1. United States Fire Administration Fortified by History to Meet the Needs of Today 1 2014 Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Conference Baltimore, Maryland June 2, 2014 Ernest Mitchell, Jr. Fire Administrator United States Fire Administration

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6.  Local Prevention & Preparedness  Training  Whole Community – All Hazard Risk Reduction Our Focus for 2014

7. USFA 2014 Initiatives

8. “Prevention is much more cost effective than response.”

9. 9  Risk  Loss  Prevention  Mitigation  Level of Preparation

10. 10  Wildfires burn millions of acres across the United States  Wildfires have increased in size, intensity and cost  Education, prevention and mitigation efforts are the keys to damage reduction - success

11. Risk a lot to save a lot. Risk little to save little. Risk nothing to save nothing. ~Chief Billy Goldfeder

12. 12  We protect our businesses from fire with sprinkler systems – why not our families and our homes ?  Adding sprinklers along with smoke alarms significantly increase the rate of survival  Property damage is nine times lower in sprinklered homes  Do our communities know about this?

13. 13  No notice catastrophic event  Intra and Inter-state community aid  Build database – Information & Coordination  Identify potential resources and analyze

16. Maximizing Survival  Coordinated and Integrated Planning  Preparation  Response  Treatment  Care

17. The Hartford Consensus Integrated Response  Fire/Rescue/EMS and Law Enforcement Critical Actions - THREAT T - T hreat suppression H - H emorrhage control RE - R apid E xtrication to safety A - A ssessment by medical providers T - T ransport to definitive care

18. 18  Smart Fire Fighting: Where Big Data and Fire Service Unite  FSTAR: Taking Science to the Streets (Firefighter Safety Through Advanced Research)

19. What other initiatives should USFA engage in 2014?

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