Our latest report explores firefighter injuries sustained at, responding to or returning from a fire incident.
Read the reportProducts, 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.
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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.
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InfoGram
Learn about the danger involved when responding to a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) room accident.
Read the articleCurrent events and issues
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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Firefighters are more likely to die by suicide than from a line-of-duty death. Learn about the risks and the many resources available to help.
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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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This NFIRSGram explains how to ensure that your Computer-Assisted/Aided Dispatch (CAD) system is populating the correct data to the Incident Time and Incident Remarks/Narrative fields in NFIRS.
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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 20% compared to fatalities reported from Jan. 1 – Aug. 10, 2018.
23 home fire fatalities were reported by the U.S. news media for Aug. 4-10, 2019.
Older adults (65 and over) represent 27% of all fatalities.
New York leads the nation in reported fatalities with 79.
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%.
