SwRI: Fire research and testing for the construction, telecommunications, transportation, and petrochemical/chemical industries.

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Fire Technology Department conducts standard tests (below) in accordance with strict standard fire test methods used in industries:
 

Construction     Transportation     Public Utilities    
 
 

Fire Technology Custom Design Services

CUSTOM DESIGN

CONTACT

Aerospace Components (Testing and Evaluations) 

Barry Badders

Combat Vehicle Survivability Testing  

Marc Janssens

Custom Design Offshore Fire Systems 

Barry Badders

Environmental Control Equipment 

Barry Badders

Fire Modeling  

Jason Huczek

Fire Protection Custom-Design Tests  

Barry Badders

Fire Restricting Materials (IMO Highspeed Craft Code) 

Tony Sauceda

Flame Arrester  

Alexandra Joyce

Full-Scale Pool Fire Simulations  

Barry Badders

Gas and Vapor Cloud Fire and Explosion  

Alexandra Joyce

Gas Dispersion (Accidental Releases)  

Alexandra Joyce

Heat Transfer Equipment (Testing and Evaluation)  

Alexandra Joycet

Hydrocarbon Pool Fire Simulation >2000?F  

Barry Badders

Jet Fire/High Intensity Apparatus/High-Rise Curve  

Barry Badders

Listing and Labeling Services  

Gladys Miller

Natural Gas Systems (Transmission and Distribution) 

Alexandra Joyce

Perimeter Joints and Fire Stops  

Barry Badders

Pool Fire/Flame Engulfment Evaluations  

Barry Badders

Propellant Combustion, Fires, and Military Studies  

Alexandra Joyce

Propellant Pyrotechnics and High Sensitivity Studies  

Alexandra Joyce

Risks and Hazard Analysis 

Alexandra Joyce

Room Temperature/Rate of Heat Release Test 

Jason Huczek

Sprinkler Evaluation for Rack Storage in Warehouse  

Jason Huczek

Telecommunications NEBS  

Bill Bendele


 

SwRI's testing laboratories and Listing, Labeling and Follow-up Inspections Program are accredited through federal, state, international and other various agencies.

 

For more information about fire technology services and capabilities for third-party listing and labeling and third-party production control programs and product certification 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®) is an independent, nonprofit, applied engineering and physical sciences research and development organization with 12 technical divisions using multidisciplinary approaches to problem solving. The Institute occupies more than 1,200 acres and provides nearly two million square feet of laboratories, test facilities, workshops, and offices for more than 3,300 employees who perform contract work for industry and government clients.