A recent project saw an entire Canadian town go up in flames and fire researchers were on hand to take full advantage of the smoke, flames and research opportunities, write Joseph Su and Bruce Paterson.Kemano, British Columbia was a company town built 50 years ago by Alcan Smelters and Chemicals Ltd to support its hydroelectric station. When the station became essentially automated, making the town obsolete, an idea was born. The deserted town was donated to British Columbia's fire services. In addition to becoming a proving ground for firefighting, abandoned houses filled with donated furniture and props made an ideal, full-scale experimental site. Working with the Underwriters' Laboratories of Canada, researchers in the Fire Risk Manageme...
NRC-IRC undertook a project in 2007, on behalf of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, to invest...
Based on the data collected from British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario for the period 1995-2003, res...
In this thesis, I examine the impact fires have had on Canadian communities as a result of climate ...
Working with the Underwriters' Laboratories of Canada, researchers in the Fire Risk Management Progr...
Kemano, British Columbia, was a company town built 50 years ago by Alcan Smelters and Chemicals Ltd....
Kemano Village in northern British Columbia was a company town owned by Alcan Smelters and Chemicals...
NRC's Fire Risk Management Program has completed an experimental study of smoke-alarm response in re...
Working with the Underwriters' Laboratories of Canada, researchers in IRC's Fire Risk Management Pro...
The progress made in Canada in the field of fire safety in buildings, combined with developments in ...
Fire is a challenge faced by all society and Canada is no exception. The consequences of fire in ter...
When it became known that the St. Lawrence Power Project would result in the flooding of a large are...
NRC's Fire Risk Management Program has completed an experimental study of a residential sprinkler sy...
Almost every year, ash drifts from forest fires in north-western Canada into northern Europe, alteri...
Fire researchers at the National Research Council of Canada, through its Institute for Research in C...
A full-scale research project was undertaken to address one of the nuisance alarm problems in correc...
NRC-IRC undertook a project in 2007, on behalf of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, to invest...
Based on the data collected from British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario for the period 1995-2003, res...
In this thesis, I examine the impact fires have had on Canadian communities as a result of climate ...
Working with the Underwriters' Laboratories of Canada, researchers in the Fire Risk Management Progr...
Kemano, British Columbia, was a company town built 50 years ago by Alcan Smelters and Chemicals Ltd....
Kemano Village in northern British Columbia was a company town owned by Alcan Smelters and Chemicals...
NRC's Fire Risk Management Program has completed an experimental study of smoke-alarm response in re...
Working with the Underwriters' Laboratories of Canada, researchers in IRC's Fire Risk Management Pro...
The progress made in Canada in the field of fire safety in buildings, combined with developments in ...
Fire is a challenge faced by all society and Canada is no exception. The consequences of fire in ter...
When it became known that the St. Lawrence Power Project would result in the flooding of a large are...
NRC's Fire Risk Management Program has completed an experimental study of a residential sprinkler sy...
Almost every year, ash drifts from forest fires in north-western Canada into northern Europe, alteri...
Fire researchers at the National Research Council of Canada, through its Institute for Research in C...
A full-scale research project was undertaken to address one of the nuisance alarm problems in correc...
NRC-IRC undertook a project in 2007, on behalf of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, to invest...
Based on the data collected from British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario for the period 1995-2003, res...
In this thesis, I examine the impact fires have had on Canadian communities as a result of climate ...