The United States Fire Administration (USFA) is a division of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) located in Frederick County, Maryland, near Emmitsburg.

Among its 90 recommendations, the report proposed that a federal agency be established to help combat the growing problem of fatal fires happening throughout the country.

[6] On April 11, 1975, President Ford announced his nomination of Ohio State Fire Marshal David A. Lucht to the new position of Deputy Administrator of the NFPCA.

[7] On July 24, 1975, President Gerald Ford nominated Howard D. Tipton, who had served as executive director of the NFPCA, to head the new agency as Administrator.

[citation needed] The USFA manages the National Emergency Training Center (NETC) in Emmitsburg, Maryland on a campus acquired from Saint Joseph College in March 1979.