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§2223a Review

Title 15 › Chapter 49— FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › § 2223a

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The head of the U.S. Fire Administration must review state and local emergency response materials to make sure they are accurate, consistent, and clearly show likely dangers from hazardous materials and how responders should act.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §2223a

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The Administrator of the United States Fire Administration (hereafter in sections 2223a to 2223e of this title referred to as the “Administrator”) shall conduct a review of existing response information used by emergency response personnel at the State and local levels to evaluate its accuracy and consistency, and to determine whether it is properly expressed. Such information should clearly communicate to emergency response personnel the probable hazards which they must contend with in an emergency situation involving hazardous materials, and the appropriate response to those hazards.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Firefighters’ Safety Study Act, and not as part of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title

Pub. L. 101–446, § 1, Oct. 22, 1990, 104 Stat. 1045, provided that: “This Act [enacting this section and sections 2223b to 2223e of this title] may be cited as the ‘Firefighters’ Safety Study Act’.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

15 U.S.C. § 2223a

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60