25446 - Fire Service Research in the Wake of the Cherry Road Fire: What We Knew Then and What We Know Now [ ]

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From: NFPA 2015 Conference & Expo

25446 - Fire Service Research in the Wake of the Cherry Road Fire: What We Knew Then and What We Know Now

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Presented by:
Daniel Madrzykowski, NIST/Fire Research

In 1999, a townhouse fire on Cherry Road in Washington, D.C., claimed the lives of two firefighters and burned others. NIST performed computer simulations of the fire using the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) and Smokeview, to provide insight on the fire development. Since then, NIST has conducted research on PPE, fire dynamics in structures, and improved FDS. PPE standards and the understanding of fire dynamics in structures have improved significantly. NIST recently ran a series of full-scale fire experiments to complete understanding of this incident and examine the best means of attacking a walkout basement fire. This presentation will examine how a fire department's approach to a similar fire might differ today.