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This report briefly addresses the nature of residential fires, highlights important findings from the data, and suggests other resources to consider for further information. Also included are recent examples of residential fires that demonstrate some of the issues addressed in the report.
Characteristics of residential building fires involving individuals with mental disabilities.
Characteristics of residential building fires involving individuals with physical disabilities.
This report explores the characteristics of residential building garage fires reported to U.S. fire departments. Included are recent examples of fire incidents that demonstrate some of the issues associated with garage fires.
This report includes brief background information on all school property fires from 2009-2011, with the focus of the report on school building fires.
This report addresses the characteristics of residential building smoking-related fires as reported to the USFA's National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) between 2008 and 2010.
This report focuses on the causes and characteristics of fires in college and university residential buildings from 2007-2009, including fraternity and sorority houses.
This topical report looks at the characteristics of fires in vacant homes from 2013 to 2015.
This report explores the characteristics of winter residential building fires which occurred in the United States from 2014-2016.
This manual provides technical guidance and training programs in traffic incident management for fire and emergency service providers. It includes case studies of roadway incidents that have taken firefighters lives, highway scene safety survival basics, and incident command for roadway incidents.
Looking for an older USFA publication? You can find it in the National Emergency Training Center Library. From the library’s online card catalog, enter your keywords and then under Limit by Collection, check USFA Publication.
