U.S. Fire Administration Blog Policies

Purpose

The purpose of this blog is to facilitate an ongoing dialogue with the Fire Service that contributes to fostering a solid foundation in prevention, preparedness, and response with respect to fire and related emergencies.

Comment Policy

This blog is intended to be a dynamic, online conversation, and we welcome your comments, ideas, and success stories.

This is a moderated blog, and USFA retains the discretion to determine which comments it will post and which it will not. We expect all contributors to be respectful. We will not post comments that contain personal attacks of any kind, make unsupported accusations, or contain vulgar language or offensive terms that target specific individuals or groups. We will not post comments that are from individuals under 13 years of age, spam, clearly off topic, or that promote services or products. If you have a question or comment that is off-topic, you may submit it through the USFA Web Site Feedback Form.

With the exception of deactivating links to external Web sites contained in comments, we will not edit comments to remove objectionable content so please make sure that your comment contains none of the above. Commenters are fully responsible for everything they submit in their comments and all posted comments are in the public domain.

We ask that reporters send questions to USFA's Public Information Officer at (301) 447-1853 and refrain from submitting questions here as comments. We will not post questions from reporters.

We will make our best effort to promptly post those comments that are consistent with the Comment Policy, but given the need to manage Federal resources, moderating and posting of comments will occur only during regular business hours, Monday through Friday. Comments submitted outside of business hours will be read and posted as quickly as possible. To protect your own privacy and the privacy of others, please do not include phone numbers or email addresses in the body of your comment.

Any opinions expressed here, except as specifically noted, are those of the individual authors or commenters and do not necessarily represent the views or policies of the U.S. Fire Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, or the Federal government.

Thank you for taking the time to read this comment policy. We encourage your participation in our discussion and look forward to an active exchange of ideas.

Guest Bloggers

From time to time, USFA may elect to post blog entries from invited guest bloggers. Opinions expressed by guest bloggers are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent the views or policies of the U.S. Fire Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, or the Federal government. USFA reserves the right to:

Privacy Policy

This blog follows the USFA Privacy Policy.

We are unable to post comments from children under the age of 13 due to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). If you are 12 years old or younger, you may e-mail us rather than post a comment to our blog.

Linking Policy and Disclaimer of Endorsement

The views expressed on this blog are those of the individual bloggers. These views and posted comments do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Fire Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, or the Federal government.

This blog includes useful hypertext links to information created and maintained by other public and private organizations and individuals' blogs. USFA provides these links solely for our users' information and convenience.

When you select a link to an outside Web site, you are leaving the USFA blog and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the owners/sponsors of the outside Web site.

USFA does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of information contained on a linked Web site.

USFA does not endorse the organizations sponsoring linked Web sites, and we do not endorse the views they express or the products/services they offer.

USFA cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Those who provide comments are responsible for the copyright of the text they provide.

USFA is not responsible for transmissions users receive from linked Web sites.

USFA does not guarantee that outside Web sites comply with Section 508 (accessibility requirements) of the Rehabilitation Act.

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