Motor Vehicle Fire Research Institute

1334 Pendleton Court
Charlottesville, Virginia 22901, United States
info@mvfri.org | Phone (434) 974-6939 | FAX (434) 973-9470

The Motor Vehicle Fire Research Institute has collected, with the permission of the authors, the following recent presentations on motor vehicle fire safety research: 

Summaries of MVFRI Research Results.

• MVFRI Fire Safety Performance of Motor Vehicles in Crashes, ESV Conference Paper Nr. 422, May, 2003. K. Digges  R. Stephenson, and P. Bedewi,  MVFRI
• MVFRI Research Programs in Crash-Induced Fire Safety, SAE 2004-01-0475, K. Digges and R. Stephenson, MVFRI

                       Video - Carbon Tracking Test

• MVFRI Research Programs in Crash-Induced Fire Safety, SAE 2005-01-1425, K. Digges and R. Stephenson, 
• MVFRI Research Programs in Crash-Induced Fire Safety, SAE 2006-01-0551, K. Digges and R. Stephenson
• MVFRI Research Programs in Crash-Induced Fire Safe, SAE 2007-01-0880,  K. Digges and R. Stephenson
• Fire Occurrence in Frontal Crashes Based on NASS/CDS, SAE Paper 2008-01-0256, K.Digges;  Summaries of NASS Cases of Frontal Crashes with Fire and Fatality

Summaries of Research from Other Sources

• NFPA Overview of the US Vehicle Fire Problem, SAE 2005-01-1420, April 2005, M. Ahern, NFPA
• Fire Fighter Near Miss: Auto Fire with Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Fuel Tank Explosion, R.R. Hansen, Seattle Fire Department; Powerpoint Presentation

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1334 Pendleton Court
Charlottesville, Virginia 22901, United States
info@mvfri.org | Phone (434) 974-6939 | FAX (434) 973-9470