The National Institute of Standards (NIST) conducted experiments in an abandoned high-rise building on New York City’s Governors Island to learn how to better control or suppress deadly heat and smoke ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Fire Department will be setting controlled blazes in vacant buildings on Governors Island. It’s part of research aimed at obtaining important data on fire behavior. High-tech ...

Civil and environmental engineering researchers conducted unique live fire experiments to study the kinematics of firebrands, burning embers cast off from wildfires that cause spot fires leading to ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Two upcoming experiments by the Sandia National Laboratories could cause a plume of black smoke to be visible in Albuquerque. The two controlled fire experiments will take ...

Billy Goldfeder provides the findings of an investigation into burn injuries that were sustained by a firefighter during live ...