Data changes everything: How fire chiefs can use numbers to better support their fire departments

In this episode of FireRescue1’s Side Alpha podcast, host Marc Bashoor speaks with Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell, president and CEO of the International Public Safety Data Institute and a FireRescue1 board member, about the history of the institute, FireCARES and NFORS, and how implementing real-time data in the resource decision-making process can significantly impact firefighter safety.

Additional resources:

• International Public Safety Data Institute

• Firefighter Safety and Deployment of Resources study