Fire Sciences Research Guide: Web Resources

Everyone Goes Home is a program by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to prevent firefighter line-of-duty deaths and injuries. In March 2004, a Firefighter Life Safety Summit was held to address the need for change within the fire service. (From Everyone Goes Home Website).

An online collection of the regulations regarding fire prevention and control in the State of Florida.

The National Training Program (NTP) provides an organized approach to training for emergency managers and emergency response providers across the nation that supports the National Preparedness Guidelines. (From the FEMA website).

Any person with substantial involvement in fire prevention and control, emergency medical services, fire-related emergency management activities, or allied professions is eligible to apply for NFA courses. Applicants must meet the specific selection criteria and prerequisite criteria for each course. (From NFA website).

The International Association of Fire Fighters, headquartered in Washington, DC, represents more than 300,000 full-time professional fire fighters and paramedics who protect 85 percent of the nation’s population. More than 3,200 affiliates and their members protect communities in every state in the United States and in Canada. (From the IAFF website).

The mission of the international nonprofit NFPA, established in 1896, is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating consensus codes and standards, research, training, and education. (From the NFPA website).

The United States Congress created the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to lead a nationwide effort to remember America's fallen firefighters. Since 1992, the tax-exempt, nonprofit Foundation has developed and expanded programs to honor our fallen fire heroes and assist their families and coworkers. (From the NFFF website).