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Smoke Alarm Research and Certifications: A UL Perspective
Track(s): Detection & Notification, Research

Thomas Fabian and Howard Hopper, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.

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Smoke alarms play a critical part in protecting lives in residential dwelling units, and many recent research efforts have been undertaken to investigate issues related to smoke alarm performance in the modern household environment.

Thomas Fabian received his PhD from the University of Connecticut. He has been investigating fire growth and smoke and gas production as a part of Underwriters Laboratories' Corporate Research for the past 6 years. Currently, he manages the Fire Hazards Research Group.

With UL since 1978, Howard Hopper is Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Inc.'s Program Manager in Regulatory Services, which works with regulatory authorities in the United States. This group helps assist Authorities Having Jurisdiction, domestically, to resolve product acceptance issues and resolve potential conflicts between UL requirements and installation codes, among other things. He has served on NFPA 101 and NFPA 1.