National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control

The Fire Research and Safety Act of 1968 provided a mandate for a presidential appointed commission to be established for the research pertaining to the hazards of death, injury, and property damage caused by fire. Public Law 90-259 authorized a twenty member commission to conduct a two-year study determining effective measures for reducing the destructive effects of fire.

During 1972, the Presidential Task Force conducted regional hearings across the United States surveying communities with regards to flammable incidences.^[1] The U.S. Presidential Commission concluded their study on May 4, 1973, when the Commission submitted a report to President Richard Nixon entitled America Burning: The Report of The National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control .^[2] On July 12, 1973, President Nixon released a presidential statement commending the National Commission on their analysis and findings related to fire safety and the fire loss dilemma in the United States.^[3]

Commission of the NCFPC

U.S. President Nixon appointed commissioners for the National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control in June 1971.

NCFPC Commissioner	Occupation	Affiliation
Richard E. Bland	Commission Chairman Professor of Engineering	Pennsylvania State University
W. Howard McClennan	Commission Vice Chairman President	International Association of Fire Fighters
Howard Tipton	Executive Director	National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control
Ernst R.G. Eckert, Ph.D.	Professor of Mechanical Engineering	University of Minnesota
Peter S. Hackes	Media Correspondent	National Broadcasting Company
John L. Jablonsky	Vice President	American Insurance Association
Ann Wight Phillips, M.D.	Burn Specialist	Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital
Dorothy Duke	Consultant	National Council of Negro Women
Albert Hole	Fire Marshal	State of California
Baron Whitaker	President	Underwriter Laboratories
Percy Bugbee	Honorary Chairman	National Fire Protection Association
Roger Freeman Jr.	President	Allendale Mutual Insurance Co.
Tommy Arevalo	Lieutenant	El Paso, Texas Fire Department
Keith E. Klinger	Chief Emeritus	Los Angeles County Fire Department
Robert A. Hechtman, Ph.D.	President	R.A. Hechtman & Associates
Louis J. Ambrili	Director	Delaware State Fire School
William J. Young	Fire Chief	Newington, New Hampshire Fire Department
John F. Hurley	Fire Commissioner	City of Rochester, New York
John A. Proven	Director	Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association
Frederick B. Dent	Presidential Cabinet Member	Secretary of Commerce
James T. Lynn	Presidential Cabinet Member	Secretary of Housing

References

1. Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Richard Nixon: "Statement on Receiving the First Report of the National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control.," March 31, 1972". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
2. "America Burning : The Report of The National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control" (PDF). U.S. Fire Administration. Federal Emergency Management Agency. May 4, 1973. p. 192. OCLC 23601256.
3. Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Richard Nixon: "Statement About the Final Report of the National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control," July 12, 1973". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.