FIRES AND FIREFIGHTING
Business Fires
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Commercial Building Fire Protection (National Instituteof Standards and Technology)
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Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction(State of Kentucky)
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Why Fires Start in Commercial Buildings(Charleston, SC Government)
Fire Fatalities
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Age-Adjusted Rates* of Death from Fire or Flames,by State — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2007–2011 (QuickStats, MMWR, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Fire Safety and Prevention
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Fire prevention at buildings under renovation or constructionPosted (U.S. Fire Administration)
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Fire Safety Information Center (Consumer ProductSafety Commission)
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Outreach Materials and Educational Programs (U.S.Fire Administration)
Structure Fires
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BFRL News ( Building and Fire Research Laboratory,National Institute of Standards and Technology)
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Percentage of Hospitals Having Plans or Conducting Drillsfor Attack by Explosion or Fire, by Urbanization of Area --- United States, 2003 (QuickStats, MMWR, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Wildland Fires
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Scorched Earth: The Past, Present and Future of HumanInfluences on Wildfires, September 14, 2011 (National Science Foundation)
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Wildland Fire Impacts on Water Yield Across the ContiguousUnited States, 2019 (Forest Service, USDA) the Contiguous United States, 2019 (Forest Service, USDA)
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Wildland fire management: actions by federal agenciesand Congress could mitigate rising fire costs and their effects on other agency programs : testimony before the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations.
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Wildland Fire Management: Update on Federal AgencyEfforts to Develop a Cohesive Strategy to Address Wildland Fire Threats, May 1, 2006 (U.S. Accountability Office)
Causes of Fatal Residential Building Fires (2011)
Federal and State Fire Agencies and Departments
Louisville Fire Department
On the evening of May 27, 1858, the General Council organized the Steam Engine Fire Department of Louisville, to be effective June 1, 1858. The Division of Fire consisted of three fire stations. Louisville's First Fire Chief (A.Y. Johnson) with the aid of 65 men, 23 horses and 5 steam engines, provided fire protection for the 70,000 inhabitants of the city. Source: Louisville Fire Department.