- Author
- Dimensions/National Bureau of Standards
- Title
- Nation's Fire Services Program Strengthened: Dr. Bernard M. Levin Appointed Manager.
- Journal
- Dimensions (U. S. National Bureau of Standards), Vol. 57, No. 9, 206-207, September 1973
- Keywords
- fire departments | fire fighters | fire fighting
- Abstract
- The NBS Fire Services Program which helps provide better equipment to the firefighter and better management aids to the fire chief, has a new manager: Bernard (Bud) Levin. Announcing the appointment, Dr. Richard W. Roberts, NBS Director, commented: "The fire Services Program is the primary current Federal program directly responsive to the needs of fire departments. It is an important part of a broad NBS program to reduce the Nation's fire toll." NBS responsibilities for fire safety date back to 1904 and more recently have been emphasized in the Fire Research and Safety Act of 1968 (PL 90-259) in which Congress stressed the need for more effective measures of protection against the hazards of death, injury, and damage of property.