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Fire trucks and industry is that fire investigation is a role for which hoses, pumps and sprinkler systems, alarms and responsibility and impact is shared by many detectors…the expos showcased hundreds of industries: the fire service, law enforcement and companies and organizations who were there to insurance. Whether it’s fire safety and prevention, share information on their products and services fire loss claims and litigation, or arson enforcement that ‘save lives and reduce loss’ to thousands of and prosecution, the fire investigator plays an When conditions are at their worst, individuals from around the world. The industry important role in determining “where” and ”how,” we are at our best. Deborah Keeler has come a long way in preparing for fire and fire and sometimes even the “why.” It gets complicated Executive Director, IAAI suppression, documenting the fires responded to, because there are many different stakeholders and tallying up the annual cost of fire in respect to involved in the process and more often than not, the deaths, injuries and property loss. But we still have first responder (the fire department) is tasked with far to go in regard to counting the value of fire safety making the initial determination. Being first on the and prevention. scene of a fire loss also carries the responsibility There is a perceived need to devote more and burden of providing the necessary resources resources to fire prevention, but the lack of effectively to competently discharge that duty. A weight measuring what ‘didn’t happen’ limits our ability to many departments and communities are unable know if allocating more resources will save more to shoulder. lives, prevent more injuries and protect our property Our fire departments and city leadership may better. And while fire deaths, injuries and dollar loss understand the impact of the determination of origin should be the dominant criteria for evaluating fire and cause, but everyday are forced to make difficult prevention success, fire problems vary country to budgetary decisions. The arduous task of defining country and region to region. They are impacted priorities and aligning resources to critical needs and variations such as climate, economic status, services may even be the responsibility of someone education, and demographics to name a few. Just who doesn’t fully understand the importance and counting the problem gets very complicated. role of safety and prevention. If it’s difficult to count There is plenty of data documenting the fire how many fires didn’t occur, it makes sense that fire problem, but little showing that prevention is prevention and associated roles would be some of successful in reducing fires.