Community Risk Reduction - What is it?
Community Risk Reduction (CRR) is a process to identify and prioritize local risks, followed by the integrated and strategic investment of resources (emergency response and prevention) to reduce their occurrence and impact.
Community Risk Reduction Assessment and Planning Guides
Vision 20/20 Community Risk Assessment Guide
Vision 20/20 Community Risk Reduction Planning Guide
Vision 20/20 Outcome Measures Guide
NFPA 1300: Standard on Community Risk Assessment and Community Risk Reduction Plan Development
CRR Radio (Vision 20/20 - discussions/interviews with CRR leaders across the nation)
Events
October 6 - 12, 2024 is Fire Prevention Week. This years theme is "Smoke Alarms: Make them work for you!" For more go to this site
September 23 - 27 is National Falls Prevention Awareness Week - go to the National Coalition on Aging website for more information
A "Conversation about Community Risk Reduction" and the formation of a Maine Community Risk Reduction Collaborative (MeCRRC) took place on May 1st, 2024 at the Maine Department of Public Safety. State and local emergency response organizations pictured below were present to discuss Community Risk Reduction (CRR) and how a statewide CRR effort would be structured, what it's mission, goals and objectives would be and, most importantly, how can it support local fire departments wishing to undertake a CRR program in their community. There were 28 in attendance.
Special Topics Information
Safer, Stronger, Smarter: A Guide to Improving School Natural Hazard Safety FEMA P-1000/June 2017
Fire-Community Assessment/Response Evaluation System (FIRECARES) is an online tool that uses large sets of data from various sources to provide fire services and community leaders with information about fire response and risk analysis for their communities. It was funded by FEMA AFG and launched in April 2017: https://firecares.org/
National Cancer Institute information on asbestos
Organizations
Maine Fire Chiefs' Association
Maine Chapter International Association of Arson Investigators
Maine Forest Service Wildfire Danger Report
Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection Guidance on Live Fire Instruction and Training Activities (PDF, 5 pages, 179 KB)
Fire Sprinkler Information
National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc.- Information on sprinklers, applications and training
Other Resources
Focus on Fire Prevention Foundation
Consumer Products Safety Commission
Vision 20/20-A National Strategic Agenda for Fire Loss Prevention
A National Report Card on Women in Firefighting, April 2008 (PDF, 884 KB)
International Association of Women in Fire and Emergency Services