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Fire research for the FAA is primarily conducted at the William J. Hughes Technical Center. The Cabin Safety Research Team (CSRT) provides input into aircraft cabin fire safety primarily by conducting research focusing on crew inflight equipment and related procedures being used use in the aviation environment.
The CSRT Aircraft Fire Research Lab ("Fire Lab") is a simulated transport-category aircraft cabin firefighting research facility capable of...
The Cabin Safety Research Team supports FAA regulatory and airworthiness functions through the conduct of research in the area of aircraft emergency evacuation. Questions concerning seating density, exit size and location, passenger flow rates through exits, and passenger and flight attendant behavior are investigated using our full aircraft cabin simulators and human research subjects. The Cabin Safety Research Team is also exploring the use of computer modeling...
Cabin Safety Research Workshops are sponsored by the FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI), Aerospace Medical Research Division, Protection and Survival Research Lab, Cabin Safety Research Team (AAM-632).
Thank you for your interest in our Cabin Safety Research Workshops. The workshops, held at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, are designed to familiarize interested aviation personnel with important research activities conducted by the FAA in...
Federal Aviation Administration
AAM-612, Autopsy Team, Rm 331
CAMI, Building 13
6500 S. MacArthur Blvd.
Oklahoma City, OK 73169
Email: Autopsy-info@faa.gov
Federal Aviation Administration
AAM-612, Performance Informatics Team, Rm...
One of the Federal Aviation Administration's missions is to prevent and reduce deaths and injuries resulting from aircraft accidents. To accomplish this mission, the FAA has statutory authority and a congressional mandate to conduct crash injury research by collecting relevant data in the interest of protecting public safety. Accordingly, if an autopsy is performed, we respectfully request a copy of the report be forwarded to:
Federal Aviation Administration
Civil Aerospace...
The Engineering Sciences Section is made up of the Biodynamics Research Team and the Cabin Safety Research Team. Engineering Sciences Section personnel provide state-of-the-art information, procedures, and equipment evaluations relative to aircraft crash survival, and safety of passengers and crewmembers during normal operations and emergency aircraft evacuation events. For example, the Cabin Safety, and Biodynamics Research Teams are key contributors to the development of national and international aviation safety equipment standards and survival procedures.
The Life Sciences Section is comprised of a Health Safety Information Team and an Environmental Aerospace Physiology Research Team.
The Health Safety Information Team performs a variety of functions researching and addressing how well aerospace medicine policy controls and decisions are mitigating risk in aerospace operations, this includes predicting and producing tools to predict the dose of radiation to which passengers and crew are exposed during aerospace operations.
The Biomedical Sciences Section employs professionals in biomarker research, informatics, system and database administration, and health information management. It focuses on generating, collecting, analyzing, and securing aeromedically relevant data, as well as making data and interpretations available to appropriate parties. Data sources include scientific Human Subjects Research studies, aviation accident investigations, and aviation accident autopsies.
The Forensic Sciences Section conducts toxicological evaluations on aircraft accident fatalities, and continually develops novel methods to answer complex and difficult aeromedical questions. The Forensic Sciences laboratory serves as the primary national site for toxicology testing for federal agencies, including the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The Forensic Sciences Section is made up of two teams; Forensic Toxicology Team and Quality Assurance Team.
The division executes the FAA’s Aeromedical Research Program, which focuses on safety sensitive personnel and airline passenger health, safety, and performance in current and forecasted future civilian aerospace operations. The division also supports ongoing operational safety functions through its radiobiology and pilot incapacitation, incident, and accident medical case review/toxicological analysis programs. For current and completed research, please visit the following websites: