The FireRescue1 Research Center serves as a central access point for critical fire service research that can help drive tactical and policy changes at the local, state and federal level.
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Additionally, find the latest information about research conducted by esteemed fire service organizations, such as the UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute, the Center for Fire, Rescue & EMS Health Research, the Center for Firefighter Injury Research & Safety Trends, the International Public Safety Data Institute, among other organizations focused on firefighter health and wellness, fireground tactics, and a variety of safety issues. Examples of research recently shared with the fire service community focus on issues like the “long-term risks of Long COVID,” the impact of the opioid epidemic on firefighters, and PFAS exposure and risks.
Regardless of case severity, many COVID-19 patients face serious persistent symptoms for months
The researchers also found that having more years of firefighting experience was associated with higher PFAS levels
White blood cells are more vulnerable to DNA damage, and their DNA repair mechanisms appear misaligned to deal with the damage
The open-access paper outlines how hood design, cleaning and doffing methods affect contaminatant exposure, heat stress and firefighter comfort
More than 2,100 firefighters speak up about the perfect storm of stress and staffing challenges
We're nearly at the point where we can start fathoming having no firefighter deaths
In this video, Lexipol co-founder and risk management expert Gordon Graham discusses recent research that suggests a transitional attack when dealing with modern construction is the best and safest approach for firefighters.
At the National Fire Research Laboratory at NIST, fire researchers and engineers have come up with creative and innovative ways of capturing great fire video footage.
Live Facebook video from a fire dynamics boot camp with UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute at Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services. The course centers around science and research-based principles being shared with the fire service for considerations in firefighting.
Throughout both February and March, the UL – FSRI team was in Northbrook, Ill. at the Underwriters Laboratories headquarters conducting the full-scale residential structure fire experiments. Over 30 experiments were conducted looking at both interior and transitional fire attack and associated risks to trapped occupants and responding firefighters in residential structure fires.
Testing was conducted at the Delaware County (Pa.) Emergency Services Training Center to measure the amount of air being entrained into the structure by fire attack operations.
Derek Alkonis, BC from LACoFD, discusses organizational change.
Daniel Madrzykowski, P.E. from NIST, discusses live fire experiments.
Stephen Kerber, P.E. from UL, discusses fire behavior training.
Daniel Madrzykowski, P.E. from NIST, discusses case studies on fire dynamics.
Daniel Madrzykowski, P.E. from NIST, discusses fire dynamics.
Stephen Kerber, P.E. from UL on NIST and UL Fire Behavior Research, discusses the modern fire environment.
The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) and Underwriters Laboratories (UL) have been working together with the fire service to examine fire dynamics and firefighting tactics. Derek Alkonis, Battalion Chief at Los Angeles County Fire Department, introduces NIST and UL's Fire Behavior Research.
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