All Entries in the "Research" Category
NIST Residential Fire Study Education Kit Now Available
Size of Fire at Time of Suppression Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the International Association of Fire Fighters have prepared an educational resource for fire chiefs, firefighters, and public officials to summarize and explain the key results of a landmark study on the effect of the size of firefighting […]
Prevention of Disproportionate Structural Collapse
NIST Modeling Many U.S. buildings are vulnerable to extreme loads that may cause partial or total collapse. Modern structures have a limited reserve capacity to accommodate abnormal loads. There is no accepted science-base or design practice to maintain overall structural robustness within a multi-hazard context that considers both design loads and abnormal loads. The National […]
FIREFIGHTER EXPOSURE TO SMOKE PARTICULATES
Firefighter Exposure to Smoke Particulates Under a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Assistance to Firefighter Grant, Underwriters Laboratories in collaboration with the Chicago Fire Department and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, recently completed a sixteen month study on the smoke and gas exposure firefighters confront during firefighting operations and subsequent contact exposure […]
Operational Considerations for Highrise Firefighting: Special Report
Operational Considerations for Highrise Firefighting: Special Report USFA Special Report Subject(s): Fire Prevention & Planning/Code Enforcement, Incident Management, Operations & Tactics Media: Technical Report Series Read Online/Download: Adobe Acrobat (PDF)/ Other Help PDF (1.3 Mb) , Text (86 Kb) Description: This report provides an overview of several major highrise fires and suggestions for how problems […]
