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FSRI’s Close Before You Doze (CBYD) public fire safety campaign has been selected as a finalist for the International Safety Media Awards. ISMA recognizes high quality safety media from around the world. The ISMAs provide safety promotion and injury prevention professionals an opportunity to showcase their media initiatives. The ISMA will be awarded at the13th […]

On October 16th-18th, 2018, fire safety education leaders from across Europe convened at the Fire Safety Education Summit at Disneyland Paris to discuss the future of training, education and advocacy for fire safety among the youth population. The summit was the result of collaboration among UL, Disneyland Paris and Fédération Nationale des Sapeurs-Pompiers de France […]

Safety Smart was designed to improve children’s awareness and understanding of safety, health and environmental issues, and ultimately impact their behavior. In 2011, UL Education and Outreach created a partnership with Health World, a non-profit organization that offers schools a protected and secure e-Learning platform approved for use by educational systems nationwide. In an effort […]

The International Intellectual Property Crime Investigators College, IIPCIC, hosted an elite group of global IP Crime prosecutors from July 24-26 at UL’s Carugate, Italy office. The mission of the meeting was to develop a new curriculum for global prosecutors interested in pursuing IP crime cases in their regions. IIPCIC is a global training platform that […]

Since 2015, UL, together with the Directorate of Fire & Emergency Services (DFES) and Directorate of Education (DoE) has been implementing the Safer Schools Safer India (SSSI) program in Goa. The program aims to inculcate the culture of safety among young students by creating awareness on the basics of ‘fire safety’ so that they can […]

On August 12, 2018, Jennifer Williams – of the UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute – held a Close Before You Doze community outreach event, where she led a class of 54 students and taught them the importance of fire safety in the home. Jennifer presented to the girls at Camp Fury Delaware, where the campers […]

Injuries and violence are a major public health burden across the globe. The 13th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion will attract over 1000 of the world’s leading educators, researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and activists to share information and experiences and to discuss solutions. The UL Education and Outreach team will attend the event […]

On October 11, 2018, UL hosted a roundtable discussion in Milan, Italy that examined the host country’s performance on the UL Safety Index and the factors that contribute to its ranking of 26 out of 187 countries. The UL Safety Index is an algorithm-based tool that quantifies the relative state of safety in each evaluated […]

When children understand the dangers and risks posed by fire, they can also learn about some of the small but important steps they can take to prevent fires at home or school. With this thought, UL initiated the ‘Safer Schools Safer India’ (SSSI) program in 2015 to create awareness among young students on the basics […]

The Education and Outreach team has joined UL’s Building Life Safety Technology department in jointly sponsoring an exhibit at the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie (City of Science and Industry) Museum in Paris, one of the biggest science museums in Europe. Expo Feu (Fire Exhibition) opened April 10 and continues through January 6, 2019. […]

Fifteen years ago, UL and The Walt Disney Company partnered to create an initiative aimed at improving the awareness and understanding of children ages 4 – 14 in safety, health, and environmental sustainability to help them manage themselves and their surroundings, ultimately impacting their behavior. Safety Smart has grown into a multi-lingual, global educational program […]

UL, in partnership with the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE), announced the five recipients of this year’s annual UL Innovative Education Award (ULIEA). These non-profit organizations have made a difference in their communities through their work to advance environmental education via STEM principles (E-STEM). As a result, they will each receive a monetary […]