NIST Releases Video on Fire That Injured Prince George’s County (MD) Firefighters

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a video on a 2012 fire in a single-story, single-family residential home in Riverdale Heights, Maryland, that seriously injured two Prince George’s County (MD) firefighters. The video makes use of the Fire Dynamics Simulator 2016 fire modeling software developed by NIST.

Original report from the department: http://traditionstraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/SIT-6404-57th-Ave-Report-Final052913.pdf

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