Mr. Philip Deardorff is an engineering technician working in the National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL). Prior to joining the Engineering Laboratory in 2017, Mr. Deardorff worked for the Office of Facilities and Property Management (OFPM), the Department of Defense (DOD) and built and maintained residential, commercial and government structures and facilities in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and the Washington DC metropolitan area. Mr. Deardorff provides highly specialized technical support for a wide range of research projects in the NFRL.