Feds develop Richter scale for wildfires in West
Federal researchers at NIST propose a Wildland Urban Interface Hazard Scale to rate wildfire destructiveness from E1 to E4. The system would guide building codes and buffer zones for fire-prone areas, based on fuels, topography and ember behavior, with insurers eyeing improved risk assessment.
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Denver
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Nelson Bryner
Institute
Fire Research Division
Bryner
International Association of Fire Fighters
Mell
Ember tests and Dragon device fire safety study noted
The piece discusses public commentary to a local paper and highlights ember exposure in building codes. It cites Maranghides on embers and mentions NIST's Ember generator The Dragon, used to test home flammability at the International Institute for Business and Home Safety facility in Richburg with further tests planned.
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Insurance Institute For Business and
Richburg
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Maranghides
NIST
U.S. Department of Commerce
International Institute For Business and Home Safety
Aiken UniHealth staff gain dementia care credentials
Aiken South Carolina based UniHealth Post Acute Care Aiken announces 31 staff members earned Certified Dementia Practitioner credentials from the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners.
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Aiken
National Council of Certified
CDP
UniHealth
LSU wins grant for a new supercomputer SuperMic
LSU's Center for Computation and Technology received a 4 million dollar NSF Major Research Instrumentation grant to acquire SuperMic, a quadricillion operations per second computer. The system will aid drug discovery, coastal modeling, and hurricane surge forecasting, marking LSU's fourth generation of supercomputers.
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Baton Rouge, la
National Science Foundation
LSU
Center For Computation and Technology
Advocate
NSF
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