Fire Prevention Advocacy Toolkit

A Guide to Fire Prevention Advocacy

  • Intro
  • CREATE DEMAND
    • Increase Advocacy for Fire Prevention in Your Community
    • A Comprehensive Advocacy Plan
    • Advocating for Increased Fire Prevention Will Benefit Your Community
  • DEMONSTRATE NEED
    • Fire Prevention Benefits from Accurate and Complete Data
    • Fire Costs Lives and Injuries
    • Fire Costs Dollars
    • Fire Costs Businesses, Jobs and Community
    • National Data Support Local Efforts
    • The Consequences of Not Investing in Prevention
  • DEMONSTRATE RESULTS
    • Documenting Results Helps Justify Your Investment
    • Evaluation
    • Fire Prevention Saves Lives
    • Fire Prevention Saves Dollars and Community
  • RELATIONSHIPS
    • Develop Relationships in Your Community
    • Policymakers
    • Business Leaders
    • Community Social Service Leaders
    • The Public
  • YOUR PLAN
    • Set Your Advocacy Program Objectives
    • Develop Your Advocacy Program Strategies
    • Work with Local Advocates
    • Use Real Life Stories as Inspiration
  • RESOURCES
    • Media Relations And Outreach
    • Successful Media Relations
    • Communicating Via the Internet and Social Media
    • Hosting Press Conferences and Other Events
    • Communication Sources
    • Using the Vision 20/20 “Prevention Saves” Video
    • Making Effective Presentations

Documenting Results Helps Justify Your Investment

DEMONSTRATE RESULTS

Documenting Results Helps Justify Your Investment

Helping your audience understand the impact of fire is only half the battle. They also need to understand how prevention strategies work. It’s important to be able to document your effective methods. A good example of this is in Moultrie, Georgia. Since March 2009, 20 fires occurred in homes where smoke alarms had been installed as part of an organized installation program funded through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) SAIFE (Smoke Alarm Installation and Fire Safety Education) program. Moultrie officials have tracked 56 lives that were potentially saved as a direct result of the smoke alarms installed during the program.  Outcomes are a vital part of your advocacy effort. If you can’t measure it, you can’t evaluate it.

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