Tuesday, August 6, 2:00 p.m. ET
Presenters: Kelly Ransdell, Director of Public Education at the National Fire Protection Association; Shelby Hall Fire Analysis Research Manager at the National Fire Protection Association
This year’s Fire Prevention Week (FPW™) campaign, “Smoke alarms: Make them work for you!™” strives to educate everyone about the importance of having working smoke alarms in the home. In this webinar you will learn the WHY behind the campaign’s key calls to action: INSTALL, TEST, and REPLACE. Subject matter experts will share new smoke alarm technology updates, best practices, and how to plan and implement a successful FPW campaign using National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) resources.
Kelly Ransdell
Director, Public Education, NFPA·National Fire Protection Association
Shelby Hall
Fire Analysis Research Manager·National Fire Protection Association·National Fire Protection Association
Shelby is the fire analysis research manager at NFPA. She is responsible for the Annual Fire Experience Survey and the Needs Assessment of the Fire Service, as well as subsequent reports such as Fire Loss, Home Fires, and overall data collection for developing national estimates of fire incidents. She has an MA in Political Science and previously taught at Auburn University. She enjoys applying social and behavioral science to her studies in fire data when she can. If she’s not being a geek about data, you can find her spending time with her dogs or travelling with her partner.
Kelly Ransdell works for NFPA as the director of public education. Prior to this promotion, she was the regional director for the south-central US, covering eight states. Formerly, she was the regional education specialist for NFPA, covering the 17 states in the southern and New England regions for 5 years. She works to expand fire and burn education and codes and standards implementation, and collaborates with national organizations, state agencies, and local fire departments to enhance their overall educational programs. Before joining the NFPA staff in 2015, she worked as the deputy director of the North Carolina Department of Insurance–Office of State Fire Marshal, overseeing the Prevention, Programs and Grants Division for nearly 15 years