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Fire department run profile for 2016
This report profiles fire department run activity (25,693,300 calls) as reflected in the 2016 National Fire Incident Reporting System data.
Download the report PDF 538 KBThis year’s Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 7-13) campaign works to educate people about three ways they can reduce the likelihood of having a fire—and how to escape safely if they have one.
LOOK for places fire could start. Take a good look around your home. Identify potential fire hazards and take care of them.
LISTEN for the sound of the smoke alarm. You could have only minutes to escape safely once the smoke alarm sounds.
LEARN two ways out of every room and make sure all doors and windows leading outside open easily and are free of clutter.
Topical fire report series
This report profiles fire department run activity (25,693,300 calls) as reflected in the 2016 National Fire Incident Reporting System data.
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Topical Fire Report Series
Our updated report on the characteristics of hotel and motel fires covers the period from 2014 to 2016.
Hotel and Motel Fires (2014-2016) report PDF 596 KB Hotel and Motel Fire Safety flyer PDF 150 KBInfoGram
Steps that first responder families can take to be more resilient while a loved one is away from home working during a major disaster.
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Fire departments and communities around the U.S. are starting to recognize and address the unique fire safety concerns that peer-to-peer (P2P) lodgings, like Airbnb, present.
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Read about how thinking outside the box helped with the high-angle rescue of a hunter who was entangled in his safety harness, 30 feet up in a tree, and upside down for two days.
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About 20 percent of volunteer firefighters meet the VO2 max fitness level recommended by NFPA 1582. So how might volunteer firefighters improve their cardiovascular fitness? A study published this year explored how circuit training may help.
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This NFIRSGram highlights internal data quality checks performed by the National Fire Data Center to identify data errors and to assist states and fire departments in fixing them.
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Up 15 percent compared to fatalities reported from Jan. 1 – Sept. 15, 2017.
27 home fire fatalities were reported by the U.S. news media for Sept. 9-15, 2018.
Older adults (65 and over) represent 26 percent of all fatalities.
Texas leads the nation in reported fatalities with 103.
Share this video with your community to show residents how to increase the chance of surviving a home fire by more than 82 percent and decreasing fire damage by up to 97 percent.