Presenter: Steve Kerber

The residential fire environment has changed over the past 50 years. Components such as home size, floor plan, construction practices, contents, and construction materials have a systematic impact on fire dynamics. This session will explore these changes and provide full-scale experimental data from house fire experiments conducted at UL. The focus will be on how long occupants have to escape and why more than 80% of fatal fires continue to occur in one- or two-family homes.