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

Policymakers

DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS

Policymakers

village hallHere are some tactics you might consider for reaching key policymakers, convincing them to invest in fire prevention, and recruiting them as fire safety advocates:

  • Presentations: Use the localized data you developed to create presentations tailored to the specific concerns of your various policymaking audiences. These can be used before groups or individuals. You might also consider making them available online.
  • One-on-One Meetings: Identify the key policymakers you want to work with and arrange to meet with them. This will give you an opportunity to not only present your case for supporting fire prevention programs but also to demonstrate how important that person is to the program.
  • Special Open House: Arrange a “behind-the-scenes” open house for small targeted groups of policymakers. This can help them understand what goes into keeping the community safe and allows you to demonstrate the need to prevent fires.

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