Extended Abstracts And Presentations From The Workshop On Fire Growth And Spread On Objects March 4 6 2002 National Institute Of Standards And Technology

"This report describes the results of the workshop sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Building and Fire Research Laboratory that was held on October 2, 3, 2003 in Baltimore, MD. The workshop was planned to assist with the development of a research and development roadmap for structural fire safety and retrofit of structures. This report summarizes the content of nine contextual white papers prepared for the workshop and the process and results of the industry discussion and prioritization that took place."--Page 3.

Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.

The Workshop on Residential Kitchen Fire Suppression Research Needs was held on April 11, 2006, at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD. The Workshop provided a forum to discuss test methods, technologies, and research and development that can significantly improve residential fire protection, with emphasis on residential kitchenapplications. The Workshop program included representatives from standards, codes, testing, and research organizations, the fire protection industry, the fireservice, and federal government agencies. In total, 30 people attended. The goal of the conference was to identify barriers that impede advances in the application oflocalized suppression systems in residences. In this regard, the Workshop explored: recent developments in suppression system technologies, characterization of the performance of residential kitchen fire suppressionsystems, the role of federal agencies and standards groups, and opportunities for collaboration. The workshop attendees were divided into two breakout groups todiscuss the following questions: (*) What is needed to reduce losses from kitchen fires? * Focus on prevention? * Focus on suppression? (*) What are the prioritizedresearch needs for kitchen fires? (*) What needs to be done in order to place effective retrofit systems into a significant number of homes? The results of eachgroup's deliberations were discussed when the full Workshop reconvened. The responses from each group were considered and listed so that attendees couldvote on the issues that they felt were most important. Attendees were grouped by their affiliation with the standards, codes, testing and research organizations, orthe fire protection industry, or the fire service for purposes of voting.