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Engineering LaboratoryFire Research Division

# Fire Fighting Technology Group

The Fire Fighting Technology Group (FFTG) enables advances in fire fighter safety, fire ground operations, and effectiveness of the fire service; develops and applies technology, measurements and standards, and improves the understanding of the behavior, prevention and control of fires to enhance fire fighting operations and equipment, fire suppression, fire investigations, and disaster response.

**Staff Directory**

## News and Updates

### AI Can Accurately Predict Potentially Fatal Cardiac Events in Firefighters

July 11, 2023

### Researchers Pin Down PFAS Prevalence in Firefighter Gear

May 1, 2023

### A Machine Learning-Based Solution Could Help Firefighters Circumvent Deadly Backdrafts

October 17, 2022

### AI May Come to the Rescue of Future Firefighters

August 10, 2022

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## Projects and Programs

### High Temperature Performance of Fire Fighter Equipment

### Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

### Smart Fire Fighting

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## Publications

### Building Fire Hazard Predictions Using Machine Learning

January 26, 2024

Wai Cheong  Tam

### Data-Driven Wireless Fire Hose Flow Rate Apparatus

January 25, 2024

Christopher U.  BrownGregory W.  VoglWai Cheong  Tam

### Report on High Energy Arcing Fault Experiments: Experimental Results from Medium-Voltage Bus Duct and Switchgear Enclosures

September 15, 2023

Gabriel  TaylorAnthony D.  Putorti Jr.Scott  BarehamChristopher U.  BrownWai Cheong  TamRyan  Falkenstein-SmithStephen  FinkMichael  HeckEdward  HnetkovskyNicholas  MellyKenneth  Hamburger

### A review of thermal exposure and fire spread mechanisms in Large Outdoor Fires and the Built Environment

July 28, 2023

Wai Cheong  Tam

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## Awards

### Ryan Falkenstein-Smith Receives 40 under 40: E-lecture Series on Combustion Award

### Wai Cheong Tam Receives The Ronald K. Mengel Award

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