Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974

Long title	An Act to reduce losses of life and property, through better fire prevention and control, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	FFPCA, FPCA
Nicknames	Fire Prevention and Control Act
Enacted by	the 93rd United States Congress
Effective	October 29, 1974
Citations
Public law	93-498
Statutes at Large	88 Stat. 1535
Codification
Titles amended	15: Commerce and Trade
U.S.C. sections created	15 U.S.C. ch. 49 § 2201 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 1769 by Warren Magnuson (D–WA) on May 9, 1973 Committee consideration by Senate Commerce, House Science and Astronautics Passed the Senate on November 2, 1973 (62-7) Passed the House on April 29, 1974 (352-12, in lieu of H.R. 11989) Reported by the joint conference committee on October 2, 1974; agreed to by the House on October 9, 1974 (381-3) and by the Senate on October 10, 1974 (agreed) Signed into law by President Gerald Ford on October 29, 1974
Major amendments
Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1990

The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 was created in response to the 1973 National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control report, America Burning. The report's authors estimated fires caused 12,000 deaths, 300,000 serious injuries and $11.4 billion in property damage annually in the United States, asserting that "the richest and most technologically advanced nation in the world leads all the major industrialized countries in per capita deaths and property loss from fire." The report proposed that a federal agency be established to help combat the growing problem of fatal fires happening throughout the country. The S. 1769 legislation was passed by the 93rd Congressional session and enacted by the 38th President of the United States Gerald Ford on October 29, 1974.

The Act of Congress created a national superintendence for the administrative and organizational parameters of local and State government firefighting entities. The Act established the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration, National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control, and a National Fire Data Center.

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