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Cooking Fires and Turkey Fryers

Cooking Fires and Turkey Fryers

The NFPA Podcast · NFPA

November 22, 202244m 0s

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Show Notes

Shockingly, cooking fires now kill more people on average per year in the US than they did in the 1980s. As Thanksgiving nears, we are re-airing this episode from November 2020 looking at this growing problem. First, Jesse talks to an NFPA communications manager about cooking fire causes and the resources available for prevention educators (1:57). Then we explore the science behind those viral videos of turkey-fryer fireballs (25:09). In a new Code Corner, NFPA engineer Brian O'Connor talks about the different letters and numbers on fire extinguishers and what they mean (37:33).

Links:

Watch turkey frying gone wrong

View NFPA cooking fire prevention resources

Read the 2020 NFPA research report on US home cooking fires