15 U.S.C. § 2202: Declaration of purpose

It is declared to be the purpose of Congress in this chapter to—(1) reduce the Nation’s losses caused by fire through better fire prevention and control; (2) supplement existing programs of research, training, and education, and to encourage new and improved programs and activities by State and local governments; (3) establish the United States Fire Administration and the Fire Research Center within the Department of Commerce; and (4) establish an intensified program of research into the treatment of burn and smoke injuries and the rehabilitation of victims of fires within the National Institutes of Health.