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Emergency Response to Terrorism Job Aid (for Fire/EMS/HazMat/Law Enforcement Personnel) A very well done, pocket-sized manual on plastic stock that actually tells first responders extensive basic information about what needs to be done at a terrorist incident. This handbook was designed, produced and distributed through a joint partnership of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the United States Fire Administration, and the... 

Emergency Response to Terrorism-Job Aid. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, and Federal Emergency Management Agency, United States Fire Administration - National Fire Academy, FEMA/USFA (May) 2000,... 

Guide to Managing An Emergency Service Infection Control Program. United States Fire Administration, FA-112 (January) 2002. 

U.S. Fire Administration NFIRS Response data submitted by local fire departments 1980-Present Includes fire and explosion incidents with no/little release, incidents resulting in property damage only, and near-misses if fire department was called Limited state participation Represents limited information available to fire department at time of response Checklist approach limits respondent choices Not designed to be a lessons-learned database... 

National Fire Incident Reporting System U.S. Fire Administration Reviewed only... 

U.S. Fire Administration (USFA). 1989. Phillips Petroleum Chemical Plant explosion and fire, Pasadena, Texas. U.S. Fire Administration Technical Report 035. Emmitsburg, MD Federal Emergency Management Agency. 

U.S. Fire Administration Main Site www.usfa.gov Publications www.usfa/publications Technical Reports ... 

U.S.F.A. Highway Vehicle Fires. Topical Fire Research Series, Vol. 2, No. 4. U.S. Fire Administration, Emmitsburg, MD, March 2002. 

Fire in the United States 1995-2004, 14th edn., FA-311/August 2007, U.S. Fire Administration/National Fire Data Center, Emmitsburg, MD. 

Thermal injury is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. According to the U.S. Fire Administration, fire killed more Americans in 2004 than all natural disasters combined, with nearly 3,900 deaths and about 18,000 injured. The United States has the fourth-highest fire death rate of all industrialized countries with about 80% of all fire deaths being associated with residential fires (United States Fire Administration, 2005). 

United States Fire Administration. (2005). Quickstats. Retrieved March 13, 2007 from http //www.usfa.dhs.gov/statistics/ quickstats/... 

The US Fire Administration has issued the following Home Fire Safety Checklist ... 

National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, America Burning (1973) U.S. Fire Administration. 

Routley, J.G. (1991) The East Bay Hills Fire Oakland-Berkeley, California (October 19-22, 1991), Report TR-060, Major Fires Investigation Project, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Fire Administration, National Fire Data Center. 

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), United States Fire Administration, Hazardous Materials for First Responders, Washington, D.C. (1999). 

Public safety issues, especially in the United States, have revealed a very poor record-keeping tendency with regard to fires in public places. The CPSC, the US Fire Administration, and the National Fire Protection Association issue annual estimates on fire losses. Around 400,000 domestic fires require fire-fighter response, which kill about 4,000 persons, with another 20,000 suffering severe injury. Some 70,000 fires involve electrical distribution and appliances, another... 

Kantor, M., Brown, C., 1996. US Department of Commerce, US Fire Administration. 

State Fire Administrator Office of Fire Prevention 41 State Street Albany, NY 12231... 

Note These are fires reported to U.S. municipal fire departments and so exclude fires reported only to federal or state agencies or industrial fire brigades. Fires are expressed to the nearest 100, and property damage is rounded to the nearest 100,000. Property damage figures have not been adjusted for inflation. The 12 major cause categories are based on a hierarchy developed by the U.S. Fire Administration. Sums may not equal totals due to rounding errors. Unknown-cause fires have been allocated proportionally. 

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