Community Risk Reduction (CRR) is a process to identify and prioritize local risks, followed by the integrated and strategic investment of resources (emergency response and prevention) to reduce their occurrence and impact.
Community Risk Reduction Assessment and Planning Guides
- Maine State/County Community Risk Assessment
- Vision 20/20 Community Risk Assessment Guide
- Vision 20/20 Community Risk Reduction Planning Guide
- Vision 20/20 Outcome Measures Guide
- NFPA 1300: Standard on Community Risk Assessment and Community Risk Reduction Plan Development
- NFPA: Guide for Training Fire Service Personnel to Conduct Community Risk Reduction for Residential Occupancies
- Risk Management - FEMA
- CRR Radio (Vision 20/20 - discussions/interviews with CRR leaders across the nation)
Events
- Governor Proclaims January 26 to February 1 Maine Community Risk Reduction Week (Word)
- Press Release for Maine Community Risk Reduction Week (Word)
Special Topics Information
- Safer, Stronger, Smarter: A Guide to Improving School Natural Hazard Safety FEMA P-1000
- Fire-Community Assessment/Response Evaluation System (FIRECARES) is an online tool that uses large sets of data from various sources to provide fire services and community leaders with information about fire response and risk analysis for their communities. It was funded by FEMA AFG and launched in April 2017.
- United States Dept. of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health and Administration (OSHA)/ Safety and Health Topics/ Asbestos
- National Cancer Institute information on asbestos
- Maine Chimney Sweeps (PDF)
Organizations
- Maine Fire Service Institute
- Maine Fire Chiefs' Association
- Maine Chapter International Association of Arson Investigators
- Maine Forest Service Wildfire Danger Report
- Maine Bureau of Forestry
- Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection Guidance on Live Fire Instruction and Training Activities (PDF)
Fire Sprinkler Information
- Fire Sprinkler Initiative
- Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition
- National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc.- Information on sprinklers, applications and training