161 - Community evacuation with Enrico Ronchi and Max Kinateder
Is evacuation of a community during a wildfire largely different from evacuation of a building? How much of the knowledge from the building fires is directly useful in planning and managing such an ev...
24 Jul 202454min
160 - Fire Fundamentals pt 10 - Flame Spread with David Morrisset
In the episode 10 of fire fundamentals together with David Morrisset, a nearly graduated PhD student from the University of Edinburgh, we explore the intricate dynamics of flame spread and its crucial...
17 Jul 20241h 1min
159 - The WUI Problem with Michele Steinberg and Birgitte Messerschmidt
With two Directors at NFPA - Michele Steinberg and Birgitte Messerschmidt, I'm trying to find an answer to a burning question - "what really is the WUI problem?" The WUI is not just a line on a map wi...
10 Jul 202454min
158 - Fire Fundamentals pt. 9 - Know your boundaries (in CFD)
In today's Fire Science Show, we talk about how boundary conditions can make or break your fire simulation models. We'll explore boundary conditions' fundamental role in defining how simulations inter...
3 Jul 202450min
157 - Revising Critical Velocity with Conrad Stacey and Michael Beyer
A critical velocity episode... who would have thought? Even though I'm not an enthusiast of this approach, I have to admire the new science and researchers striving to improve it. This week I welcom...
26 Jun 202456min
156 - Trigger Boundaries with Harry Mitchell and Nick Kalogeropoulos
What if you could predict the last possible time to evacuate your community before a wildfire wreaks havoc? What if you had that knowledge years before the wildfires happened and built up your prepare...
19 Jun 202458min
155 - New Guideline for PV Fire Safety with Grunde Jomaas
Misconceptions in fire science are a strange thing. You present countless proof, publish research papers, and carry conversations, and yet… they live their own lives—spreading with no control and clut...
12 Jun 202456min
154 - Fire Fundamentals pt. 8 - Compartment Fire
Happy birthday, Fire Science Show! On the 3rd Anniversary of the podcast launch, I'm thrilled to deliver an episode on one of the most fascinating aspects of fire science - the compartment fire. Ins...
4 Jun 202450min
