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Fire Research: Providing New Tools for Fire Investigation

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Author(s)

Daniel M. Madrzykowski

Abstract

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Building and Fire Laboratory (BFRL) are working with the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA); the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF); and the U.S. Department of Justice to provide a more scientific basis for the investigation of fire. This article will provide an overview of where the state of the art research is and where it may lead us.
Citation
Fire & Arson Investigator
Volume
52
Issue
No. 4
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

burn pattern, fire dynamics simulator, fire experiments, fire investigation, fire model, firedynamics, smokeview
Buildings and Construction, Fire and Disaster and failure studies

Citation

Madrzykowski, D. (2002), Fire Research: Providing New Tools for Fire Investigation, Fire & Arson Investigator, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=861199 (Accessed October 14, 2025)

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Created July 1, 2002, Updated February 19, 2017
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