFF Community!
Head to www.smartfirefighting.com to discover how SFF accelerates innovation for emergency responders, to find out when our next event is or review our curated resources!
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