- Author
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Title
- Arson in America: A Profile of 1989 NFIRS. USFA Fire Investigation Technical Report Series. Special Report.
- Coporate
- TriData Corp., Arlington, VA
- Sponsor
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC
- Report
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Special Report
1991
26 p.
- Contract
- EMW-90-C-3338
- Keywords
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fire investigations
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arson
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fire statistics
- Abstract
- The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (PL 93-498) authorizes the National Fire Data Center in the United States Fire Administration to gather and analyze information on the magnitude of the United States fire problem, its detailed characteristics and trends. The Act further authoizes the Administration to develop uniform data reporting methods, and to encourage and assist state agencies in developing and reporting fire data. In order to carry out the intentions of the Act, the National Fire Data Center has established the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS). The NFIRS has two objectives: To help state and local governments upgrade their fire reporting and analysis capability for their own use, and to obtain data which can be used to more accurately assess and subsequently combat the fire problem on a national basis. To meet these objectives, the USFA has developed a standard NFIRS package that includes fire incident and casualty forms, a hazardous materials form, a coding structure for data processing purposes, manuals, computer software, and procedures and documentaion for utilizing the system.