Fauske & Associates, LLC was chosen by the AIChE to serve as the principal research contractor for the Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems (DIERS) project begun in the late 1970's. Since completion of the DIERS project (1984), FAI has remained the world leader in providing innovative and "cost effective" products and services to support widespread utilization of the DIERS methodology.

OSHA-29 CFR 1910.11 calls DIERS Technology, "An example of good engineering practice for process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals."