Welcome to Residential Fire Safety Institute
The Residential Fire Safety Institute (RFSI) is a public interest group created in 1982 to promote fire-safe homes through built-in fire protection and fire safety education. The U.S. has one of the worst records for residential fire deaths in the industrialized world. Residential fires account for 80 percent of all fire deaths. Our mission is to improve that dubious record. Originally known as Operation Life Safety, our name changed to the Residential Fire Safety Institute in June, 1999.
This site contains information for consumers and fire departments about fire safety in all residential occupancies from single-family homes to high-rise hotels. The specific items covered are residential fire sprinklers, smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detectors and heat detectors.
Email the Residential Fire Safety Institute (RFSI) at info@firesafehome.org
Life Safety Achievement Awards Update
For many years, the Residential Fire Safety Institute has provided annual "Life Safety Achievement Awards" to fire jurisdictions that were successful in incurring zero fire losses during a given year. RFSI suspended the awards program for 2008 while we reviewed the award criteria. We felt the single criteria of zero fire deaths in a community did not always accurately reflect a community's fire prevention efforts; as such we set out to develop criteria reflective of well-rounded programs with numerous components.
The program review is now complete and we will be releasing the new LSA criteria and award program very soon. Please monitor this page in the coming weeks for the latest information on how you can apply for recognition and what criteria you'll need to meet. Thanks to all of you who offered comments and input on enhancing this important fire prevention recognition program.
If you have any questions, please contact Lane Wintermute, Field Director at lwintermute@firesafehome.org.
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You never know when or where a fire will start in your home. What if you could have a firefighter stationed in every room 24 hours a day, ready to stop a fire the minute it broke out? That is what fire sprinklers are - instant firefighters. They are installed in the ceiling or high on a wall and are attached to the same water supply that feeds your home's plumbing
fixtures. Residential fire sprinklers are small. In fact, they fit in so well that you have to point them out for people to notice them.
