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, 2nd edition 1998). 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. Edinburgh was recently voted the UK's 'most desirable city to live in.' |
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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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Sponsors and Collaborations
- 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, Corus, 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).
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.
