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href="/web/20211130051955/https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/national-fire-research-laboratory"> <div class="text">The National Fire Research Laboratory</div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="nist-content-row nist-content-row--width-legible paragraph paragraph--type--text paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block text-long"><p>The National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL) located on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)聽Gaithersburg, Maryland聽campus is a unique experimental facility dedicated to understanding fire behavior and structural response to fire. Scientists and engineers from industry, academia, and government agencies can collaborate with NIST researchers to address critical technical problems that promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology for engineered systems in ways to enhance economic security and improve quality of life.聽 Research areas 聽include:</p> <ul><li>Advancement of real-scale structural-fire measurements,</li> <li>Generation of technical data to improve fire & building codes, 聽</li> <li>Validation of physics-based models, and</li> <li>Post-fire investigations.</li> </ul><figure class="align-right nist-image--lightbox nist-image" data-lightbox="https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/2800_x_2800_limit/public/images/2017/12/11/nfrl_strongwall2.jpg?itok=3oz-es3A" data-media-id="410271"><img alt="NFRL Strongwall" height="315" loading="lazy" src="/web/20211130051955im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/480_x_480_limit/public/images/2017/12/11/nfrl_strongwall2.jpg?itok=RlyY5tKX" typeof="foaf:Image" width="480"><figcaption class="nist-image__caption"><div class="nist-image__caption-content" data-caption-editable="true"> Large high-bay test area </div> </figcaption></figure><p>The laboratory provides 3000 m<sup>2</sup>聽(32,300聽ft<sup>2</sup>) of experimental space built around four exhaust hoods (1 MW, 3 MW,聽10 MW, and 20 MW) connected to an Emissions Control System聽to treat smoke and combustion products. The exhaust system is part of an <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="cf9b928f-184a-4846-b4ae-2276d4f07072" href="/web/20211130051955/https://www.nist.gov/publications/nist-20-mw-calorimetry-measurement-system-large-fire-research" title="The NIST 20 MW Calorimetry Measurement System for Large-Fire Research">oxygen consumption calorimeter</a>聽that allows the measurement of fire heat release rate. The original high-bay, which was completed in 1973,聽houses the聽1 MW, 3 MW, and 10 MW exhaust hoods and provides a flexible workspace that can meet a variety of experimental聽fire research needs. The facility was expanded in 2015 to include a second large high-bay test area that provides a 18.3聽m聽脳聽27.4聽m (60 ft x 90 ft) strong floor and a 9.1 m聽脳聽18.3 m (30 ft x 60 ft) strong wall聽to allow for controlled structural loading underneath an exhaust hood that can accommodate fires with sustained heat release rates up to 20 MW.聽Two 18.1 metric ton (20 ton) bridge cranes facilitate the construction and moving of large structural members.</p> <p>The video below provides an聽overview of the facility.聽Detailed technical specifications聽for large high-bay test area are provided in聽an article in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211130051955/http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10694-015-0544-4">Fire Technology</a>. Visit the聽<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211130051955/https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/fire-risk-reduction-buildings-program">Fire Risk Reduction in Buildings Program</a>聽webpage聽to learn more about NIST's work to improve fire protection and reduce direct fire losses in the United States.</p> <figure class="nist-video" data-media-id="273081"><div class="video-embed-field"><div class="video-embed-field-lazy" data-video-embed-field-lazy="<div class="video-embed-field-provider-nist-kaltura video-embed-field-responsive-video"><iframe width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay *; fullscreen *; encrypted-media *" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" src="https://www.kaltura.com/p/684682/sp/68468200/embedIframeJs/uiconf_id/31013851/partner_id/684682?iframeembed=true&amp;entry_id=1_6h7etfd4?iframeembed=true&amp;entry_id=1_6h7etfd4&amp;flashvars%5BautoPlay%5D=1"></iframe> </div> "><img alt="Built to House an Inferno: The NIST National Fire Research Laboratory" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20211130051955im_/https://cdnsecakmi.kaltura.com/p/684682/sp/68468200/thumbnail/entry_id/1_6h7etfd4/width/1280" typeof="foaf:Image"><button class="video-embed-field-lazy-play"></button> <div class="video-embed-field-lazy-title">Built to House an Inferno: The NIST National Fire Research Laboratory</div> </div> </div> <figcaption class="nist-video__caption" data-caption-editable="true"></figcaption></figure></div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">News and Updates</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-234ad7558db10fcef16db88b1c0e88786fbd980ca9024aef70c81c90909ac20e"> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/news/2021/01/new-nist-fire-calorimetry-database-available-answer-your-burning-questions" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20211130051955/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2021/01/new-nist-fire-calorimetry-database-available-answer-your-burning-questions" hreflang="en"><img src="/web/20211130051955im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2020/12/08/9-10-2018-BONICHI-Test0105_WorkCart_R2-EvtP.jpg?itok=OBH8HN2H" width="100" height="63" alt="A burning workcart. 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