Community Risk Reduction: Organizing and Managing Prevention Programs

By: Jim Crawford

Community Risk Reduction (CRR) is not just prevention—it’s a strategic, data-driven process for assessing hazards, prioritizing risks, and implementing solutions that make communities safer. 

In Community Risk Reduction: Organizing and Managing Prevention Programs, nationally respected fire protection expert Jim Crawford offers a complete guide for fire service leaders, prevention practitioners, and emergency response personnel. Drawing from decades of field experience and national standards, Crawford provides a clear roadmap for building and managing effective CRR programs, supported by real-world case studies, review questions, and actionable activities.  

Key topics include: 
• CRR defined 
• Fire and life safety education 
• Plan reviews for the construction process 
• Fire code adoption and compliance 
• The fire investigation process 
 

Whether you’re starting a new program or enhancing existing efforts, this resource equips you with the knowledge and tools to organize prevention programs that work—today and for years to come. 

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Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. An Overview of Community Risk Reduction
2. Making the Case for Prevention: Public Policy
3. Planning for Community Risk Reduction Programs
4. Evaluating Prevention Programs
5. Organizing Prevention Programs
6. Education: Risk And Loss Reduction Educational Programs
7. Enforcement: Concepts in Code Compliance
8. Engineering: Plan Review and Other Engineering Concepts in Prevention
9. Fire, Arson, and Explosion Investigations
10. Community Risk Reduction for Emergency Response Personnel
11. Influences on Prevention Programs

Answers to Test Questions

Glossary

Notes

Index

About the Author