Research-Based Community Risk Reduction at the Company Level

Becki Rowan-White and Jennifer Williams discuss how the fire service has moved beyond fire prevention to a more global perspective of public safety. The article addresses how Community risk reduction (CRR) has become a common phrase used by department leadership over the past several years. Often, individual fire companies receive little direction relative to CRR’s meaning, how to put it into practice, or where/how to engage with the public.