Lithium-ion batteries have been in the news lately because of the fires that have grounded Boeing’s Dreamliner fleet. Potential fire problems with the batteries have long been evident, with millions ...

A new engineering guide, “Fire Safety for Very Tall Buildings,” is now available. Topics featured include emergency egress, fire resistance, building envelope, suppression, detection, alarms, and ...

UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute (FSRI) today announced that they are expanding their focus to address fire safety more broadly and extending their collaborative model to actively engage fire ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Most people view tunnels as a matter of convenience, a way to get from Point A to Point B with minimum complications — depending on weather and traffic patterns, of course. Negar ...

Amanda has also contributed extensively to SFPE through her involvement on various committees. From 2014 to 2015, she served on the Nomination Committee and the Research, Tools, and Methods Committee ...

The grant will identify and bring together organizations with commitment and expertise in fire prevention to execute a gap analysis and establish recommendations for a National Strategic Plan for Fire ...

For many people, the world changed on 9/11. Among the many new concerns brought about by that tragedy, fire safety has become a front-and-center issue for building owners and managers, local ...

THE CHRISTMAS CRISIS. ASK THE BIG MESSAGE -- MAKE SURE YOU WATER YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE BECAUSE A DRY TREE CAN CATCH ON FIRE FASTER, SPREAD FASTER AND B MORE DEADLY. NO ONE WANTS TO SEE THEIR CHRISTMAS ...

Within a minute, a match placed under a newspaper on a sofa started a fire that soon consumed the living room. Three minutes later, the intense heat and fire blew out a side window. Before five ...

WHEN the Burj Khalifa opened its doors in January 2010, the world looked up in wonder at the tallest building on the planet. Like a colossal inverted icicle rising out of the desert in Dubai, the Burj ...