SFPE UK Chapter

🔹 Meet the SFPE UK Chapter Committee 🔹   The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) UK Chapter is a volunteer-led group of passionate professionals committed to advancing fire safety engineering across the UK and beyond.   Our mission is to foster collaboration, enable knowledge sharing, and drive innovation in fire safety—supporting professionals, shaping best practices, and ultimately contributing to safer communities.   This is the first in a series of posts where we will be highlighting the incredible volunteer work done by our committee members—efforts that strengthen the fire safety community and create valuable opportunities for learning, growth, and networking.   We’re proud to introduce our 2025 Committee:   👤 President – Frances Maria Peacock FCIAT, CBuildE FCABE, IHBC, MIFireE, MSFPE, AMICE 👤 Vice-President – Simon Santamaria 👤 Secretary – Gabriel Risco   👥 CPD Coordinators: • London – Rachel Edgington • Bristol – James Fraser, Naiane Esteve • North England – Richard Clark, Georgina Williams, PhD • Belfast – Claire Doherty • Scotland – Ieuan Rickard • Online – Konstantinos Chotzoglou   🤝 Sponsor Liaison – Karl Wallasch   🌐 Social Media & Website – Walid Chebl   🔗 Liaison with Other Institutions – Liam Keenan   🎓 Student Reps: • University of Edinburgh – Dev Rokade • Greater London – Harry Mitchell   ✨ Over the coming weeks, we’ll be spotlighting each member of our committee, sharing more about the incredible work they do and why they choose to volunteer their time to support our profession.   💡 Want to support our mission? We’re actively looking for sponsors to help us expand our reach and impact. If you're interested in partnering with us, please contact us at 📧 ukchapter@sfpe.uk   📬 Want to receive updates from us directly? Add your name to our mailing list here: https://shorturl.at/Wlcy3   #SFPEUK #FireSafetyEngineering #ProfessionalDevelopment #EngineeringLeadership #Collaboration #Innovation

A truly exciting upcoming seminar at the University of Liverpool, presented by Prof Luke Bisby in collaboration with Liverpool University Women in Science & Engineering on the 28th April 2025! Details on the seminar and registration can be found here: https://lnkd.in/dmz62Bdf

We are delighted to announce our next SFPE UK Chapter CPD Event in Bristol, the first seminar forming part of the upcoming Timber Series: Timber Series - Seminar I: 'Innovations and Challenges in Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) Design' Speaker: Dr. Eleni Toumpanaki (University of Bristol) Date: Wednesday, 7th May 2025 Time: 17:45 - 19:00 Location: Atrium | Ground Floor, 111 Victoria St., Redcliffe, Bristol BS1 6AX Event description: Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) has revolutionized timber construction since its introduction in the early 1990s. CLT offers high strength and rigidity, making it suitable for medium-rise buildings, along with inherent thermal insulation capacity. The use of CLT and timber platform construction has increased over the last 15 years in the UK, with notable examples including Murray Grove (2009) and Dalston Works (2017) in London. The talk will provide an overview of the manufacturing of CLT (including homegrown CLT and the use of secondary timber in CLT), design principles for CLT, moisture management strategies on-site, and design challenges when building taller with timber. This event is free to attend but spaces are limited. Secure your spot now by registering via the following link: https://lnkd.in/esC7bjrV Many thanks to Arup for hosting the event!

The 2025 SFPE European Conference on Fire Safety Engineering has officially begun in Edinburgh, UK! Over the next two days, we're excited to explore cutting-edge research and collaborate on advancing fire safety engineering. Follow along for more updates and highlights! #SFEPEdinburgh25 #SFPEEurope #SFPEEurope25 #SFPEEurope2025 #FireProtection #FireSafetyEngineering #SFPE

Thank you Rory Hadden and The University of Edinburgh for a special tour through your fire lab followed by excellent presentations about the works from their Fire Research Centre. This tour and visit was part of the SFPE European Conference & Expo on Fire Safety Engineering 2025 in Edinburgh (9&10 April 2025). Thank you to all! Rory Hadden Luke Bisby Angus Law Krzysztof Munko James Greer Cameron MacLeod Ahmed Ali Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) The University of Edinburgh SFPE Student Chapter #SFPE #SFPEUK #SFPEEurope #SFPEEurope2025 #Edinburgh

A great presentation by Gabriel Risco at the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE)'s Leadership Forum in Edinburgh, showcasing the work done by the SFPE UK Chapter over the past year. It's been a busy year and we have many more events in the pipeline!

SFPE UK Chapter in Birmingham! Many thanks to Michael Kinsey of Ashton Fire for delivering lasts nights CPD Seminar on "Memory Recollection and Fire Safety". Michael gave an overview of research into memory recollection and introduced a number of ways this could be used to improve fire evacuation. Thank you to Cundall for hosting and sponsoring last nights event. Our next upcoming in-person CPD events is the evacuation of super tall buildings in Manchester (tickets for this free event here: https://lnkd.in/eURXt8s7) If you want to receive the updates from our mailing list or, get involved with the committee to help us organise these events, please get in touch at ukchapter@sfpe.uk. #SFPE #SFPEUK #FireSafety #MemoryRecollection #Tallbuildings #Network #FireSafetyCommunity #Birmingham #Manchester

We are delighted to announce our next SFPE UK Chapter CPD event in Manchester: "Assessing Evacuation from Very Tall Structures" presented by Steve Gwynne of University of Greenwich When? 24 April 2025 Where? Material Source Studio (1 Federation Street, NOMA Manchester, M4 4BF) Time? 6pm (with arrival from 5.30pm) The event and networking is free to attend. To register please use: https://lnkd.in/eVJ2wYUz Details about the event: There are currently multiple buildings over 50 storeys in the UK, with a number planned and in development.  Internationally, there are currently multiple buildings over 100 storeys - with buildings planned to go considerably beyond this height. Buildings of this height place significant demands upon fire safety planning - especially related to human behaviour. This seminar will discuss the challenges posed by such massive structures on the assessment of evacuation and protective actions - relating to our conceptual understanding of human behaviour in fire, the supporting data available, the models available to test performance and the guidance in place to develop emergency plans. This event will be kindly hosted by Material Source and sponsored by Maze Fire Consulting. Thank you both! #SFPE #SFPEUK #Evacuation #Tallbuildings #FireSafety #Manchester #FireSafetyCommunity

Thank you, Greg Baker from Halliwell Fire Research for presenting yesterday about: “The ongoing contribution of SFPE to implementing PBD” A very interesting talk about Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE)’s efforts and work creating a new standard for Performance Based Design, theoretical background of PBD, examples from other countries, probabilistic assessments, general work of a committee developing an international standard etc The presentation was followed by networking drinks hosted by Trigon Fire Safety in their London Office. #SFPE #SFPEUK #SFPENZ #Performancebaseddesign #outcomebased #riskapproach #Codedevelopment #Standard #Fireengineering

Halliwell Fire Research invites you to a special event with Dr. Greg Baker! Join us as Dr. Greg Baker, Head of Halliwell Fire Research NZ and Chair of the SFPE Standards-Making Committee on Performance-Based Design (PBD), shares insights into SFPE’s ongoing contribution to implementing PBD in fire engineering. Date: Wednesday, 26 March 2025 Time: 6:00–7:00 PM, followed by networking Location: Water Lane Building, 83-84 George Street, Richmond, TW9 1HE Hosted by: Trigon Fire Safety Ltd. With increasing use of innovative, sustainable building materials like mass timber, performance-based design is becoming more critical than ever. Dr. Baker will provide an overview of SFPE’s new Standard on PBD, discussing its development and real-world applications. Spaces are limited – secure your spot now! Register here: https://lnkd.in/evEpSTT7 We look forward to seeing you there! #HalliwellFireResearch #PerformanceBasedDesign #SFPE #FireEngineering