The 4th Needs Assessment of the U.S. Fire Service

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The 4th Needs Assessment of the U.S. Fire Service
Hylton Haynes, NFPA Christina Holcroft, NFPA

In Fall 2015, NFPA, in collaboration with other national stakeholders, conducted the 4th Needs Assessment of the U.S. Fire Service with the primary objective of identifying U.S. fire departments' needs, gaps and challenges. The insights collected inform the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Fire Administration where funding is needed and serves as a powerful tool for local fire departments when discussing their capabilities within their jurisdictions. The presenters will discuss the findings of this research effort, which captures new insights about the U.S. Fire Service personnel and their capabilities, community risk reduction, facilities, apparatus and equipment, communications equipment, new technologies and the ability to handle unusually challenging incidents.

Presented by:

Hylton Haynes, NFPA
Hylton Haynes is responsible for NFPA's annual survey of fire departments for the US fire experience and other fire service research projects within the Division of Fire Analysis and Research at NFPA. He holds an MS in Forestry and Forest Products from Virginia Tech and has over 14 years of natural resource and wildland fire management experience on two continents.

Christina Holcroft, NFPA
Christina Holcroft is Division Director of Fire Analysis and Research at NFPA. She graduated with a ScD in Biostatistics from the Harvard School of Public Health and has over 15 years of experience in workplace health, safety research, and clinical research.