- Author
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
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U.S. Fire Administration
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National Fire Protection Association
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Congressional Fire Services Institute
- Title
- National Smoke Detector Project: Consumer Awareness Committee. Final Report.
- Coporate
- Consumer Product Safety Commission, Washington, DC
U.S. Fire Administration, Washington, DC
National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
Congressional Fire Services Institute, Washington, DC
- Report
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Final Report,
September 30, 1995,
8 p.
- Keywords
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smoke detectors
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consumer awareness
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fire safety
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fire prevention
- Abstract
- The National Smoke Detector Project began in Fiscal Year 1991 as a voluntary, cooperative effort involving individual fire departments, national and state fire service organizations, Federal agencies involved in fire and injury prevention, consumer groups, business and industry, community organizations, codes and standards groups, home builders, and insurance groups. Sponsored jointly by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the U.S. Fire Administration, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), and the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, the primary goal of the National Smoke Detector Project has been to reduce deaths and injuries through installation and maintenance of smoke detectors in all U.S. homes. As part of the five-year effort, the Consumer Awareness Committee of the National Smoke Detector Project carried out a number of programs to educate the public about the dangers of fire and the life-saving benefits of smoke detectors. Most importantly, the involvement of a broad range of fire safety and injury prevention people and organizations in the Committee stimulated a variety of local and national cooperative projects, some of which are ongoing. In FY95, the Consumer Product Safety Commission instituted a Community-Based Fire Safety Smoke Detector Program as part of the broader National Smoke Detector Project. CPSC awarded small contracts to support 10 local projects to reach vulnerable populations at risk from fire. A major thrust of the program was to use existing statewide networks (i.e., fire dpartments, fire marshals, social service agencies, senior citizen groups, the Indian Health Service, and others) to help state and local governments effectively help older consumers and children, low-income and minority consumers, non-English-speaking groups and disabled people become aware of residential fire hazards they face when a working smoke detector is not present.