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Richard G. Gann, National Institute of Standards and Technology,. Gaithersburg, MD, USA ... 24–27, 2009, at International Plaza Resort & Spa, Orlando, Florida.
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Fire Technology, 48, 547, 2012 Ó 2010 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. Manufactured in The United States DOI: 10.1007/s10694-010-0195-4

Editorial

Introduction to this Special Issue Bogdan Z. Dlugogorski* and Eric M. Kennedy, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia Richard G. Gann, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

This special issue represents a select group of papers drawn from those presented in the suppression program of the Suppression and Detection Research and Applications––A Technical Working Conference (SUPDET 2009), held on February 24–27, 2009, at International Plaza Resort & Spa, Orlando, Florida. The SUPDET conferences have their roots in The Halon Options Technical Working Conferences (HOTWC), hosted between 1990 and 2006 in New Mexico, under the sponsorships of the New Mexico Engineering Research Institute and the Next Generation Fire Suppression Technology Program. In 2007, HOTWC combined with Fire Detection and Suppression Symposia, organised between 1997 and 2006 by the Fire Protection Research Foundation (FPRF), to hold the first combined SUPDET conference in Orlando, Florida. The Special Issue from SUPDET 2007, edited by one of us (RGG), appeared in vol. 44 of Fire Technology (2008). In total 20 papers were presented in the suppression program of SUPDET 2009, including a keynote presentation by Elizabeth Scheele of the California Air Resources Board titled ‘‘High Global Warming Potential Gases and Fire Suppression’’, and three papers on gaseous agents, five on foams, seven on sprinklers and three on water mist. This issue contains a selection of seven of the best papers; three on foams, three on sprinklers and two on water mist. The papers have been subjected to a rigorous peer assessment process that resulted in improved and enhanced manuscripts. The full complement of the original SUPDET 2009 contributions can be found at http://www.nfpa.org/itemDetail.asp?categoryID= 993&itemID=43828&URL=Research/Fire%20Protection%20Research%20Founda tion/Proceedings. The editors wish to thank Ms Gayathri Balasubramanian of the Springer Journals Editorial Office for her always quick and helpful assistance in preparing this special issue.

* Correspondence should be addressed to: Bogdan Z. Dlugogorski, E-mail: Bogdan.Dlugogorski@ newcastle.edu.au