Residential Kitchen Fire Suppression Research Needs: Workshop Proceedings.
Residential Kitchen Fire Suppression Research Needs:
Workshop Proceedings.
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Madrzykowski, D.; Mehta, S.
NIST SP 1006; NIST Special Publication 1066; 65 p.
February 2007.
Residential Kitchen Fire Suppression Research Needs:
Workshop Proceedings. April 11, 2006, Gaithersburg, MD,
2007.
Keywords:
kitchens; fire suppression; residential buildings; test
methods; fire protection; standards; codes; fire
departments; cooking fires; UL 300A; fire data; fire
prevention
Abstract:
The Workshop on Residential Kitchen Fire Suppression
Research Needs was held on April 11, 2006, at the
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in
Gaithersburg, MD. The Workshop provided a forum to
discuss test methods, technologies, and research and
development that can significantly improve residential
fire protection, with emphasis on residential kitchen
applications. The Workshop program included
representatives from standards, codes, testing, and
research organizations, the fire protection industry,
the fire service, and federal government agencies. In
total, 30 people attended. The goal of the conference
was to identify barriers that impede advances in the
application of localized suppression systems in
residences. In this regard, the Workshop explored:
recent developments in suppression system technologies,
characterization of the performance of residential
kitchen fire suppression systems, the role of federal
agencies and standards groups, and opportunities for
collaboration. The workshop attendees were divided into
two breakout groups to discuss the following questions:
(*) What is needed to reduce losses from kitchen fires?
* Focus on prevention? * Focus on suppression? (*) What
are the prioritized research needs for kitchen fires?
(*) What needs to be done in order to place effective
retrofit systems into a significant number of homes? The
results of each group's deliberations were discussed
when the full Workshop reconvened. The responses from
each group were considered and listed so that attendees
could vote on the issues that they felt were most
important. Attendees were grouped by their affiliation
with the standards, codes, testing and research
organizations, or the fire protection industry, or the
fire service for purposes of voting.
Selected Papers
Building and Fire Research Laboratory
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899