State Fire Agency leaning forward in community risk reduction

NEWS RELEASE
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
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The Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control (DFPC) is leaning forward in Community Risk Reduction by commissioning a Statewide Risk Assessment (SRA). 

Colorado is one of the first states to undertake this type of project, which will help us better understand and reduce the different types of risks we face here in our beautiful state.

With help from our communities across Colorado, the International Public Safety Data Institute will collect and analyze data, based on industry best practices, to aid Colorado in recognizing the hazards facing our communities.

“We recognize that each of our Colorado communities are unique and, therefore, face unique hazards; this assessment will aid us in understanding what those hazards are,” said DFPC Fire & Life Safety Section Chief, Chris Brunette.

This data will provide many benefits to anyone who lives, works, and plays in Colorado by revealing the risks faced at the community level so first responders and policy makers everywhere can make better, data-driven decisions to:

• Develop educational campaigns;
• Prepare their emergency responders for the likeliest hazards they will face;
• Reduce hazards through the application of best practices and more resilient building solutions;
• Develop economic incentive programs to help reduce the likelihood of an emergency or the severity of it when it does occur; and
• Take enforcement action that will aid in mitigating emergency situations.

The long-term goal will be to create an online dashboard, which is updated periodically to address any changes to the hazards affecting our communities and accessible by our community officials, that will aid decision-makers in developing efforts to mitigate these hazards.

Please continue to check our website and social media channels for updates: dfpc.colorado.gov

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