Fire prevention is the number one goal for the nation's firefighters, and hundreds of fire departments nationwide are helping CPSC with today's recall roundup by serving as collection sites for hazardous products.

Fire prevention is the number one goal for the nation's firefighters, and hundreds of fire departments nationwide are helping CPSC with today's recall roundup by serving as collection sites for hazardous products,

You need someone who understands what the resource needs are on the ground, particularly in those first critical hours and days.

There's a breakdown. We've got firefighters still trapped in New Orleans.

The administration has dragged its feet. We have people who have been waiting for months. This is ridiculous.

Just like in our fire prevention bureau, we can't tell how many fires we prevented but we do know by going out there and doing some of these steps that they did help reduce some of the effects of what we had going on.