Current projects

Student project initiative
Each year, in our dialogue with NFPA technical committees, we identify a range of projects to meet their information needs. Some of these projects are small literature reviews or assessments that might be well met by a graduate or senior level undergraduate student. Learn more. 

Building and life safety

• Determining Self‐Preservation Capability in Pre‐School Children (PDF, 159 KB) 
• Evaluating Occupant Load Factors for Concentrated and Non‐Concentrated Business Use Areas (PDF, 144 KB) 
• Fire Hazards of Exterior Wall Assemblies Containing Combustible Components (PDF, 161 KB)
• Fire Safety Challenges of Tall Wood Buildings (PDF, 164 KB) 

Detection and signaling

• Validation of Modeling Tools for Detection Design in High Air Flow Environments - Phase 2  (PDF, 229 KB) 
• Parameters for Indirect Viewing of Visual Signals Used in Emergency Notification (PDF, 103 KB) 

For emergency responders

• Improved Liquid Integrity Evaluation Techniques for First Responder Ensembles (PDF, 416 KB)
• Evaluation of Fire Flow Methodologies (PDF, 128 KB) 
• Evaluation of Fire Service Training Fires (PDF, 53 KB) 
• Improving Fire Fighter Health and Safety with Uninterrupted-Real-Time Personal IDLH Sensors (PDF, 90 KB)
• Best Practices for Emergency Response to Incidents involving Electric Vehicle Battery Hazards (PDF, 365 KB) 
• Evaluation and Enhancement of Fire Fighter PASS Effectiveness (PDF, 112 KB)  
• Capabilities and Limitations of Compressed Air Foam Systems (CAFS) for Structural Fire fighting (PDF, 141 KB) Advisory service project
• Fireground Injuries: An International Evaluation of Causes and Best Practices (PDF, 180 KB) Advisory service project
• Stair Descent Device Performance for Firefighters (PDF, 67 KB) Advisory service project

Hazardous materials

• Technical Basis for Separation Distances in NFPA Codes and Standards (PDF, 98 KB) 
• Flammability Characterization of Lithium Ion Batteries for Storage Protection (PDF, 355 KB) 
• Combustible Metal Fires and Explosions - Case Studies (PDF, 111 KB)

Miscellaneous

• Development of Standard Cooking Fire Scenarios and Candidate Test Methods for Evaluating Cooking Fire Mitigation Technologies (PDF, 82 KB) 

Suppression

• Home Fire Sprinkler Cost Assessment – 5 Year Update (PDF, 60 KB) 
• Evaluation of Water Additives for Fire Control and Vapor Mitigation (PDF, 153 KB) 
• Sprinkler Protection for Cloud Ceilings (PDF, 52 KB) 

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