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fPlanning and Management Activities ot the ational Fire
Prevention and Control Administration). PSAU-7E-123; B-16C998.
June 21, 1978. 7 pp.
Report to Juanita M. Kreps, Secretary, Department of Commerce;
by Henry Eschweqe, Director, Community and Eccncmic.
Issue Area: Science and Technoloqy: Applying Science and
Technology to State and Local Government Problems (2006);
Lvata Collected fror Mon-Federal Sources: Accessibility and
Use (3102).
Contact: Procurement and Systems Acquisiticn Div.
Budget Function: General Science, Space, and Uechnclogy 1250).
orqanization Concerned: Department ok Commerce: Naticnal Fire
Prevention and Control Administraticn.
Congressional Relevance: Vouse Committee on Science and
Technology; Senate Committeq cn Ccmmerce, Science, and
Transportatin.
Authority: Federal Fire Prevention and Ccntrol Act cf 1974 (15
u.S.C. 2201).
The National Fire Preventior ani Ccntrol Administration
was established in 1974 to provide assistance to State and local
communities in the areas of data collection, training, public
education, and i esearch concerning fire Frevention. About S44
million of the $46 million appropriated for the Fire
Administration for fiscal years 1975 to 1578 was allccated to
these four areas. The Fire Administratizn has mot performed
sufficient studies and analyses of the fire prcblem to ]rovide
a~surance that the most effective pzcgzaas are being developed.
In order to obtain a better understanding of tbe divensicns and
characteristics of the fire problem, more accurate fire data and
proqram measurement technLques are needed. The Fire
Administration's data center is developing a data tase atich is
desiqned as a fire-loss data ccllecticr, and analyses system to
serve as a manaqement tool for States and iccal ccamunities.
Althouqh fire statistics are ccllected in most States and local
communities, incompatible forms, coding systems, and terminology
make the information ditficult to consolidate and interfret. The
Fire Administration estimates that it till take 3 or 4 more
years to fully implement the data system. As cf November 1977,
only 19 States were involved anC only 5 States wece repcrting
standard data on a regular basis. While it is too soon to expect
the Fire Administration to make an impact cn the Nation's Piro
problem, now is art appropriate time tc lay the groundwcrk fU. a
lonq-ranqe plan to provide a structured basis for developmet
and assessment ot programs and a sound kasis fcr tudgeting.
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