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The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Impact on Fire Safety Standards

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Miller, Benjamin M.
Contributor:
LaTourrette, Tom
Metz, David
Warren, Drake
Language:
English
Place of Publication:
Santa Monica, Calif. RAND Corporation 2022
Summary:
The authors document the role of the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) in the initial adoption of smoke alarms, ongoing changes to smoke alarm performance requirements, and ongoing research on wildfire safety in the wildland urban interface. They also provide econometric estimates of the social and economic impact of the fire safety standards that NIST helped develop.

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