Fire Prevention: International Perspectives and Practices

This will introduce some of the resources available in the LRC on Fire Prevention practices from overseas. This guide is not a comprehensive listing of sources, but is intended to be a starting point from which you can begin your research.

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General

  1. Best practices from England, Scotland, Sweden, and Norway – Full report - PDF (29 Mb)
  2. Best practices from Canada, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Dominican Republic – Full report - PDF
  3. Best practices from Australia, New Zealand and Japan – Full Report - PDF
  4. Developments in codes around the world - Full article
  5. International concepts in fire protection: new ideas from Europe – Full report - PDF
  6. International concepts in fire protection: practices from Japan, Hong Kong, Australia & New Zealand – Full Report - PDF
  7. International fire safety legislation: an overview - Full article
  8. Report released on Australia, New Zealand, Japan departments' best practices - Full article
  9. World Fire Statistics - World Fire Statistics Centre Bulletin No.25, October 2009
  10. International Fire Death Rate Trends 1979 - 2007: USFA Topical Report 2011- Full report - PDF

Australia

  1. Building community self sufficiency for fire safety - Full Report - PDF
  2. Community Fireguard: creating partnerships with the community to minimise the impact of bushfire - Full Report - PDF
  3. Beyond technology: a holistic approach to reducing residential fire fatalities - Full Report - PDF
  4. Reducing residential fire fatalities - Full EFO Report - PDF
  5. Stakeholder views in relation to the introduction of residential sprinkler legislation in New South Wales - Full Report - PDF
  6. Fire safety in the home: a guide to fire prevention and protection - Available at LRC

Canada

  1. Oh, Canada: our neighbors to the north emphasize public education and have seen improvements - Full article
  2. Canada mandates fire-safe cigarettes - Full article
  3. Strategies for ensuring appropriate occupant response to fire alarm signals - Full Report - PDF

Japan

  1. A Look at Japanese Approach to Fire Preparedness - Full article
  2. Tokyo fire service - Available online on NETC Campus or Available at LRC
  3. Vulnerable populations in residential occupancies - Full article

New Zealand

  1. A review of existing fire safety in homes - Full report - PDF
  2. Fire safety regulation for non-residential buildings: the role of the New Zealand Fire Service - Full Report - PDF
  3. Developing indicators of household risk and targeting interventions - Full Report - PDF
  4. Fire safety as an interactive phenomenon - Full Report - PDF
  5. A strategy for developing greater community responsibility for fire safety and prevention - Full Report - PDF
  6. Improving the fire safety knowledge and practices of vulnerable groups - Full report - PDF
  7. Scoping a social marketing programme for fire safety research in the community - Full report - PDF

Scandinavia

  1. Nordic Tasks: fire services in Sweden and Norway emphasize public education over response times - with positive results - Full article
  2. How to halt fire deaths in Sweden - a debate. Full article - Translated from the original Swedish using Google Translate

United Kingdom

  1. Model Society - a community engagement model - Available at LRC
  2. A journey to the UK for answers - Available at LRC
  3. Home fire safety checks and smoke alarms save lives says independent report - Full article
  4. Final Evaluation of the Home Fire Risk Check Grant and Fire Prevention Grant Programmes – Case Studies - Full report - PDF
  5. Get out there: lot more to serving a community well than providing fire response - Full article
  6. Safer houses celebrating 20 years of fire prevention in the home - Full Report - PDF
  7. A new pattern for prevention - Link to download page
  8. British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association Information Files - Full article
  9. Community engagement challenge - Available at LRC
  10. U.K. prevention works – Full article
  11. UK fire brigades reap rewards of prevention/protection initiative - Available online or Available at LRC
  12. Rules of engagement: the methods used by fire services in England and Wales to engage with local communities were examined in a recent survey - Available at LRC
  13. Innovation drives down fire deaths - Available at LRC
  14. Safe as houses?: latest statistics suggests that a review of home fire safety is needed. (Fire Safety Engineering) - Available online on NETC Campus or Available at LRC
  15. Down but not out: fire deaths in the UK: history of fire prevention in the UK, beginning at the post war period (Fire Magazine) - Available online on NETC Campus or Available at LRC
  16. In praise of home fire safety checks.(Fire Magazine) - Available online on NETC Campus or Available at LRC
  17. The ageing society: a double edged sword: implications for the Fire and Rescue Service of the increased longevity of the population (Fire Magazine)- Available online on NETC Campus or Available at LRC
  18. Reflection on the success of the UK Furniture and Furnishings Fire Safety Regulations in ensuring domestic safety (Fire Risk Management)- Full article
  19. Home safety assessments--the impact in Cheshire: an in-depth case study of the effectiveness of the fire prevention programme in the county (Fire Magazine)- Available online on NETC Campus or Available at LRC
  20. Working towards a safer community: community safety has progressed significantly in West Yorkshire since the initial decision to focus on fire prevention was made by enabling operational officers to undertake home fire risk checks (Fire Magazine) - Available online on NETC Campus