In 1980, the Fire Academy helped coordinate the delivery of extensive training programs offered by the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration (later known as the US Fire Administration) to help curb the unusually high fire death and injury rates in the state. Under a massive agreement, signed by Governor Bill Clinton and US Fire Administrator Gordon Vickery, national fire training materials from the National Fire Academy and initiatives from the Fire Administration's Public Education Office were delivered to the Arkansas Fire Academy for dissemination to local fire departments.