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serves as both deputy chief and fire marshal to Scottsdale, a
184-square-mile city along the northeast border of Phoenix
amid the rugged Sonoran Desert.
It was an event in 1973, however, that would serve as the
centerpiece for much of Ford's career. That was the year the
National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control issued
a stunning report on fire loss in the United States.The report,
titled "America Burning," concluded that the country needed
to do more to prevent losses associated with fires by better
educating the public in fire prevention and by providing
better training to firefighters. In a stinging rebuke of public
apathy, the report concluded that "the striking aspect of the
nation's fire problem is the indifference with which Americans
confront the subject."
Photograph: iStockPhoto
As blunt and critical as they were, the findings hit the
right chord. The report prompted the creation of the U.S.
Fire Administration, the National Fire Academy, the Center
for Fire Research, and the National Fire Incident Reporting
System. It also addressed the high death rate among U.S.
firefighters, leading to improvements in firefighting equipment and training along with the creation of new building
and fire codes.
By the 1980s, as the once-sleepy desert community of Scottsdale blossomed into a city of more than 100,000 residents, the
p Nearly 60 percent of the single-family homes in Scottsdale, Arizona,
are sprinklered. Fire officials credit sprinklers for significant reductions in
civilian fire injuries and deaths, as well as property damage due to fires.
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