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Fiscal Year 2003 Annual Report to Congress
出版The Administration, 2003
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=EsYttwAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The fire departments in the United States respond to an average of 2 million fire calls each year. In fact, America's fire death rate is one of the highest per capita in the industrialized world. Ten-year averages for fire loss in the United States are about 1.8 million fires, 4,100 deaths, and 23,900 injuries per year. To put this in context, the annual losses in the United States from floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, and other natural disasters combined average a fraction of the casualties from fires. Annually, direct property loss from fire is estimated at more than $10 billion and the total cost of fire to the American economy is estimated to be more than $100 billion. However, the public, the media, and local governments generally are unaware of the magnitude and the seriousness of the problems this creates for individuals, families, communities, and the Nation. The United States Fire Administration (USFA) was created to respond to a dismal fire record in the 1970's. Acting to decrease the tragic losses, Congress established USFA. In 1974, Public Law 93-498 established the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration (NFPCA). In 1978, Public Law 95-422 changed the name from NFPCA to USFA. As an entity of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the USFA's mission is to reduce loss of life and economic losses due to fire and fire-related emergencies by providing leadership, advocacy. coordination and support. Since the creation of the USFA, the Nation's fire loss has decreased significantly. Through USFA's public education and awareness initiatives, training, research, technology development, data collection and analysis, and partnering with other fire safety interests, the rate has steadily improved. Over the last 10 years, fires have declined by 17 percent. During this same period of time, a 25 percent decline in civilian deaths and a 35 percent drop in civilian injuries have also been experienced. Although the dollar loss figures have increased since 1992, this can reasonably be explained by normal increases in construction costs and prices in general.