Publications
This 16-page booklet provides information on recovering from a fire, including what to do during the first 24 hours, insurance considerations, valuing your property, replacement of valuable documents, salvage hints, fire department operations, and more. This Book/Report is available for order from the USFA Publications Center.
This 16-page booklet provides information on recovering from a fire, including what to do during the first 24 hours, insurance considerations, valuing your property, replacement of valuable documents, salvage hints, fire department operations, and more. This Book/Report is available for order from the USFA Publications Center.
» ORDER/DOWNLOAD After the Fire! Returning to Normal (Spanish)
Perhaps the most widely quoted fire protection publication, this report set the stage for national consciousness-raising about the need for as much concern about fire prevention as for fire suppression. This Book/Report is available for order from the USFA Publications Center.
This follow-up to the original report, AMERICA BURNING, reviews the progress made to combat the fire problem and to redefine the strategies need to further reduce loss of life and property to fire. This Book/Report is available for order from the USFA Publications Center.
This 8-page report is designed to assess church vulnerability to arson and bombing attacks. This Book/Report is available for order from the USFA Publications Center.
This report covers the 10-year period from 1989 - 1998, with emphasis on 1998, and includes an analysis of fire in residential and non-residential structures. This Book/Report is available for order from the USFA Publications Center.
Older adults comprise over 25 per cent of fire deaths of all ages, and 30 per cent of all residential fire deaths. People over 65 are currently the fastest growing segment of the population. This report takes a look at the unique challenges faced by older adults in regard to fire safety. This Book/Report is available for order from the USFA Publications Center.
The blind or visually impaired face challenges in regard to fire safety. Blind and visually impaired people may be at higher risk from fire than the average population. Practicing fire safety is the most effective means for a blind or visually impaired person to improve his or her chances of surviving a fire. This report attempts to raise awareness for both the blind or visually impaired person and the fire service professional in working with the blind or visually impaired. This Book/Report is available for order from the USFA Publications Center.
» ORDER/DOWNLOAD Fire Risks for the Blind or Visually Impaired
Traditional fire safety messages do not always address the unique needs of the deaf or hard of hearing community. This report takes a look at the fire safety challenges faced by the deaf or hard of hearing and makes recommendations as to fire safe behavior, fire prevention, and technological devices tailored to meet the needs of this group. This Book/Report is available for order from the USFA Publications Center.
People with mobility impairments are faced with many challenges including personal fire safety. By being aware of one's own capabilities and following fire safety practices tailored to meet one's needs, the mobility-impaired peson can lead a fire-safe life. A scarcity of fire safety knowledge, as it pertains to the mobility impaired, exists within both the mobility-impaired community and the fire service. This Book/Report is available for order from the USFA Publications Center.
The purpose of this report is to provide campus housing administrators, fraternal organizations and others responsible for housing college students with an overview of the elements of fire safe student housing. This Report is available for order from the USFA Publications Center.
» ORDER/DOWNLOAD Fire Safe Student Housing: A Guide for Campus Housing Administrators
This Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Handbook is designed to teach communities how to develop an effective juvenile firesetter intervention program. This Book/Report is available for order from the USFA Publications Center.
This publication helps in developing a comprehensive juvenile firesetter prevention training workshop for the various agency professionals who work with juvenile firesetters. This Book/Report is available for order from the USFA Publications Center.
» ORDER National Juvenile Firesetters/Arson Control and Prevention Program (NJF/ACPP)
The object of this study was to identify relationships between city characteristics and residential fire rates.
» DOWNLOAD NFIRS Analysis: Investigating City Characteristics and Residential Fire Rates
Summary of key findings contained in the Twelfth Edition of Fire in the United States, 1989-1998. This Book/Report is available for order from the USFA Publications Center.
» ORDER/DOWNLOAD Profile of Fire in the United States 12th Edition
This report characterizes the nature of the fire problem in urban areas of the United States. This Book/Report is available for order from the USFA Publications Center.
» DOWNLOAD Profile of the Urban Fire Problem in the United States
This report summarizes the findings from an extensive analysis of the fire problem in rural areas of the U.S. This Book/Report is available for order from the USFA Publications Center.
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