The committee that prepared this report was charged with assessing the state of fire safety research and describing the potential role of the NSF in improving fire safety in the United States. This report highlights markers along a pathway to the future, discusses the nation's fire research needs and the resources that will be required, and suggests a role for NSF and other key agencies and institutions. The committee urges national leaders in government and industry to aggressively support fire research needs, filling voids in the body of knowledge, sharpening engineering tools, and creating a database that will allow performance-based approaches to maximize their contribution to public safety in the United States.
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Life Sciences, Committee on Metagenomics: Challenges and Functional Applications
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Institute of Medicine, and Families Board on Children, Youth, Steve Olson
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, Committee on Animal Nutrition, Subcommittee on Dog and Cat Nutrition
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National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Committee on Alternative Chemical Demilitarization Technologies
National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Environment and Resources Commission on Geosciences, Panel on Effects of Past Global Change on Life
National Research Council, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, Committee on Outsourcing Design and Construction-Related Management Services for Federal Facilities
and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, Committee on Analysis of Causes of Failure and Collapse of the 305-Meter Telescope at the Arecibo Observatory
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National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, Committee for Oversight and Assessment of U.S. Department of Energy Project Management
and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, National Academy of Engineering, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Health and Medicine Division, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Board on Life Sciences, Committee on Microbiomes of the Built Environment: From Research to Application
National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, Committee on Advancing the Productivity and Competitiveness of the U.S. Industry Workshop
and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, Committee on Review of Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management