 BFRL Research Information Services
(BFRLRIS)
The Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) Research Information Services is located
within the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) at the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Formerly known as the Fire Research Information Services
(FRIS). BFRLRIS is an information resource center to the BFRL staff, fire
protection engineers, scientists, and fire service personnel around the world.
The 80,000 document collection represents a vast resource of information on
building and fire research related subjects. The collection is accessible
through the on-line bibliographic database FIREDOC.
Available here are links to other products in different formats including
printed publications, CD-ROMs, web sites, mpeg/quicktime movies and software
that can be downloaded. You can also link to other resources.
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Fire Research Resources
- FIREDOC - is the online
bibliographic database to the BFRLRIS literature collection.
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FIREDOC EXPRESS - an exciting
feature of FIREDOC (Currently available only in the U. S.)
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Fire on the
Web - These web pages provide links to experimental fire data and
mpeg/quicktime movies for fire tests that can be downloaded and/or viewed with a web
browser. This award winning site contains additional fire-related
resources at BFRL and elsewhere.
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Software - Fire research related BFRL developed software
products.
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Fire Safety Factsheets -
providing fire
safety information especially for people living in manufactured housing.
- Fire.Gov - On-line newsletter for the Fire Services.
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Fire Research Grants - Information on the availability of
grant funds, applicant eligibility, program objectives, and
selection criteria for the Fire Research Grants Program.
- FABERC -
The Fire and Building Educational Resource Collection (FABERC) provides
access to multimedia – including video clips, images, reports, and,
experiment data – from a variety of sources.
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Building Research Resources
- SLP.NIST.GOV -
High-performance polymeric materials consortia and related projects.
- STONEWALL.NIST.GOV
- Building Stone of the United States: The NIST Test Wall.
- VCCTL
- Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory.
- Electronic
Monograph - describes the computational and experimental
research of the Inorganic Materials Group in cement, concrete, and
general porous materials.
- The Office of
Applied Economics (OAE) - economic products and services
with a focus on improving the life-cycle quality and economy of
constructed facilities.
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Software - Building research related BFRL developed software
products.
- NEHRP -
Information on the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.
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BFRL Publications Information
Recently Released Publications
More BFRL Information
- WTC.NIST.GOV - Information on BFRL's involvement in the
investigation of the World Trade Center disaster.
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Standards Activities - Information on BFRL's participation in the
process of developing national and international standards.
- BFRL's home page - Other
resources can be found by browsing BFRL's home page.
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