The University of Illinois Fire Service Institute's Firefighter Life Safety Research Center provides a state-of-the-art environment for developing practical solutions to problems faced by emergency responders.

The Institute's research efforts focus on action-oriented studies in health and wellness, incident management and equipment technologies. Projects are carried out through IFSI's partner organizations on and off campus. Institute researchers also collaborate with dozens of University of Illinois departments on interdisciplinary studies.

Health and Safety Improving the fitness of first responders involves studying why they become fatigued in the first place.

Incident Management Technology Demonstrate and evaluate the uses of technology in crisis situations

Tools and Equipment Elaborating on the uses of a particular set of tools in actual field exercises

More Information:

• Firefighter Cardiovascular Health & Safety Research Summit
• National Research Agenda
• Papers and Publications
• Test Subjects Wanted
• Research Staff
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