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Latest Articles In National Institute Of Standards And Technology

Strategy and Tactics
NIST/ISFSI Live Burn Study on Safer Tactics

Effective safety and firefighting tactics are major concerns in the fire service. Jane Jerrard interviews South Carolina State Fire Marshal Shane Ray, and ISFSI volunteer and Project Manager Vicki Pritchett, about the live burns they conducted in partnership with the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
(Wednesday, February 20, 2013) read
Tags: burn data, International Society of Fire Service Instructors, ISFSI, live-burn study, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, residential fires, safer tactics, South Carolina Fire Academy, training module, Firefighter Safety, Firefighting Operations, Training
Fire Prevention and Education
Promoting Fire-Safe Products to Your Customers

Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories can provide necessary knowledge regarding the safety measures of a product. Here, Jim Crawford examines the strategies departments need to take to use and endorse products that meet safety codes and standards.
(Sunday, January 13, 2013) read
Tags: AHJ, American National Standards Institute, ANSI, Canadian Standards Association, Consumer Product Safety Commission, CPSC, Factory Mutual, International Code Council’s Accreditation Services, International Fire Code, Intertek/ETL, Laboratory Accreditation Bureau, National Cooperation for Laboratory Accreditation, National Institute of Standards and Technology, nationally recognized testing laboratories, NRTL, OSHA, UL, Underwriter’s Laboratory
Technology
Using Fire Models to Understand Fire Behavior

Adam Barowy and Daniel Madrzykowski from NIST explain the current capabilities of fire modeling, what insights it has produced and what role fire modeling will play in the future.
(Tuesday, November 1, 2011) read
Tags: charleston, fire behavior, fire modeling, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, Sofa Super Store Fire, Strategy and Tactics

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