The UL FSRI Fire Investigation Data Portal is now available online! Clink on the links below to review the results from our NIJ (Award No. 2015-DN-BX-K052) funded “Full-Scale Experiments to Study the Impact of Ventilation on Fire Patterns” project. For this project, the team … [Read more...]

Access the report HERE As part of the DHS/AFG grant project, “Study of the Fire Service Training Environment: Safety, Fidelity, and Exposure,” twelve full-scale fire experiments were conducted within an acquired test structure using two common training fuel packages: 1) … [Read more...]

As part of the DHS/AFG grant “Study of the Fire Service Training Environment: Safety, Fidelity, and Exposure,” UL FSRI conducted experiments to quantify the fire dynamics and fidelity of common training fuels. The study also compared common wood-based training fuels to innovative … [Read more...]

In episode 22, check out UL FSRI Advisory Board Member, Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel as he discusses tactical considerations to avoid getting caught in the flow path exhaust while fighting a basement fire. Basement fires can be difficult to control and … [Read more...]

In Episode 21, check out UL FSRI Research Engineer, Jack Regan as he discusses a tactical consideration from our recent Training Fires project: How Building Construction Affects Fire Behavior. Previous research conducted by UL has shown that the increased use of plastics in … [Read more...]

The fire service is filled with an alphabet soup of acronyms many of us are aware of.  Whether for fire suppression, EMS, Hazmat, etc. these acronyms are convenient aids that help firefighters and officers remember size-up points, operational and procedural considerations, and … [Read more...]

BY NICK J. SALAMEH All recruit firefighters receive a toolbox when they come on the job, whether they are paid or volunteer. It is our bag of tricks or, in this case, our learning foundation and experiential resources that keep us effective. Intuition We collect tools for our … [Read more...]

In Episode 20, check out UL FSRI Advisory Board Member, Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel as he discusses the importance of initiating the firefight on the same level as the fire. The quickest way to improve conditions on the fireground is to put the fire out. This is … [Read more...]

In Episode 19, check out UL FSRI Advisory Board Member, Cobb County Fire Department Captain, Sean Gray as he discusses attack line deployment when fire is showing remote from the primary entry point of the structure. When arriving on the scene of a residential structure fire … [Read more...]

The application period will be open until February 8th, 2019. FSRI will notify selected applicants by February 28th, 2019. FSRI is looking for highly-motivated fire service professionals to participate in our residential size-up and search & rescue research project. … [Read more...]