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International Hospital Fires
Episode 106

International Hospital Fires

The NFPA Podcast · Jesse Roman

November 26, 202425m 32s

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Show Notes

Although hospital fires are rare in the United States, that's not the case around the world. Recent deadly fires at hospitals in India —including a fire in November that killed 10 newborn babies — show how hard it is to protect these complex facilities. In light of these recent tragedies, we are revisiting an episode from 2020 that looks at the reasons behind the higher occurrences of fire in hospitals around the world, compared to the U.S., and the initiatives and trends that experts hope will help fix the problem.

Read a 2020 NFPA Journal feature story about the high occurance of fire in health care facilities around the world.