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Three Experts Named to Earthquake Advisory Board
Release Date: 08/06/2008 Three new experts have been tapped to serve on the Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR) of the National Earthquake Hazards … more
NIST Debuts New Approach to Ad Hoc Networks for First Responders
Release Date: 08/06/2008 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers successfully demonstrated a prototype approach to maintain two-way … more
High Rise Fire Fighting—Effective Use of Positive Pressure Ventilation
Release Date: 06/24/2008 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) engineers recently released a two-disk DVD set that demonstrates how Positive Pressure … more
Comments Requested on Draft Earthquake Hazards Plan
Release Date: 04/15/2008 Earthquakes cannot be prevented, but their impacts on life, property and the economy can and should be managed. That’s the challenge … more
NIST Evaluates Firefighting Tactics In NYC High-Rise Test
Release Date: 03/18/2008 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) fire protection engineers turned an abandoned New York City (NYC) brick high-rise into a … more
Web Site Offers Easy Access to Life-Saving Fire Service Research
Release Date: 03/18/2008 A new National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Web site offers easy access to reports of NIST fire investigations, summaries of … more
Energy Upgrades Pay Off for Taxpayers and Feds
Release Date: 03/05/2008 Buildings account for 40 percent of the energy consumed within the United States and a similar percentage of carbon dioxide emissions. National … more
Failure Investigations Report Highlights Efforts for Safer Buildings
Release Date: 03/05/2008 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has submitted to Congress the annual report of activities under the National … more
NIST Building Safety Efforts Mark Fifth Anniversary of R.I. Nightclub Fire
Release Date: 02/19/2008 Five years ago on Feb. 20, 2003, pyrotechnics lit during a concert at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., started a rapidly spreading … more
Elevators Seen as Playing Hi-Rise Fire Evacuation Role
Release Date: 10/25/2007 “In case of fire use the stairs, not the elevator”—appears on signs posted in elevator lobbies throughout the United … more
NIST Official Testifies on Fire Research Program
Release Date: 10/11/2007 On Oct. 2, 2007, S. Shyam Sunder, director of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology … more
Home Sprinklers Score ‘A’ in NIST Cost-Benefit Study
Release Date: 10/11/2007 Sometimes life-saving technologies seem beyond the reach of the average person. If you put residential fire sprinklers in that category, think … more
NIST Firebrand Device Could Save U.S. and Japanese Homes
Release Date: 09/13/2007 Crackling embers and glowing firebrands might make for a romantic evening in front of the fireplace, but for homeowners in high fire-risk areas, … more
Fire Tests Examine Structural Collapse Hazards and Warning Devices
Release Date: 08/30/2007 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducted experiments this week in Sharon Hill, Pa., on the hazards of fires under … more
NIST Begins Technical Study of S.C. Warehouse Fire
Release Date: 07/20/2007 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced that it is beginning a technical study of the June 18, 2007, fire at the … more |
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