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contacts about nist about us leadership organization structure budget planning contact us visit careers student programs work with nist history nist digital archives nist museum nist and the nobel educational resources engineering laboratory fire research division the fire research division develops and applies measurement science and predictive methods to understand fire behavior and enable science based solutions that reduce the impacts of unwanted fire on society about expand or collapse history leadership programs expand or collapse fire risk reduction in buildings program fire risk reduction in communities program video gallery resources expand or collapse cfast escape fire calorimetry database fire dynamics simulator smokeview fire gov fire on the web fire research grants hazard mitigation methodology staff directory work with us groups engineered fire safety group fire fighting technology group flammability reduction group national fire research laboratory wildland urban interface fire group 50 years of fire safety advances wear and tear changes measurable pfas levels in firefighter gear new ai model shows how to evacuate for fires one safe step at a time through its comprehensive programs in measurement prediction systems integration and the study of fire dynamics in both built and natural environments the division leads efforts to advance the science and practice of fire safety engineering firefighting fire investigation fire testing fire data management and controlled burning news and updates new ai model shows how to evacuate for fires one safe step at a time june 4 2026 a nist led team has created a new ai model that can identify safe evacuation routes in a single story floor plan during a fire with a multilevel version in the wear and tear changes measurable pfas levels in firefighter hoods gloves and wildland gear may 13 2026 in the fourth of an ongoing series of reports nist shows that wear and tear increased the levels of pfas found in hoods and gloves nist s alex maranghides receives service to america medal july 17 2025 the award recognizes maranghides for 25 years of work investigating devastating wildfires in the united states and creating actionable guidelines on how to save 2025 material flammability research highlights june 30 2025 members of the material flammability characterization project recently presented or co authored a series papers at the 16th international conference and view all news and updates projects advanced fire modeling ongoing this project develops and maintains robust validated fire models and the associated visualization and analysis tools for performance based fire safety forensics fire reconstruction and fire research applications in the built and natural environments material flammability characterization ongoing this project develops a database that includes tools measurement data material properties and validation data to enable quantitative prediction of material flammability behavior such as ignition steady burning and fire growth wildland urban interface wui fire data collection on parcel vulnerabilities ongoing this project develops measurement science to mitigate the effects of wui fires by providing technical guidance for fire resistant structures landscaping and community designs that resist ignition and limit fire spread view all projects programs software fds and smokeview fire dynamics simulator fds is a computational model for smoke and heat transport from fires smokeview visualizes the output from fds and cfast cfast cfast consolidated model of fire and smoke transport is a computer program that helps users understand how fire and smoke spread through a building view all software tools and instruments nist gasification apparatus the nist gasification apparatus was originally designed and built at el in the late 1990s to expose solid or liquid samples to a uniform heat flux in a non nist emberometer the emberometer video is a camera based system designed to study the motion of embers as they move through the air it uses a technique called 3d particle cone calorimeter in the late 1970s and early 1980s the fire community was pushing for reliable bench scale tools to measure material flammability based on heat release rate a the national fire research laboratory the national fire research laboratory nfrl is a unique experimental facility dedicated understanding fire behavior and structural response to fire the view all tools instruments awards kuldeep prasad receives best poster award kuldeep prasad received the poster award for the top research poster titled understanding dynamics of grassland fires using physics based models anthony hamins receives the 2025 sjölin award for lifetime contributions to the science of fire engineering alexander maranghides recognized as 2025 ifsj influencer for over 30 years of large scale testing experience and two decades of wildland urban interface wui fire reconstructions he has led all four nist wildland urban interface wui fire reconstructions with findings shaping us codes standards and glenn forney receives 2025 arthur b guise medal the guise medal recognizes eminent achievement in the advancement of the science and technology of fire protection engineering view all awards contacts division office email protected was this page helpful headquarters 100 bureau drive gaithersburg md 20899 301 975 2000 webmaster contact us our other offices x com facebook linkedin instagram youtube giphy rss feed mailing list how are we doing feedback site privacy accessibility privacy program copyright disclaimers vulnerability disclosure no fear act policy foia environmental policy scientific integrity information quality standards commerce gov science gov usa gov vote gov