{"podcast":{"title":"The NFPA Podcast","slug":"the-nfpa-podcast-1063918","podcast_index_feed_id":1063918,"rss_url":"https://nfpa.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.nfpa.org","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/8/9/0/e890088fc7597e57/NFPA_Blubrry.jpg","author":"NFPA","episode_count":260,"summary":"The NFPA Podcast is the place for safety professionals to stay up to speed on the fast-paced world of electrical, fire, and life safety. Hear in-depth conversations with people out in the field about how they are confronting new challenges and staying on top of emerging technologies to keep the world safe. Listen the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. Email jroman@nfpa.org to send feedback or recommend a topic for future episodes.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T14:19:18.546809+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nfpa-podcast-1063918"},"episode":{"title":"Cooking Fire Facts and Figures","slug":"cooking-fire-facts-and-figures","published_at":"2025-11-25T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nfpa-podcast-1063918/cooking-fire-facts-and-figures","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nfpa-podcast-1063918","url":"https://nfpa.libsyn.com/cooking-fire-facts-and-figures","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/nfpa/EP127_Cooking_and_Turkeys_mixdown_FINAL_V2.mp3?dest-id=12612","summary":"Cooking is such a routine part of everyday life that it's easy to overlook its potential dangers. According to NFPA research, cooking is the leading cause of reported home fires, home fire injuries, and home fire deaths in the United States. With Thanksgiving this week—the day with by far the most cooking fire incidents of any day on the calendar—we take a close look at NFPA's latest cooking fire statistics to better understand how these fires start, who the victims tend to be, and what public educators should know (1:15). Then, we rerun a segment from 2020 exploring the science behind those viral videos of turkey-fryer fireballs (7:37). Then, in Code Corner, NFPA engineer Brian O'Connor talks about the different letters and numbers on fire extinguishers and what they mean (19:23). LINKS: Watch turkey frying gone wrong View NFPA cooking fire prevention resources Read the 2023 NFPA research report on US home cooking fires","meta_description":"Cooking is such a routine part of everyday life that it's easy to overlook its potential dangers. According to NFPA research, cooking is the leading cause…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1548,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-nfpa-podcast-1063918/episodes/cooking-fire-facts-and-figures/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nfpa-podcast-1063918/cooking-fire-facts-and-figures.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}