The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s National Fire Research Laboratory has spurred numerous improvements in fire safety across the country. Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the ...

NIST researcher and fire protection engineer Alexander Maranghides views a landscape marred by the Camp Fire during a field data collection deployment. (NIST) On a brisk November morning in 2018, a ...

Two researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology are working on a model of how to help save your building's occupants in the case of a high-rise fire. The two research, Stephen ...

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Fire Research Lab get paid to send stuff up in flames. As they closely observe the mechanics of fire with special cameras, they work ...

A wildfire rages across southern California wildlands towards residential communities, endangering residents and firefighters and sending property up in smoke. This is an increasingly common story, ...

Photo: An abandoned apartment building on Governor's Island, New York, provided a real-life laboratory for fire researchers studying wind-driven fires and tactics to combat them. (NIST) Fire ...

A free interactive online training program for fire fighters and arson investigators that features fire research, video footage and expert analysis from the National Institute of Standards and ...

October 30, 2023 -- The Fire Protection Research Foundation (FPRF) has received grant funding for five projects. Two projects are being funded by the FEMA Assistance to Firefighters (AFG) and the ...

Firefighters must register by Oct. 30 for free classes held on Nov. 4 and repeated on Nov. 5, on modern fire behavior research and science and the tactical considerations to reduce risks. Related To: ...