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NIST Test Fans the Flames for High-Rise Fire Safety
Release Date: 11/22/2006 Members of a research team watch flames erupt from an abandoned Chicago apartment building during a Nov. 10 test of positive pressure ventilation … more
NIST Software Makes Fire Gear Choice Easier
Release Date: 06/08/2006 Firefighters know that protective "turnout gear" (pants and coats) can save their lives. Yet because there are several different … more
Fire Panel Changes Offer Real-Time Fire Status Data
Release Date: 02/02/2006 Fire panels, or “annunciators,” are electronic devices that display data on building conditions in one easily accessible … more
Updated Fire Modeling Software Released
Release Date: 11/03/2005 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released in September an updated version of a popular computer program that fire … more
Meeting Slated to Discuss Structural Steel and Fire
Release Date: 06/02/2005 The World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, showed the critical importance of fire resistant materials for structural steel. … more
NIST Issues Guidelines to Protect First Responders Exposed To Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear Agents
Release Date: 09/19/2002 A new report issued today by the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the first comprehensive set of … more
NIST Fire Research Seeks a Safer Night's Sleep for All
Release Date: 07/17/2000 Engineers at the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the Commerce … more |
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