<Dd> (4) Such losses of life and property from fire are unacceptable to the Congress . </Dd> <Dd> (5) While fire prevention and control is and should remain a State and local responsibility, the Federal Government must help if a significant reduction in fire losses is to be achieved . </Dd> <Dd> (6) The fire service and the civil defense program in each locality would both benefit from closer cooperation . </Dd> <Dd> (7) The Nation's fire problem is exacerbated by--<Dl> <Dd> (A) Indifference with which some Americans confront the subject </Dd> <Dd> (B) Nation's failure to undertake enough research and development into fire and fire - related problems </Dd> <Dd> (C) Scarcity of reliable data and information </Dd> <Dd> (D) Fact that designers and purchasers of buildings and products generally give insufficient attention to fire safety </Dd> <Dd> (E) Fact that many communities lack adequate building and fire prevention codes </Dd> <Dd> (F) Fact that local fire departments spend about 95 cents of every dollar appropriated to the fire services on efforts to extinguish fires and only about 5 cents on fire prevention </Dd> </Dl> </Dd>

Federal fire prevention and control act of 1986