The Act that Transformed Fire Safety
The NFPA Podcast11 Feb 2025

The Act that Transformed Fire Safety

In 1973, fire killed and injured more people in the United States than in any other industrialized nation in the world. The next year, Congress passed the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act, a landmark bill that made significant investments in fire research, training, and education. Within a few decades, the U.S. had transformed from a fire-prone outlier, to arguably the safest country in the world.

Today on the podcast, we talk to Dick Gann, one of the most prolific fire researchers in U.S. history, about a new paper that he co-authored that commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Fire Prevention and Control Act. We discuss the legacy of this legislation, and explore several of the research achievements — many of which Gann himself was directly involved with — that have dramatically improved fire safety in the United States over the last half century.

LINKS:
Read the NIST Report, "A Legacy of Fire Safety"

Read the NFPA Journal article by Jesse Roman about why the Fire Prevention and Control Act is still more relevant than ever

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