Building and Fire Research Programs & Projects | |
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Enhanced Effectiveness of Fire Fighting Tactics Project
Last Updated Date: 12/08/2011 Firefighting is hazardous. In 2008, the fire departments in the United States responded to more than 500,000 structure fires. These fires resulted … more
Fire Research Grants Project
Last Updated Date: 12/08/2011 Fire Research Grants support extramural work to reduce the total burden of fire on the U.S. economy, which is estimated at approximately $360 … more
Fire Risk Reduction in Communities Program
Last Updated Date: 12/08/2011 This program focuses on reducing two components of community fire risk: 1) increasing the fire resilience of wildland urban interface communities … more
Validation of Bench-scale Smoke Toxicity Apparatus Project
Last Updated Date: 12/08/2011 This project measures the yields of toxic compounds in smoke using four different bench-scale combustion apparatus, for comparison to yields … more
Safety of Building Occupants Projects
Last Updated Date: 12/08/2011 NIST will develop best practices, guidance, and pre-standards for the design and performance prediction of building and community emergency … more
National Fire Research Laboratory Commissioning and Operations Project
Last Updated Date: 12/08/2011 At present, there is no research facility in the world that allows scientists and engineers to conduct research in structural response to a … more
Reduced Ignition and Flame Spread with Nano-Engineered Foam Project
Last Updated Date: 12/08/2011 This research will enable commercialization of a reduced flammability, inexpensive, and EHS [1] compliant polyurethane foam. This will be … more
Advanced Fire Retardants Project
Last Updated Date: 12/08/2011 The project has two tasks, both aimed at new knowledge and tools to facilitate end-use applications: 1.) complete the ongoing work to model the … more
Reduced Flammability of Upholstered Furniture Project
Last Updated Date: 12/08/2011 This project will produce the measurement science needed to reduce the contribution of residential upholstered furniture to the Nation’s … more
Advanced Fire Detection Project
Last Updated Date: 12/08/2011 This project will develop the technology to significantly reduce residential fire deaths through demonstration of economical advanced detection … more
MOIST
Last Updated Date: 12/06/2011 MOIST: A computer program for predicting heat and moisture transfer in building envelopes. MOIST is a user-friendly, computer program that … more
Metrics and Tools for Construction Productivity Project
Last Updated Date: 11/16/2011 This project defines metrics, tools, and data for measuring physical infrastructure delivery performance and construction productivity at three … more
Sustainable, High Performance Infrastructure Materials Program
Last Updated Date: 11/02/2011 The standards used to classify and specify materials used in infrastructure, construction, manufacturing, and energy production are not able to … more
Earthquake Risk Reduction in Buildings and Infrastructure Program
Last Updated Date: 11/02/2011 The goal of this program is to develop performance-based tools, guidelines, and standards for the design of new buildings and the … more
NEHRP Post-Earthquake Investigations Plan
Last Updated Date: 11/02/2011 HR 1379 [1] and SB 646 [2] , both known as the Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2011, direct that the lead for post-earthquake investigations … more |
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