Fire prevention and public education

Explore these free materials to:

  • Help your fire department increase community awareness about preventing home fires.
  • Work with the news media to get fire prevention messages into news stories.
  • Learn about the latest research on fire detection, suppression and notification systems.

The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) develops and delivers fire prevention and safety education programs in partnership with other federal agencies, the fire and emergency response community, the media, and safety interest groups. We also work with the public and private groups to promote and improve fire prevention and life safety through research, testing and evaluation.

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Fire Is Everyone’s Fight™ is a national initiative to unite the fire service, life safety organizations and professionals in an effort to reduce home fire injuries, deaths and property loss by changing how people think about fire and fire prevention.

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Current issues in fire prevention and community risk reduction

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Fire and life safety concerns in peer-to-peer lodging

Fire departments and communities around the U.S. are starting to recognize and address the unique fire safety concerns that peer-to-peer (P2P) lodgings, like Airbnb, present.

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Outreach materials and educational programs

USFA creates, reviews and collects resources that can be used in public outreach activities to help keep communities safe from fire.

Explore these materials to help increase awareness about fire safety and prevention.

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Fire safety social media toolkits
Key messages, cards, hashtags and videos for your social channels. Explore social media toolkits.

Working with the media

You play a major role in communicating important fire safety and prevention information to the public. Resources on this page will help you make the most of teachable moments.

Browse resources for working with the news media.

Fire prevention and safety digital media library
Visual tools for print, social media, TV and websites to enhance fire prevention messages.
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Fire protection technology

Explore our latest research and special studies on home fire sprinklers, smoke alarms, fire detection and notification technologies, and municipal water supply systems.

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Smart Smoke Alarm Using Linear Discriminant Analysis
Research findings on how using a powerful mathematical technique (Linear Discriminant Analysis) in home smoke alarms, combined with inexpensive microcontrollers, can reduce nuisance alarms.
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Fire prevention webinars (previously recorded)

Watch these free webinars to keep up with the latest issues and trends in fire prevention.

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