Fire service needs workshop proceedings :: San Antonio, Texas, October 13-15, 1999

A 2000-CHARACTER OR LESS FACTUAL SUMMARY OF MOST SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION. IF DOCUMENT INCLUDES A SIGNIFICANT BIBLIOGRAPHY OR LITERATURE SURVEY, CITE IT HERE. SPELL OUT ACRONYMS ON FIRST REFERENCE.) (CONTINUE ON SEPARATE PAGE, IF NECESSARY.) As part of an ongoing effort to update and sharpen the National Fire Research Agenda, the U.S. Fire Administration in cooperation with the Building and Fire Research Laboratory, at the National Institute of Standards and Technology held two workshops to obtain input from the fire community. The first focused on the needs of the fire service and was held October 13-15, 1999, in San Antonio, Texas. At that workshop, 32 members of the fire service representing national fire service organizations and a wide range of fire departments in both size and location were asked to identify the needs of the fire service. Areas of emphasis included fire fighting operations, fire fighter health and safety, large fire incidents, fire mitigation, communications and information technology. The attendees worked in two panels and identified more than 100 needs and their relative priorities which the editors of this report have recorded as presented by the panels. The second workshop was held October 20, 1999, in Emmitsburg, Maryland and focused on the needs of the fire protection community beyond the fire service. The proceedings of that workshop are contained in NISTIR 6539.