We sit down with Steve Kerber,  Vice President and Executive Director of UL's Fire Safety Research Institute (FSRI). He leads a fire safety research team dedicated to addressing the worlds unresolved fire safety risks and emerging dangers to reduce death, injury and loss from fire. Steve has led research in the areas of fire safety engineering, firefighter safety, fire forensics, and fire science. We talk about the risks of the new products used in residential construction and what new materials are making your house less safe due to fire and other risks. We talk about the risks of our firefighters and how residential construction and what you do inside your home can change your chance of survival in a house fire. For more information head to https://closeyourdoor.org/

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