December 1, 2004
      
                  
        
  Author(s)
  Daniel M. Madrzykowski,   Nelson P. Bryner,   William L. Grosshandler,   D W. Stroup
 
       
            
    
    
        As part of its technical investigation of the fire that occurred in a Rhode Island, USA nightclub in February, 2003, NIST has conducted real-scale experiments to better understand the rate at which fire spreads over foam covered walls and the environment