Create safer communities by implementing and enforcing codes and standards, especially in the wildland-urban interface and under-served and vulnerable populations providing affordable and fire-safe housing.
State of Science
In the News
Resources
State of Science
- Insurance Institute for Building and Home Safety Research Center: Wildfire
- NFPA: Physical Disability as a Factor in Home Fire Deaths (March 2022)
- NFPA: Home Fire Victims by Age and Gender (December 2021)
- NFPA: Poverty and the Risk of Fire (July 2021)
- USFA: Fire in the United States 2008-2017 (November 2019)
In the News
- New York Times: The Chain of Failures That Left 17 Dead in a Bronx Apartment Fire (July 8, 2022)
- NBC 10 Philadelphia: Officials Identify 12 Victims of Deadly Fairmount Fire (January 11, 2022)
- The Atlantic: The East Coast Will Not Escape Fire (September 19, 2022)
- Sacramento Bee: Thousands return home from Mosquito Fire evacuations, as rain turns blaze to smolder (September 20, 2022)
- The Hill: Why wildfires disproportionately affect America’s poor (August 3, 2022)
Resources
- FEMA: Protecting Communities and Saving Money: The Case For Adopting Building Codes (November 2020)
- FEMA: Building Codes Adoption Playbook for Authorities Having Jurisdiction (August 2022)
- IAFF: Building Construction and Fire Safety Code
- NAMIC/BuildStrong Coalition: BRIC Pocket Guide
- Coalition for Current Safety Codes Toolkit
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