Fire Prevention Canada's Mission: To increase the awareness of fire prevention and safety through direct education of the public. The organization’s goal is to reduce the number of mostly preventable residential fires across this country, many of which are fatal. The Council of Canadian Fire Marshals and Fire Commissioners is a member of Fire Prevention Canada and helps manage its affairs. FIPRECAN’s Board of Directors is comprised of representatives from the Council of Canadian Fire Marshals and Fire Commissioners (CCFM&FC), the fire service and from the private sector.

Patron: Fire Prevention Canada is privileged to have Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada as its Patron.

Registered Charity: Fire Prevention Canada is solely dependent on donations and grants to fund its numerous programs. To that end, FIPRECAN was incorporated in 1976 as a registered charity.

Communications: In order to effectively carry out its mission as the national voice of fire prevention and education, Fire Prevention Canada:

• Serves as a clearing house of information on fire prevention and safety issues for the Fire Service, for industry, for the private sector and for all levels of government.
• Provides current fire safety information to the public and media.
• Organizes and coordinates the yearly national launch of Fire Prevention Week in the nation's capital, and develops the yearly Fire Prevention Week Kit which can be downloaded free of charge.
• Works with the Fire Service to promote provincial and territorial Fire Prevention Week activities.
• Maintains lines of communication between other fire prevention and safety organizations, through its Board of Directors and staff.
• Partners with Federal Government departments to leverage funds for fire prevention programs.
• Solicits corporate, government and public funding to generate and maintain its numerous fire safety programs and educational materials, which are made available to the general public and to the Fire Service through this web site at no cost.