Fighting fire toxicity: improving safety and health via novel optical sensors

Funding Agency

Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA)

Research Team

PI: Prof. Mitchell Spearrin (UCLA)
Co-I: Prof. Daniel I Pineda (UTSA)
Co-I: Prof. James L Urban (WPI)

Technology Transition Partner:

Fire Service Partners:
    

Los Angeles County Fire Department
Worcester Fire Department

Project Evaluation:

Fire Protection Research Foundation (FPRF) of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

Start date: 9/15/2022

Compartment Fire Experiment (summer ’23)