The Smoke Safety Council (SSC) was created to provide a forum for education, discussion, and the promotion of initiatives that support the control of smoke generated in building fires. The U.S. still leads most other industrialized countries in fire loss, and smoke is acknowledged as the most significant cause of death, injury, and property loss in these fires.

It is important to develop standards that provide for the safety of building occupants from the hazards of smoke migration. The SSC seeks to support dialog on the effectiveness of smoke protective measures, both active and passive, and the need to include appropriate means of protection in the building codes. The SSC advocates a balanced system approach to meeting the fire and smoke safety requirements of both prescriptive and performance based building codes.