This report presents national estimates of fire losses based on 1978 data for all major aspects of the fire problem. These include breakdowns of incidents, deaths, injuries, and property damage by cause, type of equipment and type of occupancy.

Faces of Fire: Prevention, Suppression, and Prescribed Fire discusses fire’s role in our collective history. It explains why and how fire today is evolving into an integral partner in our pledge for better wildland ecosystem management.

This report, America at Risk, builds on the meetings of America Burning, Recommissioned, and is based on statements, discussions and recommendations that were issued on May 3rd by the Commission as the 'Principal Findings and Recommendations.

This publication presents trends over a 10-year period, but focuses on 2001 statistics relating to causes, property types, smoke alarm performance, and casualty characteristics. Firefighter causalities are also presented.