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Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§2209 Master plans

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 49— - FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › § 2209

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

States and local governments must create master plans for preventing and controlling fires. The federal Administrator can encourage and help them and must provide technical help and training so fire services can build statewide and national mutual-aid systems that include threat assessment and equipment deployment plans and ways to collect timely resource data for regional use. These systems must fit the Federal Response Plan, and the Administrator must provide model mutual-aid plans for help within and between states. A master plan is a general program that should include a survey of fire services and codes, an analysis of short- and long-term needs, a plan to meet those needs, and estimates for cost, financing, and likely implementation problems.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §2209

Commerce and Trade — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The establishment of master plans for fire prevention and control are the responsibility of the States and the political subdivisions thereof. The Administrator is authorized to encourage and assist such States and political subdivisions in such planning activities, consistent with his powers and duties under this chapter.
(b)(1)The Administrator shall provide technical assistance and training to State and local fire service officials to establish nationwide and State mutual aid systems for dealing with national emergencies that—
(A)include threat assessment and equipment deployment strategies;
(B)include means of collecting asset and resource information to provide accurate and timely data for regional deployment; and
(C)are consistent with the Federal Response Plan.
(2)The Administrator shall develop and make available to State and local fire service officials model mutual aid plans for both intrastate and interstate assistance.
(c)For the purposes of this section, a “master plan” is one which will result in the planning and implementation in the area involved of a general program of action for fire prevention and control. Such master plan is reasonably expected to include (1) a survey of the resources and personnel of existing fire services and an analysis of the effectiveness of the fire and building codes in such area; (2) an analysis of short and long term fire prevention and control needs in such area; (3) a plan to meet the fire prevention and control needs in such area; and (4) an estimate of cost and realistic plans for financing the implementation of the plan and operation on a continuing basis and a summary of problems that are anticipated in implementing such master plan.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 93–498, Oct. 29, 1974, 88 Stat. 1535, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 2201 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

2003—Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 108–169 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c). 2000—Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 106–503 redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b) which required Secretary to submit to Congress a report on establishment and effectiveness of master plans four years after Oct. 29, 1974.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see section 315(a)(1) of Title 6, Domestic Security. For

Transfer of Functions

, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see former section 313(1) and section 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Functions of National Fire Prevention and Control Administration [now United States Fire Administration] and National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control generally transferred to Federal Emergency Management Agency. For further details see

Transfer of Functions

note set out under section 2202 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

15 U.S.C. § 2209

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73