The federal Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1990 encourages hotels, motels and other public places of accommodation in the United States to install hard-wired smoke alarms in each guest room ...
standard with no proven fire-safety benefit. In 1960s America, puffing on a cigarette behind the wheel was commonplace. Seat belts were rarely worn, and airbags had yet to be introduced.
Until recently the US fire service lacked a reliable and valid instrument to measure its specific safety climate. In 2012, FEMA funded the Center for Firefighter Injury Research and Safety Trends ...