VP & Executive Director, Research Leadership
Fire Safety Research Institute of UL Research Institutes
Columbia, Maryland
Steve Kerber is the Vice President of Research for Underwriters Laboratories and Director of the UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute. He leads a fire safety research team dedicated to addressing the worlds unresolved fire safety risks and emerging dangers to reduce death, injury and loss from fire. Steve has led research in the areas of fire safety engineering, firefighter safety, fire forensics, and fire science. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in fire protection engineering from the University of Maryland and PhD from Lund University in Sweden. Steve is also a 13-year veteran of the fire service, with most of his service at the College Park Fire Department in Prince George's County Maryland where he served at ranks up through Deputy Chief. Steve has also been appointed to the rank of Honorary Battalion Chief by the Fire Department of New York, was named the 2014 International Society of Fire Service Instructors and Fire Engineering George D. Post Instructor of the Year, was awarded the 2019 Metropolitan Fire Chiefs President’s Award of Distinction and is a Fellow of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers.
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(D01) The Latest Science on WUI Fires and the Built Environment
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
11:15am – 12:15pm US EDT