...severity. The study used data from the Flammable Fabrics Accident Case and Testing System (FFACTS)3 of the Center for Fire Research at the National Bureau of Standards. The purpose of the study was to identify patterns in those variables which describe the activity preceding...

...DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Mr. TIITOX. We are pleased to be here. Joining me at the table is Dr. John Lyons, Director of the Center for Fire Research at the National Bureau of Standards and Mr. Robert Ellert, who is Assistant General Counsel for the Department of Commerce and is representing...

...discussion of the proposed standard on the cigarette ignition of upholstered furniture. Dr. John Lyons, Director of the Center for Fire Research at the National Bureau of Standards, has kept me up to date and has reviewed with ae his conversation with you on the effectiveness of snoke...

...Center; David M. McCormack, Superintendent of the National Fire Academy; and Frederic B. Clarke, Acting Director of the Center for Fire Research at the National Bureau of Standards. The programs authorized by the Fire Act have been organized within five major divisions: the Fire Data...

...and Control Act of 1974 for appropriations for fiscal year 1979. Dr. Frederic Clarke, who is Acting Director of the Center for Fire Research at the National Bureau of Standards, is here at the table with me. We also request a name change from the National Fire Prevention and Control...

...to the United States Fire Administration. With me at the table today is Frederic B. Clarke, Acting Director of the Center for Fire Research at the National Bureau of Standards. The programs authorized by the Fire Act have been organized within five major divisions: the Fire Data...

...coming from and how I reach the conclusions for the remarks to answer that question. I am on the staff of the Center for Fire Research at the National Bureau of Standards. Mr. LUKEN. In Boston? Mr. WINGER. No; here in the Washington suburbs. It is in Gaithersburg. This organization...

...appreciate that, Senator. Senator HEFLIN. Dr. Clarke, we will hear from you next. 31 Mr. Chairman, I am Director of the Center for Fire Research at the National Bureau of Standards, and I would like to review for you very briefly a few highlights of our progress in the past years....

...produced by his shop in front of you. Sitting directly to my right is Dr. Fred Clarke. Dr. Clarke is the Director of the Center for Fire Research at the National Bureau of Standards and, of course, works closely with the US Fire Administration. Moving down to the other end of the...

...Fire Data Center; the Office of Planning and Education; and the National Fire Academy. The programs of the Center for Fire Research at the National Bureau of Standards are also authorized by the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act and will be discussed along with...