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A Fresh Look at Train Fire Safety
ŠRobert Rathe Photography
As part of a 3-year study of passenger train fire safety requirements for the Federal Railroad Administration, NIST researchers conducted full-scale tests in the Institute's large-scale fire research facility. Using bags of trash collected from inservice trains, NIST researchers measured heat release rates to better understand the behavior of realistic fires. In the photo above, NIST fire protection engineer David Stroup uses an infrared camera to explore details of fire spread and burning of a trash fire set near train seats.

A Fresh Look at Train Fire Safety

ŠRobert Rathe Photography

As part of a 3-year study of passenger train fire safety requirements for the Federal Railroad Administration, NIST researchers conducted full-scale tests in the Institute's large-scale fire research facility. Using bags of trash collected from inservice trains, NIST researchers measured heat release rates to better understand the behavior of realistic fires. In the photo above, NIST fire protection engineer David Stroup uses an infrared camera to explore details of fire spread and burning of a trash fire set near train seats.

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