Master planning report to Congress : a report submitted to the Congress.

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Fire is the single most costly disaster to strike American communities. It causes 20 times as many deaths and 12 times as many dollars in property loss as all other disasters combined. The United States has the highest fire death rate in the world. It also has the finest fire suppression equipment and best trained firefighters in the world. What it needs is a new emphasis on fire prevention. The job of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is to propel this effort forward to educate the public, train fire professionals, and gather the data to analyze fire problems and trends. Master Planning helps Federal, State, and local officials and other key planners to fit the hazard fire into the spectrum of other major hazards faced by a community. It provides a framework within which all civil emergency professionals can work to support, and complement, the nation's fire departments. The Master Plan, with its comprehensive approach, provides an effective fire and emergency response without an undue demand on the nation's taxpayers