Do you know the most significant cause of wildfires spreading and destroying homes? You might be surprised to learn that flying embers (also called "firebrands") are the primary drivers of home ...

Performance-based structural fire design of steel frames can eliminate fire protection on up to half of a building’s floor beams, according to a two-year study of PBSFD. Still, structural engineers ...

The research team, led by Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering assistant professor, Negar Elhami-Khorasani and assistant professor Thomas Gernay from Johns Hopkins University ...

The Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Charles Pankow Foundation are beginning a $230,000 research project intended to advance the use of ...

Every day, nine Americans on average perish in fires. But fear of death or injury by fire doesn't make most citizens' lists of anxieties. And planning for better fire safety measures rarely, if ever, ...

The NFPA 1970:2025 certification sets the new consolidated standard for firefighting boots, focusing on enhanced structural and proximity protection, stringent third-party certification, and specific ...

SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon State Fire Marshal has mobilized a structural task force to Lane County to assist with structure protection for the Moon Mountain Fire, in Moon Mountain City Park east of ...

In recent months, a troubling pattern has emerged regarding mega-warehouse fires across the country. On April 7, 2026, a one-million-square-foot facility was destroyed by arson. On June 11, another ...

Transport Canada, the Federal Government Department of Canada, now recognizes Type Approval Certificates for structural fire protection products on ships and offshore installations by Germanischer ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Oregon State Fire Marshal's Office has mobilized four more structural-protection task forces to support the three task forces sent Friday to a wildfire that has more than ...

Throughout my travels, and speaking to many of my brother and sister firefighters, one of the most common complaints I hear is about the NFPA 1971 certified firefighting glove: They don’t provide the ...