Staff and Colleague Fire Research Presentations 

                                                      MVFRI

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

Presentations that Summarize MVFRI Research Results:

• Crashes that Result in Fires, ESV Paper 09-0214, June 2009, K. Digges

• The Basis for an NCAP Fluid Integrety Rating, ESV Paper 09-0219, June 2009, K. Digges and R. Stephenson
• Fire Occurrence in Side Crashes Based on NASS/CDS, SAE Paper 2009-01-0008, K.Digges.
• Fire Occurrence in Frontal Crashes Based on NASS/CDS, SAE Paper 2008-01-0256, K.Digges; 
• NASS Cases of Frontal Crashes with Fire and Fatality Using the Case Summary Software developed for MVFRI
• Fire Occurrence in Rollover Crashes Based on NASS/CDS, SAE Paper 2007-01-0875, K.Digges and Shaun Kildare. 
• MVFRI Research Programs in Crash-Induced Fire Safe, SAE 2007-01-0880,  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 Safety, SAE 2005-01-1425, K. Digges and R. Stephenson. 
• MVFRI Research Programs in Crash-Induced Fire Safety, SAE 2004-01-0475, K. Digges and R. Stephenson
• MVFRI Fire Safety Performance of Motor Vehicles in Crashes, ESV Conference Paper Nr. 422, May, 2003. K. Digges  R. Stephenson, and P. Bedewi,  MVFRI

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