§ 2205. — Public education.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC2205]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 49--FIRE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
Sec. 2205. Public education
The Administrator is authorized to take all steps necessary to
educate the public and to overcome public indifference as to fire and
fire prevention. Such steps may include, but are not limited to,
publications, audiovisual presentations, and demonstrations. Such public
education efforts shall include programs to provide specialized
information for those groups of individuals who are particularly
vulnerable to fire hazards, such as the young and the elderly. The
Administrator shall sponsor and encourage research, testing, and
experimentation to determine the most effective means of such public
education.
(Pub. L. 93-498, Sec. 6, Oct. 29, 1974, 88 Stat. 1537.)
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to
the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related
references, see sections 313(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6,
Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security
Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note
under section 542 of Title 6.
Functions of National Fire Prevention and Control Administration
[now United States Fire Administration] and National Academy for Fire
Prevention and Control generally transferred to Federal Emergency
Management Agency. For further details see Transfer of Functions note
set out under section 2202 of this title.
