{"identifier":"/us/usc/t15/s2202","title":15,"num":"\u00a7\u202f2202.","heading":"Declaration of purpose","text":"\u00a7\u202f2202.\nDeclaration of purpose\nIt is declared to be the purpose of Congress in this chapter to\u2014\n(1) reduce the Nation\u2019s losses caused by fire through better fire prevention and control;\n(2) supplement existing programs of research, training, and education, and to encourage new and improved programs and activities by State and local governments;\n(3) establish the United States Fire Administration and the Fire Research Center within the Department of Commerce; and\n(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.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t15/s2202.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s2202","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f2202."},{"t":"heading","text":"Declaration of purpose","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"It is declared to be the purpose of Congress in this chapter to\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s2202/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" reduce the Nation\u2019s losses caused by fire through better fire prevention and control;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s2202/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" supplement existing programs of research, training, and education, and to encourage new and improved programs and activities by State and local governments;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s2202/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" establish the United States Fire Administration and the Fire Research Center within the Department of Commerce; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s2202/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}