FIRE FIGHTER FATALITY INVESTIGATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM

Other Fire Fighter Fatality Resources

Organizations

Emergency Responder Safety Instituteexternal icon
The Emergency Responder Safety Institute serves as an informal advisory panel of public safety leaders committed to reducing deaths and injuries to America’s emergency responders when they respond to emergencies on or along our nation’s streets, roads and highways.

  • LODDs on the Roadway Training Moduleexternal icon
    This training module is one of many offered by ERSI and provides a brief summary of four separate NIOSH FFFIPP Line of Duty Death (LODD) reports involving roadway/struck-by fatalities. This course provides participants with the ability to identify roadway hazards and focuses on actions that can be implemented to prevent similar LODDs.

Fire Department Safety Officers Association (FDSOA)external icon
The Fire Department Safety Officers Association was established in 1989 as a non-profit Association, incorporated in Massachusetts. Its mission is to promote safety standards and practices in the fire, rescue and emergency services community.

International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC)external icon
Established in 1873, the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) is a powerful network of more than 12,000 chief fire and emergency officers. Our members are the world’s leading experts in fire fighting, emergency medical services, terrorism response, hazardous materials spills, natural disasters, search & rescue, and public safety legislation.

  • IAFC Safety, Health & Survival Sectionexternal icon
    The IAFC Safety, Health and Survival Section was established to provide a specific component within the IAFC to concentrate on policies and issues relating to the health and safety of firefighters. The IAFC has always considered health and safety to be one of the most important areas of concern for all fire chiefs and has initiated or participated in a long list of programs related to health and safety
  • IAFC Volunteer and Combination Officers Sectionexternal icon
    The mission of the IAFC Volunteer & Combination Officers Section is to produce a comprehensive framework to assist communities and their fire and emergency service leaders to create and maintain dynamic organizations.

International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)external icon
The International Association of Fire Fighters has more than 2,700 affiliates, representing fire fighters in more than 3,500 communities in the U.S. and Canada. The 263,000 members of the IAFF are the nation’s full-time professional fire fighters and paramedics, who protect the lives and property of 80 percent of the nation’s population.

National Association of State Fire Marshalsexternal icon
The National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM) represents the most senior fire official of each of the 50 United States and District of Columbia. State Fire Marshals’ responsibilities vary from state to state, but Marshals tend to be responsible for fire safety code adoption and enforcement, fire and arson investigation, fire incident data reporting and analysis, public education and advising Governors and State Legislatures on fire protection. Some State Fire Marshals are responsible for fire fighter training, hazardous materials incident responses, wildland fires and the regulation of natural gas and other pipelines.

National Fallen Fire Fighters Foundationexternal icon
The United States Congress created the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to lead a nationwide effort to remember America’s fallen firefighters. Since 1992, the Foundation has developed and expanded programs to honor our fallen fire heroes and assist their families and coworkers.

National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting Systemexternal icon
The National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System is a voluntary, confidential, non-punitive and secure reporting system with the goal of improving fire fighter safety.

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)external icon
A worldwide leader in providing fire, electrical, and life safety to the public since 1896. The mission of the international nonprofit NFPA is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating scientifically-based consensus codes and standards, research, training and education.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Engineering Laboratoryexternal icon
The Engineering Laboratory promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness in areas of critical national priority by anticipating and meeting the measurement science and standards needs for technology-intensive manufacturing, construction, and cyber-physical systems, including the Smart Gridexternal icon Program Office in ways that enhance economic prosperity and improve the quality of life.

    • Fire.Gov – Better fire fighting through researchexternal icon
      The Fire.Gov website is maintained by NIST EL as a means to provide training materials, videos, fire reconstructions, and research reports that may be of interest to the fire service. The Fire.Gov electronic newsletter will continue to be an important part of the website.

National Interagency Fire Centerexternal icon
The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho is the nation’s support center for wildlandfirefighting. Seven federal and state agencies call NIFC home and work together to coordinate and support wildland fire and disaster operations. These agencies include the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, National Association of State Foresters, National Weather Service, and Office of Aircraft Services.

National Volunteer Fire Councilexternal icon
The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) is a non-profit membership association representing the interests of the volunteer fire, EMS and rescue services. The NVFC serves as the information source regarding legislation, standards and regulatory issues.

National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG)external icon
The purpose of NWCG is to establish an operational group designed to coordinate programs of the participating wildfire management agencies.

Society of Fire Protection Engineersexternal icon
The Society of Fire Protection Engineers was established in 1950 and incorporated as in independent organization in 1971. It is the professional society representing those practicing the field of fire protection engineering. The Society has approximately 3500 members in the United States and abroad, and 51 regional chapters, 10 of which are outside the US.

The purpose of the Society is to advance the science and practice of fire protection engineering and its allied fields, to maintain a high ethical standard among its members and to foster fire protection engineering education.

U.S. Fire Administration (USFA/FEMA)external icon
As an entity of the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the mission of the USFA is to reduce life and economic losses due to fire and related emergencies, through leadership, advocacy, coordination, and support.

Other

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FireRescue1external icon
FireRescue1’s mission is to provide firefighters with the information and resources that make them better able to protect their communities and stay safer on the job. The FireRescue1 Network includes more than 300,000 registered firefighting professionals and 400,000 followers across Facebook and Twitter. FireRescue1.com is changing the way in which the fire service finds relevant news, watches online video, locates training information and researches product purchases.

Page last reviewed: August 24, 2020