Cooking Fire Prevention Is Better Podcast Wed, 13 May 2026 04:12:09 -0400 https://pioneeringtech.buzzsprout.com en-us © 2026 Cooking Fire Prevention Is Better Podcast yes 7dd4abb4-3e5a-5fcc-8a8a-e3a821718fa9 Pioneering Tech episodic false Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Pioneering Tech https://storage.buzzsprout.com/aic9z73glmnug8c82deycui1blea?.jpg Cooking Fire Prevention Is Better Podcast Starting Your Own CRR Initiative: Cooking Fire Prevention Starting Your Own CRR Initiative: Cooking Fire Prevention In a series of live interviews, we hear from CRR champions across the United States on the different, innovative ways they have implemented the SmartBurner cooking fire prevention initiative. They share their experiences along with some tips to make starting your own cooking fire CRR initiative possible with their "copy + paste" toolkit. 
Covering the struggles of securing funding, building a team, creating partnerships, overcoming mental obstacles, and crunching fire prevention data, this podcast is the perfect way to begin a fire prevention initiative and take the first step toward eliminating cooking fires in your city. 

]]> In a series of live interviews, we hear from CRR champions across the United States on the different, innovative ways they have implemented the SmartBurner cooking fire prevention initiative. They share their experiences along with some tips to make starting your own cooking fire CRR initiative possible with their "copy + paste" toolkit. 
Covering the struggles of securing funding, building a team, creating partnerships, overcoming mental obstacles, and crunching fire prevention data, this podcast is the perfect way to begin a fire prevention initiative and take the first step toward eliminating cooking fires in your city. 

]]> Buzzsprout-14858351 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 14:00:00 -0400 2677 2 1 full false A Conversation with Fire Marshal Steve Rucker A Conversation with Fire Marshal Steve Rucker Steve Rucker is the Fire Marshal for Sandusky, Ohio.  It's a role that he's had for nearly 7 years now.  Although, Steve has been with the Sandusky Fire Department for more than 18 years.  That's nearly two decades of service, with the last ten years increasingly focused on Community Risk Reduction or CRR.  Steve's professional commitment to CRR - specifically cooking fire prevention - comes from the awareness that it can truly save lives, both among firefighters and among some of the most vulnerable residents in Sandusky - those who live in assisted housing.  And, as Steve likes to stress, being proactive when it comes to cooking fire prevention can save property owners and managers tremendous amounts of money - often in unexpected ways.

]]> Steve Rucker is the Fire Marshal for Sandusky, Ohio.  It's a role that he's had for nearly 7 years now.  Although, Steve has been with the Sandusky Fire Department for more than 18 years.  That's nearly two decades of service, with the last ten years increasingly focused on Community Risk Reduction or CRR.  Steve's professional commitment to CRR - specifically cooking fire prevention - comes from the awareness that it can truly save lives, both among firefighters and among some of the most vulnerable residents in Sandusky - those who live in assisted housing.  And, as Steve likes to stress, being proactive when it comes to cooking fire prevention can save property owners and managers tremendous amounts of money - often in unexpected ways.

]]> Pioneering Tech Buzzsprout-8203009 Wed, 24 Mar 2021 12:00:00 -0400 1290 full false A Conversation with Kevin Callahan A Conversation with Kevin Callahan Pioneering Tech Buzzsprout-8165028 Thu, 18 Mar 2021 10:00:00 -0400 1379 6 full false A Conversation with Kevin McSweeney A Conversation with Kevin McSweeney If you operate a multi-family apartment building, a seniors complex, an affordable housing unit, and have even a passing interest in cooking fire safety, you should spend 20 minutes listening to this conversation with Kevin McSweeney.  If you work in the fire service, the military or College and University space, this is a must listen to conversation.  Kevin McSweeney has had three separate careers keeping people safe from fire.  He spent 20 years with the United States Air Force Fire Protection, 10 years with Delaware’s Office of State Fire Marshall, and today is the University of Delaware’s Fire Protection Engineer/Fire Marshal.  It’s an impressive understanding of fire safety and fire prevention for everyone from soldiers to students.

]]> If you operate a multi-family apartment building, a seniors complex, an affordable housing unit, and have even a passing interest in cooking fire safety, you should spend 20 minutes listening to this conversation with Kevin McSweeney.  If you work in the fire service, the military or College and University space, this is a must listen to conversation.  Kevin McSweeney has had three separate careers keeping people safe from fire.  He spent 20 years with the United States Air Force Fire Protection, 10 years with Delaware’s Office of State Fire Marshall, and today is the University of Delaware’s Fire Protection Engineer/Fire Marshal.  It’s an impressive understanding of fire safety and fire prevention for everyone from soldiers to students.

]]> Pioneering Tech Buzzsprout-3566737 Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:00:00 -0400 1222 4 full false Making the Case for SmartBurner Making the Case for SmartBurner SmartBurner™ saves lives and property by helping to prevent cooking fires from happening in the first place.  It easily replaces electric coil elements and prevents the burner from reaching the temperature at which most cooking oils and other household items ignite. SmartBurner has been installed in more than 300,000 homes and apartments without a single reported cooking fire.

]]> SmartBurner™ saves lives and property by helping to prevent cooking fires from happening in the first place.  It easily replaces electric coil elements and prevents the burner from reaching the temperature at which most cooking oils and other household items ignite. SmartBurner has been installed in more than 300,000 homes and apartments without a single reported cooking fire.

]]> Pioneering Tech Buzzsprout-3274183 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 15:00:00 -0400 935 3 full false A Conversation with Jim Crawford A Conversation with Jim Crawford Meet Jim Crawford and learn from an incredible career spent advocating for fire safety and prevention…

What does an incredible career sound like?  Like this:  Retired Fire Marshal and Deputy Chief of the Vancouver Fire Department in Washington State; a member of the NFPA technical committee; former member of the Standards Council for the NFPA; a Fellow of the Institution of Fire Engineers; a Life Member of the IAFC; Past President of the International Fire Marshal’s Association; Past Project Manager of Vision 20/20; author of “Fire Prevention Organization & Management”; and winner of a slew of awards including the Dr. Anne Phillips award for leadership in fire and life safety education from the Congressional Fire Services Institute. 

]]> Meet Jim Crawford and learn from an incredible career spent advocating for fire safety and prevention…

What does an incredible career sound like?  Like this:  Retired Fire Marshal and Deputy Chief of the Vancouver Fire Department in Washington State; a member of the NFPA technical committee; former member of the Standards Council for the NFPA; a Fellow of the Institution of Fire Engineers; a Life Member of the IAFC; Past President of the International Fire Marshal’s Association; Past Project Manager of Vision 20/20; author of “Fire Prevention Organization & Management”; and winner of a slew of awards including the Dr. Anne Phillips award for leadership in fire and life safety education from the Congressional Fire Services Institute. 

]]> Pioneering Tech Buzzsprout-3122587 Wed, 25 Mar 2020 15:00:00 -0400 1379 2 full false Worcester: A Success Story Worcester: A Success Story Welcome to our first podcast. Our purpose will be to share interesting stories, and the people behind them, that are connected to the mission of cooking fire prevention.  We are delighted that our first podcast showcases the work of Lt. Annemarie Pickett of the Worcester Fire Department.  Lt. Pickett, as some of you may know, is a remarkable champion for Community Risk Reduction (CRR) generally and cooking fire safety specifically. 

]]> Welcome to our first podcast. Our purpose will be to share interesting stories, and the people behind them, that are connected to the mission of cooking fire prevention.  We are delighted that our first podcast showcases the work of Lt. Annemarie Pickett of the Worcester Fire Department.  Lt. Pickett, as some of you may know, is a remarkable champion for Community Risk Reduction (CRR) generally and cooking fire safety specifically. 

]]> Lt. Annemarie Pickett Buzzsprout-2775979 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 10:00:00 -0500 1192 fire prevention, smartburner, smartfirepreventionproducts, PTC 1 1 full false