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

• Evaluating Occupant Load Factors for Ambulatory Health Care Facilities (PDF, 105 KB)
• Fire Hazards of Exterior Wall Assemblies Containing Combustible Components (PDF, 161 KB)
• Fire Safety Challenges of Tall Wood Buildings (PDF, 164 KB)
• Glass Boarding Bridges (PDF, 111 KB)
• Non-Fire Hazard Provisions in NFPA Codes and Standards that Address Life Safety (PDF, 106 KB)

Detection and signaling

• Best Practices for Emergency Communication Strategies (PDF, 83 KB)
• 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

• Defining the Landscape for PPE Care and Maintenance (PDF, 443 KB)
• Quantification of Green Building Features on Firefighter Safety (PDF, 441 KB)
• 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

Hazardous materials

• Quantifying Heavy Snowfall in NFPA 58 (PDF, 130 KB)
• Technical Basis for Separation Distances in NFPA Codes and Standards (PDF, 102 KB)
• Flammability Characterization of Lithium Ion Batteries for Storage Protection (PDF, 355 KB)
• Combustible Metal Fires and Explosions - Case Studies (PDF, 111 KB)

Miscellaneous

• Fire Extinguishants and Cultural Resource Collections (PDF, 185 KB)
• Pilot Demonstration of an Impact Evaluation Protocol: NIST NCST Recommendations of the Station Nightclub fire (PDF, 115 KB)
• Development of Standard Cooking Fire Scenarios and Candidate Test Methods for Evaluating Cooking Fire Mitigation Technologies (PDF, 82 KB)

Suppression

• Hybrid Water Mist Fire Protection Systems (PDF, 109 KB)
• Evaluation of Water Additives for Fire Control and Vapor Mitigation (PDF, 153 KB)