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Groups Expand or Collapse Fire Fighting Technology Engineered Fire Safety Flammability Reduction Wildland-Urban Interface Fire National Fire Research Laboratory Product & Services Expand or Collapse Consolidated Fire and Smoke Transport Model (CFAST) Fire Calorimetry Database (FCD) Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) and Smokeview Fire Research Grants Program Fire on the Web Fire.Gov for the Fire Service NIST Technical Note 1483 Next Generation Fire Suppression Technology Selected Publications Software Turnout Gear Selector (ToGS) Programs/Projects Expand or Collapse Fire Risk Reduction in Buildings Program Fire Risk Reduction in Communities Program Employment Groups Engineered Fire Safety Group Fire Fighting Technology Group Flammability Reduction Group National Fire Research Laboratory Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Group Through its programs in measurement, prediction, systems integration, and the dynamics of fire and its interactions with the built and natural environment, the division provides leadership for advancing the theory and practice of fire safety engineering, fire fighting, fire investigation, fire testing, fire data management, and intentional burning. Fire Research Grants Program The FY24 MSE Notice of Funding Opportunity (2024-NIST-MSE-01) has been posted. For more information visit Fire Research Grants Program or to reach the application site directly visit: grants.gov/search-results-detail/352807 News and Updates Staff Spotlight - Dr. Ankit Sharma March 21, 2024 We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Ankit Sharma has joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as an Associate (PREP) in the Wear and Tear May Cause Firefighter Gear to Release More ‘Forever Chemicals’ January 16, 2024 Are firefighters at risk of increased exposure to cancer-causing chemicals in their protective clothing? NIST Issues New Guidance for Emergency Response During Wildfires August 23, 2023 Lessons learned from the 2018 Camp Fire in California include strategies for protecting lives when there is not enough time to safely evacuate all residents. AI Can Accurately Predict Potentially Fatal Cardiac Events in Firefighters July 11, 2023 Training a machine-learning model with real-life data from firefighters was key. View All News and Updates Projects and Programs Advanced Fire Modeling Ongoing The Fire Research Division develops and maintains a set of computational tools to analyze fire behavior. These tools include the Consolidated Fire and Smoke Advanced Gas-Phase Fire Retardants Project Completed There is high motivation in industry to replace the widely used brominated fire retardants (and their antimony synergist). In order to aid in the development Automated Tools for Material Property Calibration Ongoing Reliable computational predictions of flame spread and fire growth can assist in the design and selection of reduced flammability materials. Due to the Design Fires for Structures Project Ongoing This project will address upcoming needs and take advantage of new resources associated with the completion of National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL). The View All Projects/Programs Software FDS and Smokeview Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of fire-driven fluid flow. The software solves numerically a form of the Navier CFAST The Consolidated Model of Fire and Smoke Transport, CFAST, is a computer program that fire investigators, safety officials, engineers, architects and builders ToGS Turnout Gear Selector Turnout Gear Selector (ToGS) helps the manufacturers, purchasers and users of fire turnout gear evaluate and select the turnout coat and pants ensemble that View All Software Tools and Instruments Fire Calorimetry Database (FCD) The National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL) operates calorimeters to measure the heat and combustion products for fires in the range of 50 kW to 20,000 kW The National Fire Research Laboratory The National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL) is a unique experimental facility dedicated understanding fire behavior and structural response to fire. The View All Tools & Instruments Awards 2023 - Gold Medal Award-Alexander Maranghides , Eric Link, Shonali Nazare, Kathryn Butler, Erik Johnsson, Marco Fernandez For groundbreaking investigations, experiments, and analysis of WUI fire data that resulted in innovative tools to protect communities from wildfires. Ryan Falkenstein-Smith Receives 40 under 40: E-lecture Series on Combustion Award For outstanding work on "Characterizing ventilation in fire safety science. A Group From The Fire Research Division Receive The Sheldon Tieszen Award In recognition of excellence in an IAFSS symposium paper in fire safety science. Wai Cheong Tam Receives The Ronald K. Mengel Award In recognition of the best paper in detection category of the 2023 NFPA SUPDET Conference. View All Awards HEADQUARTERS 100 Bureau Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20899 301-975-2000 Webmaster | Contact Us | Our Other Offices Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Instagram YouTube Giphy RSS Feed Mailing List How are we doing? 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