CFP News

An interesting current trend in the fire service is that fire frequency is down nationally, but fire severity has increased.

The fire service is often a risky and dangerous profession. Modern technology holds a lot of promise in making it safer for firefighters, emergency responders, and the public. Community Fire Protection News wants to share information as often as we can on the new devices and systems being developed.

The fire service is known for its traditions. One such tradition is the time-honored commissioning of new fire apparatus with a good old-fashioned wetdown.

The ISO Public Protection Classification (PPC) program works with fire departments to analyze and measure their performance in the community.

) program rates the effectiveness and enforcement of building codes in communities throughout the United States.

Over the years, you’ve come to know ISO Community Hazard Mitigation for our data collection and analysis, particularly related to our Public Protection Classification (PPC) and Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule (BCEGS) programs.

The situation has become so dire that 33 states and 9 Canadian provinces made cancer a presumptive job-related injury.

One of the central topics facing the fire service is the fact that trends indicate fire risk has been growing in the wildland-urban interface (WUI).

Fire. It’s a basic combination of three elements that surround us every day: heat, fuel, and oxygen. While we recognize it’s a danger, most people rarely think about fire as they go about their lives.

According to Tom Harbour, former director of the United States Forest Service (USFS), 2015 was a record year for the national fire season.