A flashover was involved in the 2003 nightclub fire in Rhode Island that killed 100 people, a disaster that Mr. Kerber said ...
Thanks to a new AI-based system, however, firefighters may soon receive warnings when flashover is imminent. Typically, flashovers occur when a structure fire causes the temperature in an enclosed ...
Danger zone: NIST firefighters douse flames bursting from a building as a flashover occurs during an experiment. (Courtesy: NIST) New machine learning algorithms could soon help firefighters forecast ...
NIST firefighters douse flames bursting from a building as a flashover occurs during an experiment. (NIST photo) Firefighting is a race against time. Exactly how much time? For firefighters, that part ...
Pittsburgh, PA, OCTOBER 13, 2011 – Dräger announces that it will hold a free webinar titled, “Understanding Flashovers” to educate firefighters on the dangers associated with the flashover phenomenon.
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- InventHelp® introduces the "Grantham Mech Vent," a specialized fire-fighting tool which sprays a fog pattern out of the entry window to create a ventilation ...
Ten firefighters were lying on their backs on the floor of a simulated house when a fire broke out Sunday morning at the Nebraska State Fire School at Grand Island’s Fonner Park. A metal can full of ...
It is the phenomenon every firefighter worries about. Flashovers happen when hot smoke fills a room and causes everything to suddenly combust. If someone is caught in it, with or without protective ...