News - FRIC (English)

New FRIC Report: A study of the fire performance of combustible thermal insulation through fire experiments

Published 06/11/2025 15:50:00 (News)

FRIC Webinar: The Fire at Festningen Restaurant

Published 29/10/2025 09:50:00 (News)

Advancing Fire Safety Through Collaboration!

Published 23/10/2025 10:00:00 (News)

Progress report 2024

Published 06/01/2025 00:00:00 (News)

Here is FRIC's progress report for 2024, presented as a popular scientific presentation of activities in FRIC during 2024. This is based on activities between October 2023 - October 2024.

HOW DO FIRES BEHAVE IN LARGE ROOMS WITH CROSS-LAMINTED TIMBER ELEMENTS?

Published 26/06/2025 15:30:00 (News)

This text was translated from Norwegian using artificial intelligence (Microsoft Copilot) and has been quality-assured by a professional.

Many buildings are constructed using various wood products, such as cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glulam. The fire performance of these building materials has now been investigated in a major study in the FRIC Fire Research and Innovation Centre.

FRIC Webinar: Fire safety of historical dense areas of wooden housing

Published 03/06/2025 09:00:00 (News)

Welcome to the FRIC Webinar on fire safety of dense historical wooden building environments!

Fire safe cultural heritage

Published 28/02/2025 14:00:00 (News)

New FRIC report: Results from fire tests with two different types of fire protection for EPS insulation in wall and roof construction

Published 12/02/2025 08:30:00 (News)

Meet our newest PhD student Dito!

Published 31/01/2025 09:00:00 (News)

FRIC team

Published 23/01/2025 11:00:00 (News)

FRIC webinar: Fire safety in solar installations - Randomness must not determine the level of security

Published 26/11/2024 09:30:00 (News)

FRIC webinar: Energy production and storage in buildings

Published 17/10/2024 13:00:00 (News)

PhD position available!

Published 09/09/2024 10:00:00 (News)

We are looking for a candidate interested in fire safety and computational modelling (CFD) of fires in wooden buildings.

More info: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/267468/phd-candidate-in-fire-safety-and-computational-modelling-cfd-of-fires-in-wooden-buildings

FRIC webinar: Timber

Published 04/09/2024 15:30:00 (News)

FRIC team

Published 27/08/2024 10:00:00 (News)

New knowledge on CLT compartment fires

Published 05/07/2024 10:00:00 (News)

New knowledge on emissions from PV fires

Published 01/07/2024 10:50:00 (News)

PhD position with FRIC

Published 14/05/2024 10:00:00 (News)

Welcome to PhD defence

Published 09/04/2024 09:00:00 (News)

PhD defence on April 15th, at 13:00 of FRIC research by Andreas Sæter Bøe on «Experimental investigations on fire performance of the engineered wood products cross-laminated timber and I-joists»

Welcome to FRIC webinar: Unwanted fire alarms, are today’s situation acceptable?

Published 11/03/2024 11:00:00 (News)

Unwanted fire alarms, are today’s situation acceptable?

Time: Mar 19, 2024 11:00 AM (Oslo)

PhD position in Fire safety in buildings with timber structures

Published 30/01/2024 13:00:00 (News)

New FRIC study: The effect of Bjørnis the fire mascot

Published 19/01/2024 10:15:00 (News)

New knowledge on fires in building integrated solar cells (BIPV)!

Published 08/01/2024 13:00:00 (News)

New FRIC report: Analytical fire design of timber buildings in fire class 3 in Norway

Published 05/01/2024 08:30:00 (News)

Progress report 2023

Published 10/01/2024 10:30:00 (News)

Here is FRIC's progress report for 2023, presented as a popular scientific presentation of activities in FRIC during 2023. This is based on activities between October 2022 - October 2023.

Collaboration with Brandforsk

Published 30/11/2023 13:00:00 (News)

Welcome to FRIC webinar: Large-scale compartment experiments with exposed Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT)

Published 24/11/2023 15:35:00 (News)

Welcome to FRIC webinar: Improved fire behaviour of upholstered furniture

Published 24/11/2023 15:30:00 (News)

New FRIC report: Smouldering fire test methods for thermal insulation

Published 20/11/2023 10:25:00 (News)

Welcome to FRIC webinar: Suppression systems for façade fires

Published 09/10/2023 14:00:00 (News)

Funding secured for the continuation of FRIC

Published 05/09/2023 08:30:00 (News)

New FRIC report: Communication of fire safety

Published 24/08/2023 13:00:00 (News)

Progress report 2022

Published 28/06/2023 16:00:00 (News)

New knowledge on fire safe wooden heritage doors!

Published 09/06/2023 10:30:00 (News)

Research conference 20th April 2023

Published 26/05/2023 13:00:00 (News)

PV fire safety: New knowledge!

Published 16/05/2023 15:03:00 (News)

FRIC Webinar: FRIC’s analysis of the Lone fire

Published 12/05/2023 10:30:00 (News)

Welcome to FRIC webinar, open for all!
The webinar is free and will be held in English.

FRIC Webinar: FRIC’s analysis of the Lone fire

Published 14/04/2023 13:00:00 (News)

New FRIC report!

Published 13/03/2023 13:10:00 (News)

New FRIC report! Guideline – Fire resistance upgrade of cultural heritage doors

Published 08/03/2023 10:30:00 (News)

Kragerø fire site visit

Published 03/03/2023 10:00:00 (News)

Here, Anne is visiting the fire site in Kragerø after the large fire this weekend, together with the Grenland fire and rescue service and DSB. The visit is a part of FRICs project 1-2 on learning from fires.