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Learn how climate change is having an increasingly significant all-hazards impact on the fire and emergency medical services.
Fires can occur anywhere but fires that affect our homes are often the most tragic and the most preventable. This report describes the characteristics of civilian fire fatalities in residential buildings reported to the National Fire Incident Reporting System for 2017‑2019.
Learn about available resources to help you make sure your department's rehabilitation program effectively mitigates heat stress.
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InfoGram
The Fireshed Registry is an interactive geospatial data portal providing access to data describing past, present and future trends regarding wildfire exposure to communities and forest and fuel management.
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Learn about opportunities for public safety communications funding.
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4 prototype technologies successfully tested by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will assist with early detection of wildfires.
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As the weather warms, more people than ever will be spending time recreating outdoors. And, as public land use increases, so does the potential for accidental wildfire ignitions.
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The new National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standard 1802 defines parameters for an extremely rugged radio and speaker microphone capable of performing in hostile environments.
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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 11% compared to deaths reported from Jan. 1 – July 10, 2020.
28 home fire deaths were reported by the U.S. news media for July 4‑10.
Older adults (65 and over) represent 25% of all deaths.
Pennsylvania leads the nation in reported deaths with 85.
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.
