High-Rise Fireground Field Experiments

Study Reports

• Report on High-Rise Structure Fireground Field Experiments
• Executive Summary
• High-Rise Videos

Field Experiments

• Fact Sheets
• Getting the Fire Out
• Crew Size
• Search and Rescue on the Fire Floor: Tactical Differences Based on Crew Size
• Risk Environment: Tenability of the Fire Floor
• Firefighter Time to Task Completion
• Fire Growth
• Charts
• Firefighter Exposure at the Start of Suppression
• Time to Complete Fire Floor Search
• Toxic Exposure for Occupants on Fire Floor

In the News

July 31, 2013 – NFPA TODAY
NIST report supports adequate staffing for high-rise fires, says NFPA Journal

July 1, 2013 – NFPA
Diminishing Returns

May/June 2013 – NFPA - In a Flash
A New Study Correlates Firefighter Crew Size and Rescue Times
in High-rise Buildings

April 11 2013 – Fire House
NIST Released a Study Wednesday Showing Crews of Five or Six
are More Efficient When Fighting High-Rise Fires.

April 10, 2013 – Chicago Tribune
Firefighters Cite Study in Stand Against Job Cuts

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