The Underwriters Laboratories Firefighter Safety Research Institute (UL FSRI) has just completed a first-of-its-kind project focused solely on the potential impact of using interior and exterior fire streams on victims and firefighters. There are three main experiment components of the study: air entrainment, water distribution, and full-scale fire. The project culminated with a series of live-fire experiments to determine the interaction of hose streams with the modern fire environment. These studies are guided by a technical panel of firefighters from across the country. The UL FSRI and some technical panel members on the Federal Emergency Management Agency/Assistance to Firefighters Grant-supported fire suppression studies share the highlights from the studies. Bring your questions for the panel. The fire service has been involved in the creation of the research objectives for the project, intended to answer lingering questions. The conclusions to these questions have been crafted into tactical considerations readily adoptable by the fire service.
