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| Join us in Chicago for our Fire Safety Design and Sustainable Buildings Symposium |
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NFPA and the Fire Protection Research Foundation (FPRF) will present a one-and-a-half day symposium, Fire Safety Design and Sustainable Buildings: Challenges and Opportunities, November 7-8, at the Courtyard Marriott Chicago Downtown/Magnificent Mile. The symposium will feature perspectives from architects, engineers, the sustainability community, and research institutions on the challenges and opportunities of integrating fire safety and sustainable design. Join us as we share ideas and best practices for sustainable fire safe design. Register today.
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New project: Evaluating cooking fire mitigation technologies
Cooking equipment-related fires are a leading cause of U.S. fire loss. In 2010, the Foundation conducted a study supported by the National Institute of Standards and Technology which reviewed current and developing prevention technologies suitable for use on or with home cooking appliances and developed a framework to evaluate their effectiveness. A new project has been initiated to help ease the path to market for these technologies through development of standard cooking scenarios, test methods, and performance metrics to evaluate cooking fire mitigation technologies.
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New project: Lithium ion batteries in storage
In 2010, the Foundation conducted a lifecycle hazard assessment of small format lithium ion batteries. A priority research need identified was sprinkler protection criteria for these batteries in storage. A unique testing program is currently underway funded by the Property Insurance Research Group to capture the flammability characteristics inherent in a rack storage fire while limiting the total quantity of test commodity to one pallet load.
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New project: Sprinkler protection for cloud ceilings
Cloud ceilings sit beneath the proper ceiling of a room or space and are seen increasingly in commercial and industrial buildings. NFPA 13 does not have definitive guidance on sprinkler requirements for these ceilings at both the upper ceiling and cloud ceiling panel elevations. The objective of this research project is to obtain an understanding of how cloud ceiling panels impact sprinkler actuation. Both fire modeling and full scale testing will be conducted.
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New report: A literature review of emergency and non-emergency events
NFPA 101®, Life Safety Code®, contains information that is useful not only in fire related emergencies but also in non-fire emergencies and non-emergency situations. To better clarify the application of NFPA 101 to non-fire emergency and non-emergency situations, a review of non fire emergency scenarios which include some form of individual and crowd dynamics is presented in this document.
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New report: Validation of modeling tools for detection design in high air flow environments
In the past few years, airflow containment solutions are being introduced to increase energy efficiency in IT/telecom facilities which pose challenges for the design of fire protection systems. This report describes a fire test research and modeling plan designed to improve design tools for this application.
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Mark your calendars: SUPDET 2013, February 26 – March 1 in Orlando, Florida
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