Senior Strategist, Community Risk Reduction Lead
NFPA
East Greenwich, Rhode Island, United States
Karen Berard-Reed, M.Ed., is a Senior Strategist leading the Community Risk Reduction initiative at the National Fire Protection Association. Karen develops innovative tools and resources to assist stakeholders who are focused on data and standards-driven processes to improve community safety. Her contributions include training, partnership-building, and critical tools to support CRR efforts such as CRAIG 1300™, the NFPA Community Risk Assessment Insight Generator and the CRR Kitchen Table, a monthly virtual gathering of prevention-minded professionals. Karen previously managed NFPA’s high-risk outreach activities and created safety education materials for young children, older adults, and underserved communities. Karen serves on the IAFC Fire and Life Safety Section Board of Directors, the NASFM Core CRR team, the Vision 20/20 steering committee and has served as an instructor at the National Fire Academy. Before coming to NFPA, Karen worked in the health promotion field in K-12, higher education, and community settings.
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Pre-Con: From Isolation to Integration: Strengthening Your Community Risk Reduction Team
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM MST
Performative CRR: How to Turn Impacts Into Outcomes
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM MST
CRR in Focus: Aligning Terminology for Collective Impact
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM MST
Do More with Less: Combing CRR and Data Analytics
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM MST