Happy Christmas!
Please remember to stay safe from fire this Christmas time!
Fire Safety Engineering
| The University of Edinburgh has been an important institution in the field of Fire Safety Engineering for over three decades. Many of those who are now leaders in the field came to Edinburgh to study and research under the supervision of the late Prof David Rasbash, one of the main pioneers of the discipline, and Prof Dougal Drysdale, author of the definitive text book on the subject, 'Introduction to Fire Dynamics' (Wiley, 3rd edition 2011). Teaching and research in fire safety continues at Edinburgh under the leadership of Prof Jose Torero, appointed to the BRE/RAE Chair in Fire Safety Engineering in 2004.
The BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering is part of the Institute for Infrastructure and Environment, School of Engineering at The University of Edinburgh. |
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What we do
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We are a world-class research fire centre with 40 research members from more than 18 different nationalities.The BRE Centre for Fire Safety Engineering exists to: 
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Updates
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Sponsors and Collaborations
- Lloyd's Register Educational Trust (LRET) [click here for International MSc scholarship details]
- BRE Trust, Arup, EPSRC, Technology Strategy Board, European Commission FP6, Scottish Enterprise, NASA, Combustion Science & Engineering Inc., Research Fund for Coal and Steel, The Concrete Centre, Buro Happold, Tata Steel, Powerwall Systems Ltd. Met Office, International Fire Investigators and Consultants, Rushbrook Fire Safety Engineering, Nuffield Foundation, UKIERI, Bristish Council
- University of Western Ontario, University of Corsica Pascal Paoli, University of Strathclyde, Heriot Watt University, Environmental Reclamation Services Ltd., Geosyntec Consultants Ltd.
- Joint research centre in Fire Safety Engineering with Tongji University, China (established 2008).
Recent additions to the gallery
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Recent poster presentations
The Influence of Travelling Fires on the Response of a Concrete Frame Angus Law, Jamie Stern-Gottfried, Martin Gillie and Guillermo Rein Awarded the 2011 Lloyd's Science of Risk Prize in the Biological/Technological category. Based on a paper published in "Engineering Structures" |
Characterization of the ignition and burning behaviour of and the fire spread across asphalt by Franziska Seitz, Visiting MSc student |
Bond Strength Degradation for CFRP bars and steel prestressing wires in concrete at elevated temperature by Cristian Maluk, Luke Bisby, Giovanni Terrasi & Mark Green Presented at IAFSS, Maryland, USA, June 2011. IAFSS BEST STUDENT POSTER AWARD |
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Building Fire Safety
Invited lecture at DTU, Denmark, 29th November 2011
Part 2
Public Lecture 2011
The Twin Towers: 10 Years - 10 Lessons on Sustainable Infrastructure
Royal Society of Edinburgh / Royal Academy of Engineering Joint Lecture 2011
Presented by Prof Jose Torero
Recorded Monday 14th March 2011
How to find us
Our facilites are located in the King's Buildings campus (2.5 km south of the city center), in the William Rankine Building and the John Muir Building. Click for maps of King's Buildings and more information.
