The FRE is ideal for small aircraft/helicopter crash, hot pit refueling, and tent city fire protection. AFRL has delivered nine prototype units to the field. The technology is being transitioned to Rosenbauer America for General Services Administration (GSA) scheduling through the efforts of AFRL, Tyndall Air Force Base,
Florida and AAC/WMO SPO, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
To learn more about continuing research areas, contact the AFRL, Fire Research Group, 139 Barnes Drive, Suite 2, Tyndall AFB, FL 32403, telephone: (01) + 850-283-3734, DSN 523, Fax: (01) + 850-283-9797.
Evaluating the High Pressure Fire Extinguishment in 3-D F 100 engine nacelle fire simulation at Tyndall AFB.
A new tool is available to the fire service, law enforcement personnel, fire insurers and others who are involved in arson investigations, fire investigation safety and fire scene training. InterFIRE Online makes available on their web site, www.interFIRE.org, several online tutorials. The interactive tutorials on critical fire and arson investigation are available through the online training center. The newest one is: First Response from an Investigative
Perspective. The interactive tutorial was created from the perspective of fire, police and EMS professionals so that each user can have the same perspective of the incident regardless of the role they play.
Additional tools include a fire investigation resource center by subject and date. Fire investigations from before the fire through follow up and legal preparation are used. Information
you can access on the web site includes arson investigation abstracts, United States Fire Administration technical reports, fire investigation link, etc. The site is updated monthly. Anyone can sign up to receive an Update Alerts.
Stonehouse Media, Inc. designed and maintains the web site for the U. S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. For additional information, contact: question@interfire.org.
Images from the InterFIRE on-line tutorials.
Can firefighter avoid life threatening structural collapses? To help answer that question NIST is being funded by the US Fire Administration/ FEMA/DHS, to explore if any technology can provide early warning of collapse during fire ground operations. Structural Collapse Fire Tests, a DVD created by NIST, contains three reports and
accompanying video clips of fire experiments conducted on one story buildings in the first part of the project.
The first report, Structural Collapse Fire Tests: Single Story, Ordinary Construction Warehouse, by David W. Stroup, Daniel Madrzykowski, William D.
Walton and William Twilley, NISTIR 6959, describes a series of tests done in cooperation with the Phoenix [Arizona] Fire Department on a single-story warehouse building scheduled for demolition. The fire department used the series of fires in various structures in an effort to better educate fire fighters about structural collapse.
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