UL Research Institutes’ Fire Safety Research Institute
The UL Research Institutes’ Fire Safety Research Institute advances fire research knowledge and develops cutting edge, practical fire service education aimed at helping firefighters stay safe while more effectively protecting people and property.
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UL Research Institutes' Fire Safety Research
The UL Research Institutes’ Fire Safety Research Institute advances fire research knowledge and develops cutting edge, practical fire service education aimed at helping firefighters stay safe while more effectively protecting people and property. Working in partnership with the fire service, research departments, and agencies, UL Research Institutes’ Fire Safety Research Institute executes firefighter research and makes the results widely available to the global fire community. With a team of pioneering experts and access to UL’s leading infrastructure, equipment, and vast knowledge and insights, UL Research Institutes’ Fire Safety Research Institute conducts and disseminates research and training programs focused on the changing dynamics of residential, commercial, and industrial fires and the impact they have on strategies and tactics throughout the fire service.
The new report from ULRI’s Fire Safety Research Institute expands on results of its initial nine tactical considerations and gives three new search and rescue tactical considerations...
The new course created by ULRI’s Fire Safety Research Institute combines research findings with experience from real-world fire events to help wildland and structural firefighters...
ULRI’s Fire Safety Research Institute shares a comprehensive guide that combines scientific research with practical experience to improve firefighter safety and operational effectivenes...
Experiments by FPRF and FSRI reveal potential explosion risks when using fire blankets in EV fire suppression with battery involvement. Ongoing research aims to improve firefighter...
The report prioritizes a list of action items the state and all counties can use to make improvements to Hawaii’s future preparation for and response to wildfires, including recommendat...
The upcoming research project focuses on firefighting strategies and tactics for multi-story residential structures, specifically modern townhomes and traditional rowhomes.
This documentary shares the history of FSRI from the origin of UL's fire research efforts to a growing team that is continually expanding to address unresolved fire safety risks...
July 14, 2021
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UL Research Institutes' Fire Safety Research Institute
This report investigates the fire hazards posed by e-mobility devices like e-scooters and e-bicycles on passenger railcars, highlighting rapid fire development, toxic gases and...
Craig Weinschenk's description of FSRI's thermal runaway experiments with e-scooter lithium-ion batteries provides explanation for why the fires that can erupt from them often...
Chief Michael Stanley of the City of Oshkosh, WI, Fire Department received the Firefighter Hero Award from the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and MAGLITE.
UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute (FSRI) publishes results of a multi-year project designed to increase the understanding of suppression and ventilation tactics to improve...
Oct. 1, 2020
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Online learning management system upgraded with new functionality and user experience for firefighter students and training officers, transforming online learning.
Integrate FSRI research to minimize occupant and firefighter exposures during search and rescue operations in single-family, single-story residential structures.
LaGrange, GA, Fire Department partners with FSRI to share their survival story and research-based recommendations to increase fire service situational awareness.
“The Science of Fire and Explosion Hazards from Lithium-ion Batteries” course provides actionable insights from the foundational research conducted to date.
Research-based considerations aim to increase firefighter knowledge of the importance of coordination of suppression and ventilation during fires in single-family homes.
