UL Solutions announced it has enhanced large-scale fire testing for battery energy storage systems (BESS) to provide code ...

Resulting from a collaboration with the energy storage industry, regulatory authorities and other stakeholders, the test method updates help promote the safe and sustainable growth of the battery ...

SAN ANTONIO — December 10, 2024 — Southwest Research Institute successfully customized and conducted a full-scale evaluation of a novel fire mitigation method designed to safely store damaged electric ...

UL Solutions, a global company for applied safety science, has announced enhancements to the testing methods for battery energy storage systems (BESS). The new testing methods will address industry ...

ZAG researchers have designed and published a novel fire safety testing procedure (TP) for flat rooftops with PV modules. While most European and national testing focuses on material and product ...

How do you know that new appliance you bought won’t burn your house down? Take a look at any electrical appliance, and you’ll find it marked with at least one, and most often, several safety ...

Without a doubt, fire service PPE successfully protects us because of 1) our minimum design standards and, more importantly, 2) how our gear is tested. Few firefighters are aware of the many tests ...

For more than two decades, science has recognized that building fires have become hotter, faster-spreading and more toxic. One engineer blames it on the world’s “addiction to polymers,” a reference to ...

Water, chemicals, and even flames are often used to battle fires in buildings and forests. Now, a crew in California is using sound, according to ABC 7 Eyewitness News. The San Bernardino County Fire ...

Research on the performance of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Fire Service is challenged by the ability to repeatedly and feasibly test new designs, interventions and wear trials in ...