''Fire Technology'' is a peer-reviewed

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publishing scientific research dealing with the full range of actual, possible, and potential

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hazards facing humans and the environment. It publishes original contributions, both theoretical and empirical, that contribute to the solution of problems in fire safety and related fields. It is published by

Springer Springer or springers may refer to: Publishers * Springer Science+Business Media, aka Springer International Publishing, a worldwide publishing group founded in 1842 in Germany formerly known as Springer-Verlag. ** Springer Nature, a multinationa ...

in conjunction with the National Fire Protection Association and the

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. Topics include material testing, fire modelling,

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and

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, performance-based building design,

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, emergency evacuation and human behaviour,

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and fire risk analysis. Annually, three awards are presented to the best papers appearing in Fire Technology. The Harry C. Bigglestone Award for excellence in communication of fire protection concepts is given by the Fire Protection Research Foundation to the best overall paper. The Jack Bono Award for engineering communications is given by The Society of Fire Protection Engineers’ Educational and Scientific Foundation to the paper that has most contributed to the advancement of professional fire protection engineering. And the Tibor Z. Harmathy Award for the best paper led by a student given by Springer. The Jack Watts Award for Outstanding Reviewer of Fire Technology is presented annually to those whose reviews were most valuable in terms of the quality, in-depth, number and timeliness.

Harry C. Bigglestone Award

The Harry C. Bigglestone Award is given annually to the paper appearing in ''Fire Technology'' that best represents excellence in the communication of fire protection concepts. Accompanying this award is a USD 2,000 cash prize from the Fire Protection Research Foundation. It is named to honour the memory of Harry C. Bigglestone, who served as a trustee of the Fire Protection Research Foundation and chair of the NFPA Committee on Central Station Signaling Systems and who was a fellow and past president of the

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Recipients

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National Fire Protection Association
*2019 - Wojciech Wegrzyński, Tomasz Lipecki, Jason Lafferty *2018 - Ruben Van Coile, Georgios Balomenos, Mahesh Pandey, Robby Caspeele *2017 - Enrico Ronchi, Erica Kuligowski, Daniel Nilsson, Richard Peacock, Paul Reneke *2016 - Henrik Bjelland, Ove Njå, Atle William Heskestad and Geir Sverre Braut *2015 - Ethan I. D. Foote, Samuel L. Manzello *2014 - Ann Jeffers, Qianru Guo, Kaihang Shi, Zili Jia, Erica Kuligowski *2013 - Kristopher Overholt, Ofodike (D.K.) Ezekoye *2012 - Gregory T. Linteris *2011 - Robert Jansson and Lars Borstrom *2010 - Paul Mason, Charles Fleischmann, Chris Rogers, Alan McKinnon, Keith Unsworth, Michael Spearpoint *2009 - Tingguang Ma, Michael S. Klassen, Stephen M. Olenick, Richard J. Roby, Jose L. Torero *2008 - Bogdan Dlugogorski, Eric Kennedy, Ted Schaefer *2007 - Michael S. Klassen, Jason A. Sutula, Maclain M. Holton, Richard J. Roby, Thomas Izbicki *2006 - Brian Y. Lattimer, Uri Vandsburger, Richard J. Roby *2005 - Tingguang Ma, Stephen M. Olenick, Michael S. Klassen, Richard J. Roby, Jose L. Torero *2004 - Susan L. Rose-Pehrsson, Sean J. Hart, Thomas T. Street, Frederick W. Williams, Mark H. Hammond, Daniel T. Gottuk, Mark T. Wright, Jennifer T. Wong *2003 - Scott K. Anderson, Robert G. Bill, Jr., Richard Ferron, Hsiang-Cheng Kung *2002 - Steven D. Wolin *2001 - James R. Lawson, William E. Mell *2000 - James A. Milke *1999 - Brian Y. Lattimer, Richard J. Roby, Uri Vandsburger *1998 - James Quintiere *1997 - Mohammed Sultan, Noah L. Ryder, Frederick Leprince, James A. Milke, Frederick W. Mowrer, Jose L. Torero *1996 - Thomas McAvoy, James A. Milke *1995 - Charles J. Kibert, Douglas Dierdorf *1994 - Robert G. Bill, Jr., Hsiang-Cheng Kung *1993 - David J. O’Connor, Gordon W. H. Silcock *1992 - John R. Hall, Jr., Ai Sekizawa *1991 - Frederick W. Mowrer *1990 - Homer W. Carhart, Francis R. Faith, J. Thomas Hughes, Curtis T. Ewing *1989 - Dingyi Huan, John Krasny, John Rockett *1988 - Frederick W. Mowrer, Robert Brady Williamson *1987 - Richard L. Smith *1986 - Peter F. Johnson *1985 - T. T. Lie, Kenneth J. Schwartz

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