Fire Safety Research at NIST.
Fire Safety Research at NIST.
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Hamins, A.
NISTIR 6986; 569 p. September 2003.
International Collaborative Project to Evaluate Fire
Models for Nuclear Power Plant Applications: Summary of
5th Meeting. APPENDIX C. SUMMARY PAPERS: Opening
Remarks and Research Programs. C/1-3 pp and APPENDIX D.
VIEW GRAPHS USED FOR PRESENTATIONS. D/7-16 pp. May
2-3, 2002, Gaithersburg, MD, 2003.
Keywords:
pool fires; nuclear power plants; fire models;
computational fluid dynamics; validation; fire research;
fire safety; research facilities; fire fighters; fire
fighting; fire tests; building construction; building
materials; World Trade Center
Abstract:
The Fire Research Division is one of four Divisions in
the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) at the
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
The Division is composed of approximately 58 full time
employees, 25 guest scientists and several post-doctoral
associates. The technical background of the staff
includes engineering, mathematics, chemistry, and
physics. The Fire Research Division Budget in 2002 was
approximately $13 M, with half of the support coming
from other agencies in government and private industry.
The goal of Fire Loss Reduction is one of four technical
research areas of the BFRL. The goal of this research is
to provide engineered fire safety for people, products,
facilities and enhanced firefighter effectiveness. The
goal is broken into four component programs.
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899