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Fire Prevention and Community Risk Reduction

Explore these free materials to help your fire department increase community awareness about fire safety, get fire prevention messages into news stories, and share information about fire and other safety issues that threaten lives in your community.

Join with your fellow safety communicators to speak with “one voice” on monthly fire and life safety themes. View the message calendar.


Smoke alarms save lives.

  • Make sure you have working smoke alarms inside and outside each sleeping area, on every level of the home.
  • Age matters when it comes to smoke alarms. They need to be replaced 10 years from the manufacture date.
  • When choosing a smoke alarm, ensure it is certified by a national testing lab.
  • Never disable your smoke alarms. If you can, make sure your smoke alarms are interconnected and speaking to each other. If one sounds, they all sound.

Share smoke alarm materials with your community

Can you hear your alarm?
firefighter talking with children
fire sprinkler and a smoke alarm
propane tanks outside at a store
outdoor dining bubbles on a city street
firefighters wearing SCBA
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Enforcement
  • Economic incentives
  • Emergency response

Community risk reduction

A community risk reduction (CRR) program can help your department take what you already know and lower the risks within your area of operation. CRR uses a wide variety of tools to form a strategic and integrated program focused on reducing the occurrence and impact of local risks.

Learn about CRR

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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.