- Founded in 1956
- More than $3 million in annual research expenditures
- 7 Full-time Faculty Members
- Core research areas: Fire/smoke behavior, materials flammability, wildfires, fire in microgravity, fire detection and suppression, evacuation analyses
- Center affiliates include FireTEC, Center for Disaster Resilience, U21 International Fire Safety Consortium and MD Fire & Rescue Institute (MFRI)
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The Department of Fire Protection Engineering was established within the Clark School of Engineering in 1956. To date we offer the only fully ABET accredited undergraduate program and one of three graduate degree programs in the U.S. More than 1,100 graduates from the Department are now employed in industry, insurance companies, Federal, state or local government, military, and fire service.
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