America Burning Revisited. National Workshop. Held in Tyson's Corner, Virginia on November 30-December 2, 1987.

摘要

On November 30 through December 2,1987, the U.S. Fire Administration/Federal Emergency Management Agency conducted a three-day workshop on AMERICA BURNING REVISITED in Tysons Corner, Virginia. Individuals from major professional businesses and governmental organizations with an interest in fire protection were invited to attend the workshop. The participants included several individuals who participated in the original work of the National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control, completed in 1973, as well as current members of Congress with oversight responsibility for the U.S. Fire Administration and the National Fire Academy. The purpose of the workshop was to achieve a consensus, if possible, on the nature of the current U.S. fire problem, review and comment of the progress against fire since the original America Burning Report of 1973, and to develop recommendations for local, State and Federal efforts to reduce further the life and property loss due to fire. The U.S. Fire Administration planned to use the results of this workshop to review its current programs and to set priorities for future direction and activities. Although the reader will not find major new or dramatic problems, you will discover that there are significant changes in the fire environment today, major changes in fire department responsibilities, increased concern about fire fighter health and safety, and a growing awareness that public fire education must be greatly improved and expanded, particularly for high-risk populations; the very young and very old.