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RAE/BRE
Trust Chair in Fire Safety Engineering at the University
of Edinburgh
A
Centre of Excellence for Fire Research is to be established
between the University of Edinburgh and Building Research
Establishment (BRE). The University is seeking an outstanding
individual for a professorial appointment to lead and
develop the Centre as a focus for much-needed research
and education in this important field.
Applications
are invited from suitably qualified professorial candidates
with proven track records in research relevant to fire
safety engineering. The successful candidate will assume
the role of Director of the Centre and will be responsible
for co-ordinating the research programme, particularly
in the areas of fire dynamics, fire properties of materials,
integrated numerical simulations, and fire safety engineering
design.
Further
details may be found at the University of Edinburgh website
www.jobs.ed.ac.uk
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from the Chairman
Preparations
for the 8th Symposium are now well in hand. As Chair of
the Programme Committee, Craig Beyler has set in place a
centralised system for the submission of papers and the
allocation of referees, with direct involvement of the Session
Chairs. It is modelled on the process which has been used
successfully by the Combustion Institute for their biennial
symposia for several years. We plan to keep a tight reign
of the entire process, right through to the publication
of the proceedings in early 2006. However, if all goes according
to plan, a CD will be available at the Symposium –
so bring your laptops! Less than six months now remain before
the deadline for submission of papers (17th December 2004).
Hopefully, by the time you receive the next Newsletter,
your paper will have been submitted and be well on its way
to being accepted for presentation at the Symposium.
At
the time of writing, we are planning the next meeting of
the IAFSS Committee, to be held on 4th July at Heriot-Watt
University, Edinburgh, immediately before the start of Interflam’04.
Mr Wu Qihong (Standing Director of the China Fire Protection
Association) and Dr Xiao Xuefeng (Deputy Head of Division,
Fire Department, Ministry of Public Security) will be attending
to report on the preparations for the 8th Symposium. They
will also have the opportunity to meet many IAFSS members
and discuss the plans for September 2005. In addition, Carole
Franks and I will be visiting Beijing in September to meet
with the conference organisers and offer whatever help we
can. It will be an outstanding event in which I am sure
all IAFSS members will wish to participate. I have visited
China on many occasions and cannot wait to return!
Dougal
Drysdale –
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Plenary
Speakers for the 8th IAFSS Symposium
The
Program Committee is busy preparing for a successful 8th
IAFSS Symposium, 18-23 September 2005, Beijing CHINA. Primary
activities have included selecting plenary speakers for
the 8th IAFSS Symposium, preparing materials for potential
authors (see Information and Assistance for Potential Authors
article in this newsletter), and preparing the electronic
paper submission and review system.
The
six plenary speakers selected for the 8th IAFSS Symposium
are:
• Dr. Dorothy Bruck, Centre for Environmental Safety
and Risk Engineering, Victoria University of Technology,
AUSTRALIA (human behavior)
• Prof. Giovani Camino, University of Turin, ITALY
(fire chemistry and retardancy)
• Prof. Fan Weicheng, State Key Laboratory of Fire
Science, CHINA (fire research in China)
• Prof. Jean-Marc Franssen, Institute of Civil Engineering,
University of Liege, BELGIUM (structural fire protection)
• Dr. Kevin McGrattan, Building and Fire Research
Laboratory, NIST, USA (fire modeling)
• Prof. Ai Sekizawa, University of Tokyo, JAPAN (human
behavior and risk assessment)
These
six speakers were selected by a vote of the Program Committee
from 35 nominees put forward by members of the IAFSS Committee
and the Program Committee. The plenary speakers represent
the global scope of IAFSS and the diversity of sub-disciplines
of fire science. We look forward to their respective contributions
that will be highlighted as plenary lectures at the symposium
and as extended papers prominently placed in the CD and
printed proceedings.
As the
plenary speakers develop working titles for their papers,
these will be added to the IAFSS web page.
Craig
Beyler
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Information
and Assistance for Potential Authors for the
8th IAFSS Symposium, 18-23 September 2005, Beijing CHINA
A web
page has been setup to assist potential authors for the
8th IAFSS Symposium. The site includes the formal call for
papers, detailed instructions to authors, a paper template,
the paper submission and review schedule, and a link to
submit papers electronically. The web page can be accessed
by going to www.iafss.org, clicking on the 8th Symposium
button, and selecting “CLICK HERE to go to the Paper
Submission Website” (or go there directly at http://www.haifire.com/iafss/index.htm)
The
paper submission deadline is 17 December 2004. Final selection
of papers will be made prior to 15 May 2005 and revised
papers will be required to be returned to IAFSS by 15 August
2005. Electronic copies of papers will be provided to symposium
participants at the symposium. The bound symposium volume
will be produced and distributed after the symposium in
late 2005. Accepted papers are expected to be presented
at the symposium.
Since
most authors will submit their paper in WORD, we have prepared
a template to simplify the process of formatting the paper
to symposium style. If you normally use other word processing
software, feel free to use that software following the instructions
file.
In
addition to full papers, authors of work in progress may
wish to submit a poster paper. The style follows the full
paper style and format, but the length is a single page.
Accepted poster papers will be displayed by the author during
a poster session while standing by his/her poster to be
available to discuss the work with symposium participants.
The schedule for poster submissions is the same as full
papers.
All
papers should be submitted electronically using the clickable
submission link on the web page. If any problems with this
system arise, papers may be submitted as an email attachment
to iafss@haifire.com.
This
is the first IAFSS symposium to use a fully electronic paper
submission and review process. This system is intended to
simplify paper submission for authors, and to streamline
the paper review process. Session chairs will be recruiting
reviewers over the coming months so that a cadre of reviewers
is available by the 17 December 2004 paper submission deadline.
Once
a paper is electronically submitted, the author will receive
an acknowledgement of the submission via email and will
be provided information to allow the author to track the
progress of the paper review process. The paper will be
assigned to the appropriate session chair, who will select
appropriate reviewers for the paper. Reviewers will be notified
of their duties via email, and the reviewers will download
papers from the review website and provide review comments
electronically to the review website. The session chair
will collect and synthesize the reviews. The session chair
will make recommendations to the Program Committee, who
will collectively make the ultimate decisions on paper selections.
Authors will receive notification of the action taken on
their paper via email, along with review comments and instructions
for the final version for accepted papers. The electronic
review website is fully password protected, giving authors
access only to information on their submissions and giving
reviewers access only to the paper they are assigned to
review.
Schedule
| Paper
submission deadline |
17
December 2004 |
| Final
selection of papers |
15
May 2005 |
| Final
submission of revised paper (photo ready) |
15
August 2005 |
| 8th
Symposium in Beijing, China |
18-23
September 2005 |
If
you have any questions, feel free to contact Craig Beyler
at iafss@haifire.com
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The
Fire Research Institutes of China
There
are many organizations engaging in fire science research
and fire technology development in China including specialized
fire research institutes, universities, industrial research
institutes, manufacturers, fire departments, and test laboratories.
Among them, there are four fire research institutes that
have the longest history and are involved in broad research
areas. They are the Tianjin Fire Research Institute, Shanghai
Fire Research Institute, Shenyang Fire Research Institute
and Sichuan Fire Research Institute, and they are all under
the administration of the Ministry of Public Security. The
National Engineering Research Center for Fire Protection
is built around the four institutes.
The Tianjin Fire Research Institute is located in a cultural
and educational zone within a southern suburb of Tianjin.
Tianjin is the largest industrial city and port in northern
China. The research areas of Tianjin Fire Research Institute
include fire science, fire engineering technology, explosion
prevention technology, fire investigation technology, fire
extinguishing agents, fire resisting materials and technology,
building fire protection, and industrial fire protection.
The Institute has a number of large fire test facilities,
fire test furnaces, a petroleum tank fire test facility,
as well as many research and experimental facilities.
The Shanghai Fire Research Institute is located in the international
metropolis of Shanghai. It is engaged in research related
to fire suppression theory and technology, fire robots,
fire fighting and rescue equipment, personal protection
equipment, fire department communication technology, fire
safety planning and other related areas. The National Center
for Quality Supervision and Testing of Fire Equipment, which
is a part of the Institute, is responsible for approval
tests for a wide range of fire protection equipment, such
as fire vehicles, fire pumps, fire hoses, fire extinguishers,
personal protection equipment, rescue equipment, etc.
The
Shenyang Fire Research Institute is located in the famous
city of Shenyang, the largest industrial city in northeast
China. Its research area covers fire detection theory and
technology, fire detection and alarm systems, technology
for determination of electrical causes of fire, fire communication
technology, fire department control centre facilities and
technology, etc. The National Center for Quality Supervision
and Testing of Fire Electronic Products, which is part of
Institute, is responsible for approval testing of fire electronic
products such as fire detectors, fire alarm control units,
fire communications equipment, emergency lighting appliances,
etc.
The
Sichuan Fire Research Institute is situated near the world-famous
natural scenery and cultural heritage of Dujiangyan, a place
of beautiful mountain resorts and scenery, in Chengdu, Sichuan
Province. The Dujiangyan water control and irrigation project,
built two thousand years ago, is the oldest irrigation project
in China. Founded in 1963, the Sichuan Fire Research Institute
is the earliest Fire Research Institute in China, built
two years before the other three Fire Research Institutes.
It is involved in building fire protection theory and technology,
structural fire resistant technology, fire resistant materials
and coatings, smoke control technology, analytical techniques
for assessing effluent from burning materials, building
structure and material fire test technology, etc. It has
a unique high-rise fire-test tower, an underground fire-test
facility, and fire-test furnaces for building structures
and components.
The
four Fire Research Institutes are vigorously involved in
international standard activities and are the liaison bodies
for ISO/TC92, IEC/TC15 and their sub-committees. They are
also the secretariats for the various sub-committees of
the Chinese National Fire Technology Standard Committee.
Working together with expects from various areas, they are
responsible for developing Chinese national standards and
codes for fire protection products and engineering practice.
In addition, they chair a number of technical committees
of the Chinese Fire Protection Association, such as the
Building Fire Protection Technical Committee, the Petrochemical
Industrial Fire Equipment Technical Committee, the Fire
Investigation Technical Committee, and the Fire Safety Education
Work Committee.
Fire is a frequent disaster that we have to face. To research
the science of fire and improve fire protection technology
is the task of scientists and engineers from various organizations.
In addition to the four Fire Research Institutes, there
are also other units and laboratories in China devoting
themselves to fire research, such as the State Key Laboratory
of Fire Science in the University of Science and Technology
of China, the Fire Retardant Technology Research Laboratory
of Beijing Polytechnic University, the Building Fire Research
Institute of China Academy of Building Research, the People's
Armed Police Force Academy of China, Tsinghua University,
Tongji University, Peking University, China University of
Mining and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Forestry, the
Ship Test and Research Institute of the Ministry of Transportation,
the Polytechnic University, the City University of the Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region, and Architecture and
Building Research Institute in Taiwan. They are working
in a wide range of areas in Fire Science and Engineering,
including fire science theory, forest and grassland fire,
city fire, mine fire, and underground fire, etc.
According
to the decision of IAFSS, the Ninth International Symposium
on Fire Safety Science will be held in Bejing P.R.China,
from 18th to 23rd, September 2005. Closely working with
IAFSS, the China Fire Protection Association (CFPA) will
host the symposium which is an important gathering of the
international fire safety science and engineering society.
On behave of Mr.Sunlun, the president of CFPA, I would like
to extend a gracious greeting and warmest welcome to every
member of IAFSS, and to all fire scientists, engineers,
scholars, and professionals in the world to attend the symposium
in Beijing, and to visit the Fire Research Institutes in
China.
Wu Qihong
Chief Engineer, Member of the Standing Committee, of CFPA
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IAFSS
Awards for Excellence in Research
In the last two issues of the Newsletter (July 2003 and
January 2004), it was announced that three awards will be
presented at the next IAFSS Symposium for PhD (doctorate),
MPhil and MSc dissertations relevant to the field of Fire
Safety Science. A more detailed discussion of these awards
can be found on the IAFSS website (http://iafss.org/html/newsletter04.htm#excel).
There will be one award for each of the three IAFSS regions
(Europe and Africa; the Americas; and Asia and Australasia).
Dissertations submitted during the three-year period ending
12 months before the next symposium will be eligible for
consideration, provided that the students have successfully
defended their work within that period.
For
the 8th symposium in Beijing (Sept. 18 – 23, 2005),
the three-year period will be 1st August 2001 – 31st
August 2004. Supervisors are asked to submit the work of
their top student for one of these awards. The best thesis
from each region will be selected by a committee which will
be chaired by the respective regional Vice-Chairman of the
IAFSS.
If
you are interested in putting one of your students forward
for one of these awards, please send a short abstract of
the thesis to Prof. Mario Fontana ETH Zurich fontana@ibk.baug.ethz.ch
and he will provide additional details in due course.
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Survey
of University Courses and Programs
The Education
Committee of IAFSS is planning to collect information on
universities around the world that offer courses and degree
programs in Fire Safety Engineering. A survey will be circulated
soon asking schools to provide information on courses and
degrees offered as well as web-site address; etc. The results
will be compiled and summarised in the next IAFSS Newsletter
and posted on the iafss-es web site. Most universities will
be contacted directly for information but an announcement
concerning the survey will be posted soon on the IAFSS Bulletin
Board.
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WPI
Names New Firesafety Studies Director
Kathy
A. Notarianni has been named the new director of the Center
for Firesafety Studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
(WPI). She will be the center’s second director, succeeding
founding center director David A. Lucht, who steps down
after more than 25 years in the position. Notarianni is
scheduled to join WPI in July, after she finishes her duties
as project leader and research engineer with the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
As
director of the Center for Firesafety Studies at WPI, Notarianni
will work with the university’s fire protection engineering
faculty to plan for the future of graduate studies and research
in fire protection engineering, which incorporates elements
of civil, structural, electrical and chemical engineering
to make structures, vehicles, clothing and people safer
from fire. She will build upon the center’s working
relationships with off-campus agencies, laboratories, universities
and companies having common interest in fire protection
engineering education and research. She will also monitor
industry needs for fire protection engineering graduates,
and recruit young men and women who can be trained to meet
those needs.
Notarianni
will bring to WPI her 15 years of experience with the National
Institute of Standards and Technology. During her more recent
assignments with the Fire Science Division of NIST’s
Building and Fire Research Laboratory, Notarianni managed
a group of 12 scientists and engineers in a technical program
of integrated performance assessment and risk. The program
serves to produce tools to quantify fire events for fire
hazard and risk assessment; fire fighting operations and
training; fire investigations and performance evaluations
of fire protection systems in buildings; and transportation
networks and vehicles in response to fire.
Notarianni
is well published, having authored or co-authored more than
30 publications, including chapters in two books, the “Handbook
of Fire Protection Engineering,” and “Improving
Regulations.” She has been recognized by the SFPE
and U.S. Department of Commerce with awards for leadership
and performance.
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FM
Global Scholar Named at WPI
Nicholas
A. Dembsey, associate professor of Fire Protection Engineering
at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has been named the FM
Global Scholar for 2003-2005. This position is funded and
supported by commercial and industrial property insurer
FM Global, headquartered in Johnston, Rhode Island, a world
leader in scientific fire research for more than a century.
The support will assist Prof. Dembsey and one of his doctoral
students in their research focus on composite material flammability
and performance-based applications.
"Our partnership with WPI's premier program in fire
protection engineering is something we are proud to be a
part of," said Dr. Paul Croce, FM Global vice president
and manager of research. "We expect the knowledge and
insight gained will be invaluable to students."
Professor Dembsey earned his BS in civil engineering at
the University of Michigan and MS at the University of California
at Berkeley. He completed his PhD in civil engineering (fire
safety engineering science) at Berkeley under the direction
of Professors Pagni and Williamson, working in the areas
of compartment fire measurement and model evaluation. At
WPI his teaching and research focus is in fire dynamics
and fire modelling. In recent years, Dembsey's work has
evolved into the areas of fibre reinforced polymer (FRP)
composites and the performance-based applications of these
material systems, in collaboration with industry. In 2003
he was appointed chair of the newly created FRP Fire Performance
Task Force of the American Composites Manufacturers Association
(ACMA).
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Zealand Building Industry Authority
In
New Zealand, the Building Industry Authority is about to
be re-structured under a revised Building Act, now before
parliament and a select committee. As part of this process
a "Fire Advisory Group" is being set up to advise
on policy issues. It is hoped that this will strengthen
the interaction between engineering technology and public
policy in the area of performance-based fire design. It
is now over twelve years since New Zealand was one of the
first countries to incorporate performance-based design
options for fire engineering in its building code. This
experience is now being used to assist in refining government
policy objectives for both life and property safety in the
control of fire. Membership of the group includes representation
from practicing fire engineers, researchers and academia.
Limited international representation may also be sought.
University
of Canterbury: Newsletter
Detailed
information about the Fire Engineering Programme at the
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand can
be found at
http://www.civil.canterbury.ac.nz/fire/firehome.html
The
web-site is easily navigated and provides information on
the research interests of faculty members, descriptions
of the various courses offered, synopses of recent research
projects undertaken by students, a description of research
facilities and a listing of recent publications of faculty
and students.
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Report on the Third International
Workshop on Structures in Fire
International
fire conferences often address a wide range of fire safety
engineering topics. This provides an opportunity for cross-fertilisation
of concepts and theories for researchers addressing different
topics. In 1999, however, it became apparent that it would
also be useful to introduce focussed workshops on Structures
in Fires (SiF) during which experts in fire resistance could
present their current research activities and receive feedback
from their peers in an informal setting. The first SiF Workshop
was held in Copenhagen, Denmark in June 2000 and the second
in Christchurch, New Zealand in March 2002.
Following
the success of these two workshops, the National Research
Council Canada was selected to host the Third International
Workshop on Structures in Fire May 10 & 11, 2004 in
Ottawa. The focus of the workshop was on determining the
behaviour of structures exposed to fire by various means:
testing, calculation and numerical modelling. 47 abstracts
were submitted to the Technical (Program) Committee. Each
abstract was reviewed by two reviewers (by two additional
reviewers if the first two had differing opinions) and 36
were accepted for presentation. Topics addressed included
the behaviour of materials, systems, and building structures,
when exposed to fire. The workshop brought together 62 experts
in fire resistance research from 16 countries around the
world. Discussions were animate and stimulating. Planning
for the fourth SiF will commence soon.
New
Book: Evaluation of Fire Safety
A
new book entitled Evaluation of Fire Safety by D. Rasbash,
G. Ramachandran, B. Kandola, J. Watts, and M. Law was published
in February 2004 by Wiley Europe. The book examines key
aspects of quantifying fire safety: property damage, performance
of fire services/measures, fire safety modeling and verification,
and stochastic modeling. It provides a quantitative approach
to major fire and explosion disasters, demonstrating crucial
faults and addresses real-life problems and applications.
More details can be found at
http://www.wileyeurope.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471493821.html
Database
on full scale fire tests
In
researching the paper “BFD Curve: a new empirical
model for fire compartment temperatures” (Fire Safety
Journal 37 (2002) 437-463), over 150 full scale fire tests
were analysed by Cliff Barnett and put into the same format
of tables and graphs using a common template. The data came
from fire test laboratories including the following: BRIJ,
CEBS, CECM, ECSC, FRS, JFRO, NFSC, NIST and NSIT. This database
will be valuable information for fire scientists, fire engineers
and especially students. It is in the process of being re-edited
at the present time and should be available on or before
1 Oct 04. It is expected to be about 300 pages long but
will be split into 10 sub-folders for ease of emailing.
The database will be available on request free of charge.
If interested in obtaining a copy, contact Cliff Barnett
by email at crb@crb.co.nz.
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Announcements: Lund Institute of Technology
The
Lund Institute of Technology (LTH) is one of the leading
engineering schools in Sweden, with more than 5,000 undergraduate
and 800 postgraduate students. Fire safety engineering at
LTH is an internationally established research area with
unique teaching programmes in fire safety engineering and
risk analysis. Two tenure positions in this area are open
for application.
Professor
in Fire Safety Engineering: Lund Institute
of Technology
The subject primarily comprises basic studies of fires and
explosions, including ignition, spread of flames, production
of toxic gases, fire suppression, spread of smoke gases
and their effects on man, the environment, materials, products
and structures. The intention is to integrate knowledge
into models for consequence calculations of performance-based
building design, fire investigations, risk analysis and
design of active and passive fire-protection systems. (ref
no. 471)
Professor
in Risk and Safety Management: Lund Institute of Technology
The subject primarily comprises methods for risk, safety
and vulnerability analysis of industrial systems including
transport and other technical infrastructure systems. The
term “methods” should be interpreted as comprising
both quantitative and qualitative assessment tools, including
the integration of human/organisational factors into the
analysis. Risk analysis comprises methods for the identification
of risk sources and estimating/assessing the probability
and extent of damage. Risk analysis also includes criteria
for risk acceptance, as well as methods of analysing alternatives
and making decisions. (ref no. 472)
Detailed information regarding these positions is available
at www.lth.se “Work at LTH”. Applications should
be written in English and sent before September 1, 2004,
to
The Registrar, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-221
00 LUND, Sweden.
The ref. no. must be stated
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10th Interflam
Conference
The
10th Interflam Conference on fire science and engineering
will be held July 5-7, 2004 at the Edinburgh Conference
Centre at Heriot Watt University, Scotland. Interflam has
grown from being the largest and longest established international
fire research conference (held every 3 years since 1979)
into a multifaceted event with the conference at the core
of the programme. Poster sessions, exhibitions, demonstrations,
workshops, discussion groups and student activities all
add to the value of the event. Interflam attracts papers
from the principal organisations active in fire studies.
It is targeted to create an interface between the researcher,
fire safety engineer, fire service professional and designer.
For more details concerning the conference, visit the conference
web site http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/intercomm/html/events/interflam04.htm
3rd
International Symposium on Human Behaviour in Fire
The
3rd International Symposium on Human Behaviour will be held
September 1-3, 2004 at the Europa Hotel in Belfast, Northern
Ireland. The symposium is being jointly organised by Interscience
Communications and FIRESERT, University of Ulster. The symposium
will focus on research informed policy making, advances
in human behaviour in fire research and knowledge/technology
transfer with respect to the following four topic areas:
Community Fire Safety; Impact of Major Fire Events; Care
of Vulnerable Populations; and Physical and Operational
Safety Systems. Over the 3 days of the symposium some 44
papers will be presented by speakers from 12 countries including,
Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway,
Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK and the USA. The brochure
is availalble in pdf format on the Interscience website
www.intercomm.dial.pipex.com
A
Research Student Workshop will take place on the day preceding
the symposium and will provide the opportunity for research
students to meet and present their work in an informal environment.
Further details of the workshop and application form can
be downloaded from: http://www.engj.ulst.ac.uk/hubfin
5th International Conference on Performance-based
Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods
The
5th International Conference on Performance-based Codes
and Fire Safety Design Methods will be convened October
6-8, 2004 in Luxembourg. Performance-based codes, regulations
and design methods are gaining formal and widespread acceptance
in many countries. The conference promises to continue the
tradition established by SFPE to present the state-of-the-art
in performance-based code approaches and design methods.
The first day will be dedicated to performance codes and
will feature challenges they present. On the second day,
the theme will turn to design in the performance environment.
During the last day, a compilation of case studies will
focus on a performance-based fire-safety analysis and design
for a transportation centre. For more information concerning
the conference visit the website http://www.sfpe.org
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Computational
Simulation Models in Fire Engineering and Research
The University
of Cantabria (Spain) is hosting an International Technical
Congress “Computational Simulation Models in Fire
Engineering and Research” on October 20, 2004. The
Congress is aimed at professional and technical personnel
involved with fire safety, as well as at senior students
in engineering disciplines. Papers will address computational
simulation of fire in civil and industrial buildings, and
in transportation facilities. For registration and additional
information please visit the Congress web site: http://grupos.unican.es/gidai.
2nd
International Maritime Conference on Design for Safety
The
2nd International Maritime Conference on Design for Safety
will be held October 28-30 2004 in Sakai, Japan. Sakai is
14th largest city in Japan and is a suburb of Osaka. It
is an important historic city famous for the huge Tumulus
and as the cradle of the tea ceremony in the 16th century.
A main session of the conference will focus on Fire and
Explosion Safety and is being co-ordinated by Prof. Ed Galea
(University of Greenwich, UK) and Mr. K. Yoshida (NMRI,
Japan). Papers in the session will deal specifically with
maritime and off-shore environments on topics involving
fire issues, fire modelling, explosion issues, explosion
modelling, explosion and evacuation, and fire and evacuation.
The language for the conference is English.
Symposium:
Fire Risk Evaluation to European Cultural Heritage
The
final symposium of the European thematic network on the
fire protection of cultural heritage, Fire Risk Evaluation
to European Cultural Heritage (FiRE-TECH), will be held
November 29-30, 2004 in Ghent, Belgium. Places are strictly
limited. For more information contact Steven Cooper at steve.cooper@wfrc.co.uk
or go to the website www.firetech.be/symposium.be
ASTM
Symposium on Firestopping
A
Symposium on Firestopping will be held December 6, 2004
at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC, USA. The Symposium,
sponsored by ASTM Committees E5 on Fire Standards and E6
on Performance of Building Construction, will provide a
forum for the exchange of ideas on current and emerging
firestopping products issues. The objectives are to focus
attention on firestopping products and assemblies testing,
installations and standards; provide rational for current
full-scale and intermediate-scale fire testing, perimeter
joint testing and smoke testing; identify new opportunities
based on product performance, system capabilities via smoke
resistance and movement capabilities; and investigate application
of new international standards. The symposium is designed
to expand the awareness of fire protection and safety professionals,
designers, testing laboratories, manufacturers, suppliers
and end users about emerging products application and new
standards for performance specifications in the development
and use of firestopping products.
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Call
for Papers:
10th International Fire and Materials Conference
The
10th International Fire and Materials Conference will be
held January 31 to February 1, 2005 in San Francisco, USA.
Fire and Materials is a major international forum on fire
performance of materials and
products. The conference focuses on manufacturers and their
customers, designers and regulators, who need up-to-date
information on fire issues, including new materials, applications,
assessment techniques and requirements. The conference addresses
specific issues and general updates in the fire safety field.
Authors
are invited to send a 250 word abstract for review to Stephen
Grayson at intercomm@dial.pipex.com
or to Marcelo Hirschler at GBHInt@aol.com
before July 9, 2004. A final version of the paper is required
by December 15, 2004.
Call for Papers:
4th
International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures
The
4th International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures
(ICASS’05) will be held June 13-15, 2005 in Shanghai,
China. The previous three conferences were held in Hong
Kong with great success in 1996, 1999 and 2002. As with
the previous conferences, this conference is intended to
provide a forum for discussion and dissemination of recent
achievements by researchers, designers, product providers,
fabricators and erectors in analysis, behaviour, design
and construction of steel, aluminium and composite steel-concrete
structures. Papers are sought on a broad range of topics
including fire resistance.
Authors
are invited to submit one page abstracts to ICASS-05@mail.tongji.edu.cn
before 31 July, 2004. Abstracts should indicate clearly
the aims and conclusions of the work to be included in the
final paper. Both abstracts and final papers will be reviewed.
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