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This year the SFPE Foundation celebrates its 44th birthday by kicking off our Annual Campaign! For the last 44 years, the SFPE Foundation has been working hard to facilitate research and education that enhances the scientific understanding of fire and its interaction with the social, natural, and built environments, towards the vision of engineering a resilient, sustainable, fire-safe world for all.

Due to donations like yours, the SFPE Foundation is able to offer annual technical presentations to 144+ SFPE Chapters globally, as well as free Research in Fire Engineering webinars accessible on our website (that’s six Professional Development Hours at no cost!). These donor-supported programs are increasing access to cutting-edge research and education for members of our community around the world.

In addition to the webinar series and chapter presentations, the Foundation supports original research and cross-sectoral collaboration through a range of programs. Check out some of our work below, all conducted in service of our new 2022-2025 Strategic Plan:

• The release of a new wildland-urban interface (WUI) virtual handbook aimed at U.S. fire service personnel;
• A virtual WUI Summit showcasing the progress of the WUI Working Group Initiative;
• The launch of a new WUI project targeting science-based engineering training for WUI fire service personnel;
• Four new student scholarship recipients;
• Four new student research grant recipients;
• Four new summer scholarship recipients;
• The release of a major research report on the environmental and health impact of fire and fire-suppression activities;
• The release of a major research report on a risk and performance assessment framework for sustainable and fire-resilient buildings;
• And the launch of a new major research project focused on the integration of building information modeling (BIM) for fire protection systems in buildings.

To support the mission of the Foundation with your donation and help us grow our impact in new and exciting ways, donate online today. Your donation will be doubled, thanks to a matching gift pledged by UL Solutions and the UL Research Institutes, up to $25,000 USD.