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Pandemic Response Listening Session

• Health and Safety

On Oct. 21-22, 2021, the U.S. Fire Administration hosted a national-level pandemic response listening session at the National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The 2-day session provided an opportunity for the over 40 national stakeholder representatives to discuss the challenges and impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on fire departments, EMS, 911 dispatch telecommunicators and other response agency operations.

Public Fire Education Planning: A Five Step Process

• Public Fire Education

Describes a systematic approach to designing,implementing and evaluating community safety education programs.

Report of the Joint Fire/Police Task Force on Civil Unrest

• Communications
• Fire Prevention & Planning/Code Enforcement
• Incident Management
• Training

Recommendations for organization and operations during civil disturbances. An emergency services urban violence planning guide.

Retention and Recruitment for the Volunteer Emergency Services

Recruitment and retention are vital elements for the success of any volunteer fire or emergency medical services (EMS) department. Volunteer departments play a critical role in safeguarding communities, but without enough dedicated volunteers, these departments struggle to fulfill their mission. Recognizing this challenge, the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) has taken a proactive step by releasing a comprehensive manual titled “Retention and Recruitment for the Volunteer Emergency Services.” This manual will equip volunteer departments with the necessary tools, strategies and insights to overcome recruitment obstacles and retain their valuable volunteers.

Review and Assessment of Data Quality in the National Fire Incident Reporting System

• Data and Statistics

In 2013, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requested that the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) assess and document the quality of the information from the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and make it more accessible and useable for NFIRS users. This document was originally completed and submitted to the OMB in September 2014 to fulfill the aforementioned request.

Risk Management Practices in the Fire Service

• Health and Safety
• Incident Management

This manual contains recommended approaches to help your department manage organizational, operational and community risk. Highlighting specific challenges involved with incorporating a “risk management approach” into the delivery of fire department services. Focus areas include: defining risk, organizational risk management, operational risk management, managing information and community risk reduction.

Safe Operation of Fire Tankers

• Health and Safety
• Operations & Tactics
• Research & Technology

Tankers account for the largest number of firefighter crash deaths of all types of fire department vehicles. This report examines the various causal factors that have been identified as problematic for tankers and their drivers.

Safety and Health Considerations for the Design of Fire and Emergency Medical Services Stations

• Health and Safety
• Research & Technology

Design recommendations for new and renovated facilities to achieve a safe and healthy work environment.

Smart Smoke Alarm Using Linear Discriminant Analysis

• Research & Technology

Research findings on how using a powerful mathematical technique (Linear Discriminant Analysis) in home smoke alarms, combined with inexpensive microcontrollers, can reduce nuisance alarms.

Socioeconomic Factors and the Incidence of Fire

• Data and Statistics
• High-Risk Populations

This working paper identifies socioeconomic factors that influence the complex and varied relationships between buildings, humans and the occurrence of residential fires.