USFA: Clothes Dryer Fires Cause $35M in Property Losses August 14, 2012 An estimated 2,900 clothes dryer fires in residential buildings are reported to U.S. fire departments each year and cause an...
USFA Releases Latest Residential Building Civilian Fire Injuries Report May 2, 2012 Over 70 percent of all civilian fire injuries occur as a result of residential building fires, according to the latest...
USFA Releases Latest Report on Residential Building Fire Fatalities March 22, 2012 The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) issued a special report recently examining the characteristics of civilian...
USFA, DOJ Initiate Emergency Vehicle Safety Study October 25, 2011 The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)/National Institute of Justice (NIJ), has begun...
USFA Releases Civilian Fire Fatalities in Residential Buildings Report September 9, 2011 Between 2007 and 2009, civilian fire casualties in residential buildings accounted for 81 percent of all fire fatalities, according to...