- Author
- National Fire Protection Association
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- National Fire Protection Association. National Fire Research Strategy Conference. August 28-29, 1984, Quincy, MA, 1-21 p., 1984
- Keywords
- fire research | fire protection | fire safety
- Abstract
- This is an important time for fire research in the United States. New developments are making it possible for us to consider practices in fire protection and fire safety evaluation that until recently were considered either impossible or impractical. Simultaneously, technological advances in other fields are creating exciting new possibilities for further reduction of fire losses and fire protection costs. Recently there have been significant shifts in the policies of the Federal government concerning its role in technology development and basic and applied research generally and in fire research in particular. Current administration policies support a Federal role in basic and generic applied research, but seek to shift to private sector and state and local governments responsibilities for support of other applied research, and most technology development. Finally, the total resources available for fire research are limited.