''Fire Technology'' is a

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publishing scientific research dealing with

fire Fire is the rapid oxidation of a fuel in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction Product (chemistry), products. Flames, the most visible portion of the fire, are produced in the combustion re ...

hazards facing humans and the environment. It publishes original contributions, both theoretical and empirical, that contribute to the solution of problems in

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and related fields. It is published by

Springer Springer or springers may refer to: Publishers * Springer Science+Business Media, aka Springer International Publishing, a worldwide publishing group founded in 1842 in Germany formerly known as Springer-Verlag. ** Springer Nature, a multinationa ...

in conjunction with the

National Fire Protection Association The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is a U.S.-based international nonprofit organization devoted to eliminating death, injury, property damage, and economic loss due to fire, electrical, and related hazards. , the NFPA claims to have 5 ...

and the

Society of Fire Protection Engineers The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) is a professional society for fire protection engineering established in 1950 and incorporated as an independent organization in 1971. It is the professional society representing those practicing ...

. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2023

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of 2.3. The Scopus's

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2023 of the journal is 6.6. According to the Scimago Journal & Country Rank, this journal is Q1 in Engineering. Topics include material testing, fire

modelling A model is an informative representation of an object, person, or system. The term originally denoted the plans of a building in late 16th-century English, and derived via French and Italian ultimately from Latin , . Models can be divided into ...

detection {{Unreferenced, date=March 2018 In general, detection is the action of accessing information without specific cooperation from with the sender. In the history of radio communications, the term "detector" was first used for a device that detected ...

and suppression, performance-based building design,

building code A building code (also building control or building regulations) is a set of rules that specify the standards for construction objects such as buildings and non-building structures. Buildings must conform to the code to obtain planning permis ...

emergency evacuation Emergency evacuation is an immediate egress or escape of people away from an area that contains an imminent threat, an ongoing threat or a hazard to lives or property. Examples range from the small-scale evacuation of a building due to a storm ...

and human behaviour,

fire investigation Fire investigation (sometimes referred to as origin and cause investigation) is the analysis of fire-related incidents. After firefighters extinguish a fire, an investigation is launched to determine the origin and cause of the fire or explosi ...

wildfire A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of Combustibility and flammability, combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a ...

and fire

risk analysis In simple terms, risk is the possibility of something bad happening. Risk involves uncertainty about the effects/implications of an activity with respect to something that humans value (such as health, well-being, wealth, property or the environ ...

. Annually, three awards are presented to the best papers appearing in Fire Technology. The Harry C. Bigglestone Award for excellence in communication of fire protection concepts is given by the Fire Protection Research Foundation to the best overall paper. The Jack Bono Award for engineering communications is given by The Society of Fire Protection Engineers' Educational and Scientific Foundation to the paper that has most contributed to the advancement of professional fire protection engineering. And the Tibor Z. Harmathy Award for the best paper led by a student given by Springer. The Jack Watts Award for Outstanding Reviewer of Fire Technology is presented annually to those whose reviews were most valuable in terms of the quality, in-depth, number and timeliness.

Harry C. Bigglestone Award

The Harry C. Bigglestone Award is given annually to the paper appearing in ''Fire Technology'' that best represents excellence in the communication of fire protection concepts. Accompanying this award is a US$2,000 cash prize from the

Fire Protection Research Foundation Fire is the rapid oxidation of a fuel in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. Flames, the most visible portion of the fire, are produced in the combustion reaction when the fuel ...

. It is named to honour the memory of Harry C. Bigglestone, who served as a trustee of the

and chair of the NFPA Committee on Central Station Signaling Systems and who was a fellow and past president of the

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Recipients

Source: *2022 - Dr. M. Z. Naser *2021- Nico de Koker, R. S. Walls, A. Cicione, Z. R. Sander, S. Löffel, J. J. Claasen, S. J. Fourie, L. Croukamp, and D. Rush *2020 - Jim McLennan, Barbara Ryan, Chris Bearman, and Keith Toh *2019 - Wojciech Wegrzyński, Tomasz Lipecki, Jason Lafferty *2018 - Ruben Van Coile, Georgios Balomenos, Mahesh Pandey, Robby Caspeele *2017 - Enrico Ronchi, Erica Kuligowski, Daniel Nilsson, Richard Peacock, Paul Reneke *2016 - Henrik Bjelland, Ove Njå, Atle William Heskestad and Geir Sverre Braut *2015 - Ethan I. D. Foote, Samuel L. Manzello *2014 - Ann Jeffers, Qianru Guo, Kaihang Shi, Zili Jia, Erica Kuligowski *2013 - Kristopher Overholt, Ofodike (D.K.) Ezekoye *2012 -

Gregory T. Linteris Gregory Thomas Linteris (born October 4, 1957 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American scientist who flew as a payload specialist on two NASA Space Shuttle missions in 1997. Education Linteris grew up in Demarest, New Jersey, where he attended No ...

*2011 - Robert Jansson and Lars Borstrom *2010 - Paul Mason, Charles Fleischmann, Chris Rogers, Alan McKinnon, Keith Unsworth, Michael Spearpoint *2009 - Tingguang Ma, Michael S. Klassen, Stephen M. Olenick, Richard J. Roby, Jose L. Torero *2008 - Bogdan Dlugogorski, Eric Kennedy, Ted Schaefer *2007 - Michael S. Klassen, Jason A. Sutula, Maclain M. Holton, Richard J. Roby, Thomas Izbicki *2006 - Brian Y. Lattimer, Uri Vandsburger, Richard J. Roby *2005 - Tingguang Ma, Stephen M. Olenick, Michael S. Klassen, Richard J. Roby, Jose L. Torero *2004 - Susan L. Rose-Pehrsson, Sean J. Hart, Thomas T. Street, Frederick W. Williams, Mark H. Hammond, Daniel T. Gottuk, Mark T. Wright, Jennifer T. Wong *2003 - Scott K. Anderson, Robert G. Bill, Jr., Richard Ferron, Hsiang-Cheng Kung *2002 - Steven D. Wolin *2001 - James R. Lawson, William E. Mell *2000 - James A. Milke *1999 - Brian Y. Lattimer, Richard J. Roby, Uri Vandsburger *1998 - James Quintiere *1997 - Mohammed Sultan, Noah L. Ryder, Frederick Leprince, James A. Milke, Frederick W. Mowrer, Jose L. Torero *1996 - Thomas McAvoy, James A. Milke *1995 - Charles J. Kibert, Douglas Dierdorf *1994 - Robert G. Bill, Jr., Hsiang-Cheng Kung *1993 - David J. O'Connor, Gordon W. H. Silcock *1992 - John R. Hall, Jr., Ai Sekizawa *1991 - Frederick W. Mowrer *1990 - Homer W. Carhart, Francis R. Faith, J. Thomas Hughes, Curtis T. Ewing *1989 - Dingyi Huan, John Krasny, John Rockett *1988 - Frederick W. Mowrer, Robert Brady Williamson *1987 - Richard L. Smith *1986 - Peter F. Johnson *1985 - T. T. Lie, Kenneth J. Schwartz

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* {{Fire protection English-language journals Fire protection Fire prevention Building engineering Wildfire suppression Engineering journals Academic journals established in 1965 Quarterly journals 1965 establishments in the United States

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