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Smoke Alarm Summit 2015

April 3, 2020 • Ed Comeau

On March 31, 2015 fifty-nine participants representing stakeholder groups such as the fire service, academia, government, non-profit, and private sector organizations, convened for a one-day Smoke Alarm Summit at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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Smoke Alarm Summit 2019

April 3, 2020 • Ed Comeau

On April 17 – 18, 2019, The Vision 20/20 Project convened thirty participants representing stakeholder groups such as the fire service, academia, government, non-profit, and private sector organizations, for a two-day Smoke Alarm Summit at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. This summit was organized as a follow-up to the original 2015 Smoke Alarm Summit conducted by The Vision 20/20 Project and the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy. The goal of the 2019 Summit was to revisit the original summit recommendations, note the progress made since that time, and to provide recommendations for actions steps that would continue to lead the United States toward having more working smoke alarms in homes.

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The Smoke Alarm Problem

March 9, 2017 • Ed Comeau

In order to move forward with specific actions to improve the number of homes with working smoke alarms, we first needed a better understanding on the nature and the scope of their use.  This report considers the previous and relevant research on the issues, and provides impetus for that action, as well as an underlying call for additional study to more fully understand why people do not have working smoke alarms.

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FY 2009 AFG V2020 Final Report – Integrated Risk Management/Home Safety Visits

August 2, 2016 • Ed Comeau

Under a grant to the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) US Branch from the FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program, three major cities and a group of five smaller ones with wide geographic distribution tested the concept of Integrated Risk Management (IRM) or Community Risk Reduction, as it is increasingly known in the United States. IRM had proven successful in England and other nations, with dramatic decreases in fire deaths. This report is a summary of findings from these communities.

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Building a Strong Home Safety Visit Campaign

March 15, 2016 • Ed Comeau

A presentation on a successful home safety visit campaign by Gwinnett County Department of Fire & Emergency Services Assistant Chief Stephen Hurstich. Presented at the 2016 Model Measures in Fire Prevention Symposium.

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Rural Fire Prevention in Kentucky, a V2020 Quick Response Team Report

December 22, 2015 • Ed Comeau

A study by Vision 20/20 of the challenges to provide fire prevention in rural Kentucky following a series of fatal fires. This report, requested by the Kentucky State Fire Marshal, contains recommendations on strategies that could be used to expand outreach and contact with the community.

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