Identifying Innovative Research Needs to Foster Improved Fire Safety in the United States

National Academy Of Sciences, Washington DC

Investigators

Abstract

The National Research Council (NRC) through its Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, will conduct a workshop to investigate the potential role for NSF in innovative research for improved fire safety. The purpose of this workshop will be to survey and assess the current state of knowledge, research, education, and training in the fire safety field. The results of the workshop will help to define how best to marshal U.S. intellectual, financial, and institutional resources to develop the knowledge necessary to save lives and reduce injuries and property loss from fire. The final report will specifically address the potential of the National Science Foundation to serve as an incubator for basic and interdisciplinary research, professional collaboration, graduate and undergraduate education, and technology transfer in the field of fire safety.