Fire Safety

Firefighters do hard physical work while being exposed to great heat strain. Now we know more about what happens to their body temperature during a smoke dive.

A new guideline presents possible solutions for installing glass, protective boards, sealing lists, door frames and door hardware when upgrading the fire resistance of older wooden doors.

What has to happen to facilitate more effective rescues from tunnel fires? Researchers have been investigating how 80 research subjects wearing VR glasses reacted in a virtual tunnel fire. Their conclusion is that basic measures can save lives.

Currently there is great interest from both private and public stakeholders to implement large energy storage systems combined with renewable intermittent energy sources in order to maximize the utilization of the produced electricity.

The primary objectives of the project are to explore health risks among firefighters, and to study the dual challenge of exposure to heat and carcinogenic compounds exposure and related outcomes, and how this knowledge can be used to establish...

Fires lead to major losses every year, both in terms of fatalities and injured people, and in terms of lost values. In response to this challenge, the Fire Research and Innovation Centre (FRIC) started in 2019.