Publication
Risk management practices
This guide contains recommended approaches to manage organizational, operational and community risk.
Download the guide PDF 2.6 MBWe’re sharing information and materials that will help fire departments keep firefighters safe when responding to incidents — and help community leaders address the issue of arson — in vacant and abandoned buildings.
Publication
This guide contains recommended approaches to manage organizational, operational and community risk.
Download the guide PDF 2.6 MB
Digital Media
Pictographs can help overcome literacy barriers by communicating fire safety messages with pictures.
Start using pictographsCurrent events and issues
There’s a new alternative to plywood for boarding up vacant and abandoned buildings that can help prevent arson: clear board.
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EMS personnel: Naloxone is now available to the public through a prescription and it’s possible a person overdosing has already been treated with naloxone before help arrives.
Read the article. Download the April 12 InfoGram PDF ~160 KBCurrent events and issues
This article looks at firefighter perceptions of dirty gear and how Palm Beach County Fire Rescue promoted organizational resilience to combat the risk of firefighter cancer from dirty gear.
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Fire safety outreach
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.
The application period for our first semester (Oct. 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019) courses is open from April 15 to June 15, 2018. Here’s how to apply for courses and get a Student Identification Number.
Apply for free training by June 15888‑382‑3827 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Eastern time
Up 21 percent compared to fatalities reported from Jan. 1 – April 14, 2017.
43 home fire fatalities were reported by the U.S. news media for April 8-14, 2018.
Older adults (65 and over) represent 24 percent of all fatalities.
Pennsylvania leads the nation in reported fatalities with 59.
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.
