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Since 1947, the Fire Technology Services Department at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has been dedicated to serving both government and commercial clients in:
 

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As one of the largest organizations dedicated to research and testing, SwRI has test facilities and a full-time experienced staff in:

• Physical chemistry

• Analytical chemistry

• Chemical engineering

• Mechanical engineering

• Civil engineering

• Structural engineering

• Fire protection engineering

• Physics

• Computer science

• Fire services technology

• Toxicology

Fire Technology Services

The SwRI multidisciplinary approach to studying and understanding fire technology includes:

• Standard and nonstandard testing

• Detection and suppression

• Testing for code compliance

• Testing for nuclear compliance

• Modeling

• Combustion flammability

• Development of new test methodologies

• Engineering and design services

• Third-party certification

• Product and process evaluation

• Laboratory-scale incineration

• Pool and propellant fires

• Jet fire impingement

• Smoke characterization and toxicity studies

• Risk and hazard assessment

• Vulnerability and survivability

• Energy studies

For more information about fire technology services and capabilities at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please call (210) 522-2311 or e-mail fire-info@swri.org.

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Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is a multidisciplinary, independent, nonprofit, applied engineering and physical sciences research and development organization with 11 technical divisions.

May 14, 2008