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Fire Science Show — 269 episodes
260 - Fire safety in a carbon budget with Cecilia Wetterqvist and Axel Mossberg
259 - Communicating fire science with politicians with Birgitte Messerschmidt
258 - e-mobility fires in trains with Adam Barowy
257 - Fire Fundamentals pt. 21 - Radiation with Simo Hostikka
256 - Modelling turbulent combustion in fire CFD with Bart Merci
255 - Timber load bearing capacity in fire from nano- to megascale with Felix Wiesner
254 - Communicating fire science with firefighters, with Steve Kerber
253 - NERIS - the paradigm shift for the US fire data collection with Craig Weinschenk
252 - Substantiating Fire Models with Craig Hofmeister and Bryan Klein
251 - Occupant loads in Car Parks with Mike Spearpoint
250 - Communicating fire science with construction professionals
249 - PBD of a large car park with EVs (Case study) with Jonathan Hodges, Mark McKinnon and Christian Rippe
248 - JRC update on Fire Safety Engineering in Europe with Francesca Sciarretta
247 - Calculation methods for fire resistance with Piotr Turkowski
246 - Fire Fundamentals pt. 20 - Fire Resistance Criteria with Piotr Turkowski
245 - FDS input file ASMR in forest
244 - Decision making in large-scale evacuations with Erica Kuligowski
243 - 20 Informal Settlement Fire Experiments with Sam Stevens
242 - Learning from Earthquake Engineering with Negar Elhami-Khorasani and Justin Moresco
241 - Opportunities with AI (in 2026) with MZ Naser
240 - Distressed by the AI stuff around
239 - Assessing post-fire structural damage in tunnels with Negar Elhami-Khorasani
238 - Fire Fundamentals pt. 19 - Defining fires in your models
237 - Fire Fundamentals pt. 18 - Explosions with Ali Rangwala and Lorenz Boeck
236 - Fitting an efficient smoke control system in a confined space
235 - A Repeating Tragedy with Lazaros Filippidis
234 - Building a fire safety culture with George Boustras
233 - Safety as a moving target with Danielle Antonelis
232 - 2025 Wrap up episode - How fires turn into catastrophies
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231 - BESS explosion prevention and mitigation with Lorenz Boeck and Nick Bartlett
230 - Wind driven conflagration experiments with Faraz Hedayati
229 - Learning from 900 fires with Björn Maiworm
228 - Quantifying the expected utility of fire tests with Andrea Franchini
227 - The differences between EV and ICEV fires in car parks
226 - New Swiss fire safety code with Gianluca De Sanctis and Sofia Kourgiantaki
225 - Battery Energy Storage Systems with Noah Ryder
224 - Navigating the complexities to change our field - a roundtable with Steve McGuirk and Brian Meacham
223 - Heat-induced delamination in CLT with Antonela Čolić
222 - Integrating WUI risk management and fire safety engineering with Pascale Vacca
221 - Fire experiments at the ISS (SoFIE-MIST) with Michael Gollner
220 - Test vs experiment with David Morrisset
219 - Giving back with the SFPE Foundation - with Leslie Marshall
218 - Fire decay and cooling phases with Andrea Lucherini
217 - Things that go wrong with the smoke control and how we fix them
216 - What do we measure and how? with David Morrisset
215 - Lessons from the 2018 Camp Fire with Eric D. Link
214 - Thermal Imagers with Martin Veit
213 - Setting up your own chatbot with Ruggiero Lovreglio and Amir Rafe
212 - A glossary for evacuation with Enrico Ronchi and Ezel Üsten
211 - Fire Fundamentals pt. 17 - Detecting fires
210 - Fire Fundamentals pt. 16 - Turbulence with Randy McDermott
209 - Updates from the SFPE with Chris Jelenewicz
208 - The basics of fire water supply with Szymon Kokot
207 - Fire Safety of Balconies with Mike Spearpoint and Konstantinos Chotzoglou
206 - Fire Engineering Infrastructural Projects with Mukesh Tomar
205 - FDS maintenance and development with Randy McDermott
204 - 4th Birthday of the Podcast. Some stories about the past and the future
203 - The lessons from repeating Jin's experiment on visibility in smoke
202 - Designing fire safety with firefighters in mind
201 - The last fire - a novel set in industrial fire engineering with Joaquim Casal
200 - Façade flammability across scales and standards with Guillermo Rein and Matt Bonner
199 - Commercial Timber Guidebook with Danny Hopkin and Luis Gonzalez Avila
198 - Waste and recycling fires and how to fight them with Ryan Fogelman
197 - Fire spread through external walls pt. 2 with FSRI
196 - Fire spread through external walls pt. 1 with FSRI
195 - Fire Safety Cases with Chris Mayfield and Martyn Ramsden
194 - Playing with batteries with Xinyan Huang
193 - Fire Fundamentals pt. 15 - Extinguishing systems with Bogdan Racięga
192 - Fire Fundamentals pt. 14 - Jet fan systems for car parks
191 - Committee participation with Birgitte Messerschmidt and Kees Both
190 - Car park fires review with Zahir
189 - Simple things that work
188 - Fire Fundamentals pt. 13 - Porous solid fuels
187 - Smouldering of preserved timber with Wenxuan Wu
186 - Egressibility: a paradigm shift in evacuation research with Enrico Ronchi
185 - Recap on wildfire science
184 - Cost-benefit analysis in structural fire safety with Thomas Gernay and Chenzi Ma
183 - Innovation and fire safety with Vincent Brannigan
182 - Bias in fire research
181 - Regulatory regimes with Vincent Brannigan
180 - Fire Fundamentals pt. 12 - Pressurization systems
179 - Assurance in fire safety with Abhishek Chhabra
178 - Origin stories of fire prevention and firefighting with Michał Stachowicz
177 - Physics-Based Modelling of Fire Spread with Francesco Restuccia
176 - The Myth of Panic with Daniel Nilsson
175 - Changes in the UK fire regulations with Dame Judith Hackitt
174 - My predictions for AI in fire
173 - Pathway to scalable fire CFD
172 - Lessons from mass timber experiments with Danny Hopkin
171 - Exploring Water Mist Systems with Max Lakkonen
170 - Integrating Fire Safety and Security Objectives with Stewe Gwynne and Aoife Hunt
169 - Engineering car parks for EV's with Ali Ashrafi and Pawel Woelke
168 - Fires in Waste Industry with Ragni Fjellgaard Mikalsen
167 - CFD for consequences and fire growth with Jonathan Hodges
166 - Bio-based insulation with Patrick Sudhoff
165 - Best Practice vs. Appropriate Practice with Arnold Dix
164 - Experiences with AI with Xinyan Huang
163 - Fire Fundamentals pt 11 - Soot in Fire Safety Engineering
162 - Experiments that changed fire science pt. 9 - Jin's experiment on visibility in smoke
161 - Community evacuation with Enrico Ronchi and Max Kinateder
160 - Fire Fundamentals pt 10 - Flame Spread with David Morrisset
159 - The WUI Problem with Michele Steinberg and Birgitte Messerschmidt
158 - Fire Fundamentals pt. 9 - Know your boundaries (in CFD)
157 - Revising Critical Velocity with Conrad Stacey and Michael Beyer
156 - Trigger Boundaries with Harry Mitchell and Nick Kalogeropoulos
155 - New Guideline for PV Fire Safety with Grunde Jomaas
154 - Fire Fundamentals pt. 8 - Compartment Fire
404 - Short technical break
153 - Fire Safety Engineer of the Future is a Great Communicator
152 - Why we need good standards with Björn Sundström
151 - Elevator evacuation with Axel Mossberg
150 - Wind Turbine Fires with Guillermo Rein
149 - CROSS UK with Neil Gibbins and Peter Wilkinson
148 - Building Integrated Photovoltaics with Reidar Stølen
147 - Wildfire Industrial Interface and risk assessment with Eulàlia Planas
146 - Take care of your mental health with Ann Jeffers
145 - Fire Safety Engineering in South Africa and Beyond with Richard Walls
144 - Design fire generator with Greg Baker
143 - Fire Fundamentals pt 7 - CFD simulations of fires
142 - Uncertainty in fire measurements with David Morrisset
141 - Smouldering in Mass Timber with Harry Mitchell
140 - Development and implementation of the SBI test with Rudolf van Mierlo
139 - Wind and Fire Interactions for Safer Open Car Park Design
138 - Getting ready for the Wildfires in Northern Europe with Nieves Fernandez-Anez
137 - e-mobility fires with Adam Barowy
136 - Fire Fundamentals pt 6 - The fire automation in a building
135 - Contemplating a design fire for car parks
134 - Fire Fundamentals pt 5 - The Evacuation Equation with David Purser
QA6 - Reflecting on 2023 and Igniting the Future
133: Managing EV Fires at Sea with Elena Funk and Magnus Arvidson
132 - Dis-abling buildings - fire safety features from wheelchair user perspective with Mary Button
131 - Experiments that changed fire science pt. 8 - Modelling Cardington Fire Tests with Asif Usmani
130 - Mass timber fire dynamics with Dr. Carmen Górska
129 - Backdraught and Underventilated Fires with Dr. Ricky Carvel
128 - Fire Safety Engineering with Dr. Ricky Carvel
127 Introducing the Book of Fire: An Online Resource Hub for Fire Engineers
126 - Where is the challenge with tunnel smoke control? with Wojciech
125 - Enhancing Fire Safety Through Data: EU FireStat Project with Martina Manes and Mohamad El Houssami
124 - Advancements in Fire Safety of Facades with Eleni Asimakopoulou
123 - Futureproofing fire safety systems with Jaime Cadena Gomez
122 - Compartment Fire Behaviour Training with Shan Raffel, CFBT Roy and Szymon Kokot
121 - Revolutionizing Civil Engineering Through AI with MZ Nasser
120 - How we have designed a fire safe green wall
119 - Different scales needed to model fires with Lukas Arnold
118 - Different batteries different challanges with Francesco Restuccia
117 - Global wildfire emergency and the key role of FSEs with Albert Simeoni
116 - Fire Fundamentals pt. 4 - Natural and Powered Smoke Vents with Wojciech
115 - Update on the (near) future of fire engineers toolbox with Bryan Klein
114 - Ventilation and fire flow paths with Craig Weinschenk
113 - Exploring Maritime Fire Safety with Bogdan Racięga
112 - Fire Safety for Energy Storage Systems with Ali Ashrafi and Paweł Woelke
111 - Experiments that will change fire science pt. 7 - CodeRed with Panos Kotsovinos
110 - NIST Fire Calorimetry Database with Matt Bundy
109 - Forensic Fire Science with Richard Roby
QA5 - Brainstorming fire safe Mars habitats with Ruben van Coile, Jaime Cadena Gomez and Szymek Matkowski
107 - Visualization in fires with Matt Hoehler
106 - Chemistry of smoke - Nitrogen, retardants and cancirogens with David Purser
105 - How much smoke is made in fires and how we measure that? with David Purser
104 - Experiments that will change fire science pt. 6 - MaCFP with Arnaud Trouve
103 - The Science and Art of Scale Modeling with James Quintiere
102 - Fire Safe Design Competent Architect with Michael Woodrow
101 - The Society of Fire Protection Engineers with Chris Jeleniewicz
100 - Fire Fundamentals pt. 3 - Smoke plumes (and other flow phenomena) with Wojciech
099 - Electric vehicle fires in tunnels with Peter Sturm
QA4 - Wojciech in Smart Firefighting podcast episode 151 - fire science, innovation and built environment
098 - Digital innovation in built environment with Michael Strömgren
097 - Smoke toxicity (Part 2) Asphyxiants and irritants with David Purser
096 - Smoke toxicity (Part 1) Why fires used to be less toxic in 1950's? with David Purser
095 - An AI supported Fire Safety Engineer with Michael Kinsey
094 - Experiments that changed fire science pt. 5 - Compartment fires at NBS with James Quintiere
093 - The story of the golden era for the US fire science with James Quintiere
092 - European Commission view on Performance Based FSE with Adamantia Athanasopoulou
091 - Fire fundamentals pt 2 - Ignition with Rory Hadden
QA3 - Some Polish experiences with a year of war in Ukraine (interviewed by Arnold Dix)
090 - Objective driven suppression system for Swedish tunnels with Ulf Lundström
089 - Designing law by disasters (or not?) with Birgitte Messerschmidt
088 - Modeling fires of natural fuels with Eric Mueller
087 - Structural FSE inspired by earthquake engineering with Negar Elhami Khorasani
086 - Experiments that changed fire science pt. 4 - Runnehamar tunnel with Haukur Ingason and Anders Lönnermark
085 - E-mobility and energy storage hazards with Adam Barowy
QA#2 - Turning podcast professional and the outcomes of the listener experience survey
084 - Industry lead research with Steve Gwynne and Mike Spearpoint
083 - Fire fundamentals pt 1 - Combustion and flame with Rory Hadden
082 - Experiments that changed fire science pt. 3 - WTC Investigation with Kevin McGrattan
081 - The origins of FDS with Kevin McGrattan
080 - Adaptive Fire Testing: A new foundation stone for fire safety (ERC StG Grant) with Ruben van Coile
079 - Timber columns failure in the decay phase with Thomas Gernay and Jochen Zehfuss
QA#1 - November 2022
078 - Experiments that Changed Fire Science pt. 2 - BRE Cardington with Tom Lennon
077 - Informal settlements - we need solutions not gadgets, Richard Walls
076 - Experiments that changed fire science pt. 1 - Dalmarnock Fire Tests Round Robin study with Guillermo Rein and Wolfram Jahn
075 - Spacecraft fire safety with David Urban
074 - Engineering not magic, intumescent coatings with Andrea Lucherini
073 - Smoke control in shopping malls - uncommon aspects that make or break the system
072 - Extracting the secret of IMFSE from Bart Merci and Eulalia Planas
071 - Risk as a tool for thinking with Ruben van Coile
070 - Fire resistance is whatever you want it to be with Piotr Turkowski
069 - Challenging fires at the wildland-urban interface (WUI) with Michael Gollner
068 - Human walking speed and factors that influence it with John Gales
067 - Next-gen smoke control experimental facility and a digital twin with Grzegorz Krajewski
066 - Fire Safe Use of Wood in Buildings with Andy Buchanan
065 - Understanding mesh sensitivity and model uncertainties with Jason Floyd
064 - Heat stress in fires - from inside and outside with Denise Smith and Gavin Horn
063 - Why do we need a handbook of fire and the environment with Brian Meacham and Margaret McNamee
062 - BIM (not only for fire) with Peter Thompson and Rino Lovreglio
061 - Glazing in fire with Yu Wang
060 - How PV panels change the fire behaviour of roofs with Jens Kristensen
059 - Residential fire safety with Dan Madrzykowski and Charlie Fleischmann
058 - Animal pyrocognition - a path to undestand our beginnings with fire with Ivo Jacobs
057 - Structural fire engineering with Thomas Gernay
056 - Performance Based Fire Protection Engineer with David Stacy
055 - The future is exciting with Arnold Dix (part 2)
054 - The sustainability talk, tunnels and fire safety with Arnold Dix (part 1)
053 - The number one skill to thrive as an FSE I've learnt in 1 year of podcasting
404 - Host not found, throat infections suck.
052 - More realism in evacuation modelling with Anne Templeton
051 - Fire Science in eyes of a firefighter with Szymon Kokot
050 - Wind, fire and a surprise
049 - What burns inside a battery with Francesco Restuccia
048 - Car parks, design fires and the broad world of fire science with Mike Spearpoint
047 - Effective pressurization of compartments with Grzegorz Sypek
046 - Fire Code Tech crossover with Gus Gagliardi
045 - Foundations of fire safety with Ruben van Coile and Danny Hopkin
044 - Improving fire safety of battery systems with Ofodike Ezekoye
043 - Some neglected areas in fire science with Vyto Babrauskas
042 - Unsafe environment of post fire scenes with Gavin Horn
041 - Sprinkler and safety systems reliability with Arnstein Fedoy
040 - Resilient road tunnel infrastructure with Ingo Riess
039 - The (near) future of modelling with a tool developer Bryan Klein
038 - Fire resistance is not always enough for timber with Daniel Brandon
037 - Human behavior misconceptions that lead to (mis)modelling with Enrico Ronchi
036 - Researching fire with firefighters - UL FSRI: Steve Kerber and Craig Weinschenk
035 - Fire safety as cornerstone of sustainability with Margaret McNamee
034 - Fire safety as a human right, not a privilege with Danielle Antonellis
033 - Science, theatre or engineering? Polish take on hot smoke test with Piotr Smardz and Janusz Paliszek
032 - Closing the year with a look back on 2021 and forward to the future!
031 - Suppressing tunnel fires with water mist with Johny Jessen
030 - Visibility Prediction Framework with Lukas Arnold
029 -Busses, flammability and an unknown force holding good solutions back... with Anja Hofmann-Böllinghaus
028 - Easy entry into the world of AI in fire with MZ Naser
027 - Travelling fires with Guillermo Rein
026 - Field report from IWMA conference in Warsaw
025 - Structural fire engineering with engineered timber with Felix Wiesner
024 - Who's a Fire Safety Engineer with Jimmy Jönsson
023 - Risk assessment with Maximum Allowable Damage with Jaime Cadena Gomez and David Lange
022 - Combustion, fluid mechanics and fire safety engineering with Michael Gollner
021 - Resilient design for firefighter safety with Ali Ashrafi
020 - Fire Safety Engineering as a socio-technical system with Brian Meacham
019 - Modelling human behaviour in wildfire evacuation with Erica Kuligowski
018 - Engineered timber with Danny Hopkin
017 - Pyrolife - from fire resistance to fire resilience with Cathelijne Stoof
016 - The future of evacuation modelling with Enrico Ronchi and Ruggiero Lovreglio
015 - Global view on the fire safety from a starchitect perpective with Benjamin Ralph
014 - A joyrney through the scales of fire phenomena with Sara McAllister
013 - On the use and abuse of CFD in fire engineering with Wolfram Jahn
012 - Science, Industry, Legislators. How do we make them work together on a fire safe world? - Kees Both
011 - Why temperature is so easy to measure but so hard to interpret?
010 - Seeking the origins of standardized fire testing and ancient fire protection materials with John Gales
009 - Cognitive biases and decision making in evacuation with Michael Kinsey
008 - Zone modelling is not dead with Colleen Wade
007 - AI in smart firefighting and the future of FSE PBD with Xinyan Huang
006 - EV's, rapid fires and car parks
Battery fires with Roeland Bisschop
Facade fires and AI with Matt Bonner
Tenability criteria with Gabriele Vigne
Smouldering megafires with Guillermo Rein
Introduction
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