An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Building and Fire Research Laboratory Fiscal Year 2010 (2010) / Chapter Skim
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6 Measurement Science for Innovative Fire Protection
6 Measurement Science for Innovative Fire Protection
Pages 35-40
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More specifically, fire science includes flammability, computational fluid dynamics, heat transfer, fire growth modeling, and combustion chemistry and toxicity -- whereas fire protection engineering includes hazard assessment; fire detection, suppression, and smoke control; building egress design (involving stairway and elevator technology and occupant behavior) ; fire service technologies; and codes and standards.
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To develop validated computer models for fire spread through WUI fuel (structures and vegetation) , with model development including laboratory and field measurements of wind, vegetation, terrain, heat fluxes, and firebrands' generation and transport; 2.
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After careful evaluation, the concept appears solvable for residential occupancies but more challenging for larger commercial buildings, whose exterior walls are more opaque to electromagnetic waves. Fire Hazard in Buildings Recent data from New York State show a notable reduction in the loss of life following New York's adoption in 2005 of the new cigarette ignition propensity standard (i.e., "fire-safe cigarettes")
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Other institutions, including the commercial insurance company FM Global and the Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) , are currently moving the state of the art forward.
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CONCLUSIONS The panel's overall conclusions are as follows: The innovative BFRL Fire Research Division ably serves the national needs and is clearly superior to other research centers worldwide for excellence in fire research serving the national needs. Other fire research centers target different areas of specialization.
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The BRFL should consider holding a biennial workshop among the three leading U.S. large-fire research laboratories (NIST, FM Global, and the Sandia National Laboratories)
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