The Fire Safety Institute was founded in 1981 as a not-for-profit corporation. Its purpose is to encourage an integrated approach to the reduction of life and property loss from fire through rational fire safety decision making. The Institute pursues this goal by application of 1) information science to collect and organize current and developing fire safety concepts, 2) research methods of decision analysis to develop better ways to utilize fire safety technology, and 3) education of professionals to disseminate fire safety knowledge.