Coffee Break Bulletin
Inspecting fire-resistive steel construction for damage
Fire inspectors should be familiar with fire-resistive construction elements, and if they see damaged components, order corrective action.
Plan and Practice Your Escape™
Outreach materials and social media messages to share with your community
Products, tools and resources to help you prepare for and respond to an active shooter incident.
Coffee Break Bulletin
Fire inspectors should be familiar with fire-resistive construction elements, and if they see damaged components, order corrective action.
New Initiative
Fire marshals: Share and learn about problems and trends that threaten the lives of those you have sworn to protect from fire and life safety issues.
The application period for our second semester (April 1 to Sept. 30, 2020) courses is open from Oct. 15 to Dec. 15, 2019.
Here’s how to apply for courses and get a Student Identification Number.
888‑382‑3827 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Eastern time
InfoGram
A three-part underground robotic competition is helping the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to find new mapping and search technologies for first responders and the military.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has connected a recent lung illness to vaping cannabis products. Learn how to recognize patient symptoms.
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First responders: know the indicators of a chemical suicide to reduce your injury risk at the incident scene.
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A community paramedicine program, integrated with an advanced illness management program, can be effective in treating frail, older adults in their homes.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has outlined how new and existing technologies can improve operational capabilities and incident response to save lives in wildland urban interface (WUI) fires.
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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.
Down 18% compared to fatalities reported from Jan. 1 – Sept. 14, 2018.
25 home fire fatalities were reported by the U.S. news media for Sept. 8-14, 2019.
Older adults (65 and over) represent 27% of all fatalities.
New York leads the nation in reported fatalities with 82.
Share this video with your community to show residents how to increase the chance of surviving a home fire by more than 82% and decreasing fire damage by up to 97%.