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RACERS FELLOW, FACULTY PUBLISH TWO ARTICLES, OP-ED

RACERS FELLOW, FACULTY PUBLISH TWO ARTICLES, OP-ED

RaCERS-Affiliated faculty continue to produce important contributions to the field of fire safety in the built environment. “These works continue...

RaCERS Concludes Spring Seminar Series with Discussion on High-Rise Fire Safety

RaCERS Concludes Spring Seminar Series with Discussion on High-Rise Fire Safety

The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies (RaCERS) Spring 2022 seminar series concluded with a panel discussion on ways...

Dr. Vyto Babrauskas, RaCERS Fellow, Interviewed on firescienceshow.com podcast

Dr. Vyto Babrauskas, RaCERS Fellow, Interviewed on firescienceshow.com podcast

The firescienceshow.com podcast, an ongoing project of Prof. Wojciech Wegrzynski at Instytut Techniki Budowlanej in Warsaw, Poland https://twitter.com/itb_pl featured an...

RaCERS Assists with National Fire Service Research Agenda

RaCERS Assists with National Fire Service Research Agenda

RaCERS Director Charles Jennings was called on by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to serve a a juror to evaluate...

AFTER ACTION AND LEARNING FROM DISASTERS: PODCAST WITH CHARLES JENNINGS, DIRECTOR

AFTER ACTION AND LEARNING FROM DISASTERS: PODCAST WITH CHARLES JENNINGS, DIRECTOR

RaCERS Director Charles Jennings was interviewed by Radio Free Galisteo’s John Shannon in a 30-minute interview on learning from disaster....

In Wake of Multiple-Fatality Fires in Philadelphia and The Bronx,  Media Seek RaCERS Faculty

In Wake of Multiple-Fatality Fires in Philadelphia and The Bronx, Media Seek RaCERS Faculty

Two devastating fires in January 2022 — a 12 fatality rowhouse fire in Philadelphia, and a 17-fatality high-rise fire in...

Spring Lecture Series Announced: Critical Disaster Studies, Household Preparedness, First Responder Technology

Spring Lecture Series Announced: Critical Disaster Studies, Household Preparedness, First Responder Technology

The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies announces its Spring 2022 lecture series. The series begins February 7 with...

RaCERS Faculty Mark Chubb Elected Chair of Board of Directors of the Institution of Fire Engineers

RaCERS Faculty Mark Chubb Elected Chair of Board of Directors of the Institution of Fire Engineers

Mark Chubb, an affiliated faculty member at the Christian Regenhard Center, was elected Chair of the Board of Directors of...

Event Series “9/11 + 20” continues at John Jay College’s Christian Regenhard Center

Event Series “9/11 + 20” continues at John Jay College’s Christian Regenhard Center

The Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies continues its 9/11+20 event series with a panel of our National Advisory...

RaCERS faculty on the Road

RaCERS faculty on the Road

RaCERS faculty are in frequent demand for lectures and instruction. RaCERS Executive Committee and Associate Professor Glenn Corbett presented on...