Live Fire Tests with FDNY Will Guide Improvements in Fire Department Tactics (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Live Fire Tests with FDNY Will Guide Improvements in Fire Department Tactics

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The New York City Fire Department, NIST and Underwriters Laboratories set fire to 20 abandoned townhouses on Governors Island, New York, in a series of experiments to test the conventional wisdom on, and new tactics for, controlling fires and rescuing occupants inside burning homes.

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