Executive Q&A: Safer Workplaces Begin with Digital Fire -- Occupational Health & Safety

Executive Q&A: Safer Workplaces Begin with Digital Fire

Date: Wednesday August 27, 2025 at 2:00pm ET - 1:00pm CT - 11:00am PT

Creating a safer workplace doesn’t always begin with a live burn. Today’s fire hazards demand smarter, cleaner training tools that allow safety professionals to prepare teams without compromising health, disrupting operations, or burning through resources. In this live Q&A session, we’ll explore how digital fire simulation technology enables more realistic, scalable, and accessible fire training across industrial, commercial, and municipal environments.

You’ll learn how digital flames that sense water and respond dynamically can replicate real fire behavior in a controlled setting—without the smoke, fuel, or fallout. Our guest experts from LION will be on-hand to answer your questions about fire training strategies, use cases, and what’s possible when taking your fire training digital. Whether you’re preparing for first response, employee fire drills, or facilities-based scenarios, this session will help you think beyond the burn and toward a more adaptable, safer approach to fire training.

About the Speakers:

Khalil Searcy, Account Manager, LION Safety Solutions

Khalil Searcy brings years of frontline experience in customer relationships and technical sales to his role at LION Safety Solutions. With a background that spans PPE, training products, and technical recruiting, Khalil understands what it takes to meet complex safety and training needs head-on. As an Account Manager, he supports business and industry across the country with tailored solutions that build confidence, realism, and repeatability into their safety training. Drawing on his foundation in business development and his time as a Training Product Specialist, Khalil partners with clients to help them get the most from their tools—and their teams.

David Sardynski, Director of Sales, LION Safety Solutions

With over a decade of experience in strategic sales leadership, David Sardynski oversees business development across manufacturing, academic, healthcare, and governmental sectors. He’s a passionate advocate for aligning operational goals with worker safety initiatives and brings a deep understanding of how effective training programs drive both human and financial success.

About the Moderator:

David Kopf, Executive Editor and Publisher, OH&S

A career business media professional, David Kopf has led OH&S since January 2023. He has been with OH&S’s parent company 1105 Media since 2007, previously publishing and editing titles for the post-acute healthcare market. Prior to that, Kopf has served in various editorial capacities in the telecommunications, data communications, banking and power sports industries. Kopf is committed to reinforcing and expanding OH&S’s value and range of services for workplace safety professionals, and the Executive Q&A webinar series is the latest example of that initiative.

Duration: 1 hour

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