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Include everyone in community wildfire preparedness
Pre-fire planning tips for wildfire to help ensure that the whole community's resilience is considered.
Current Events and Issues
Pre-fire planning tips for wildfire to help ensure that the whole community's resilience is considered.
National Preparedness Month
Severe weather can happen in every part of the country. That's why it is important for your community to be ready for severe weather events and to understand the fire risks that can come with them.
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InfoGram
The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation has a new online training course to help prepare incident commanders for the unique challenges that occur in the aftermath of a firefighter line-of-duty death.
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COVID-19 may double the overall line-of-duty deaths among the fire service, EMS and law enforcement before it is over.
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Learn what fire-adapted communities are, where they fit into the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy, and how to create one.
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Beautiful graphics from the National Wildfire Coordinating Group that depict the 10 Standard Firefighting Orders and the 18 Watch Out Situations are now available for free download.
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General guidance for fire and EMS to prepare personnel, the station, apparatus and the community for emergency response in a challenging environment.
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Statistics
There are dozens of ways you can use Fire Is Everyone’s Fight to help teach people in your city or town to be safe from fire. Join the fight for a few ideas to get you started.
Up 1% compared to fatalities reported from Jan. 1 – Sept. 19, 2019.
13 home fire fatalities were reported by the U.S. news media for Sept. 13-19.
Older adults (65 and over) represent 28% of all fatalities.
Pennsylvania leads the nation in reported deaths with 105.
Share this video to learn how to prevent exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). These substances are linked to cancer and may be present in firefighting foam.