The SFPE UK Conference 2026 is officially underway! The SFPE UK Chapter president Simon Santamaria is kicking off the conference with his opening presentation. #SFPE #UKChapter #2026 #FireSafety
I am delighted to share that I’ve received the SFPE UK Chapter “Up & Coming” Fire Engineer 2026 Award. I’m incredibly grateful to receive this recognition and proud to be a part of such a wonderful community. This…
Read articleDay 2 at the SFPE UK Chapter conference in Manchester (14&15 October 2026). Session 4: ‘Emerging Risks and Technologies’ led moderator Harry Mitchell just started with a presentation from Dr Mohammad Zandie: “Hybrid…
Read articleDay 2 at the SFPE UK Chapter conference in Manchester (14&15 October 2026). Session 4: ‘Emerging Risks and Technologies’ includes a presentation from Amina Labhiri and Simon Santamaria : “The need for structured…
Read articleDay 2 at the SFPE UK Chapter conference in Manchester (14&15 October 2026). Session 4: ‘Emerging Risks and Technologies’ includes a presentation from Sai Pavan Kumar Balabomma, Bogdan Matuszewski and Eleni…
Read articleMany thanks to the chair of Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) Europe Wojciech Węgrzyński for discussing his team’s research and experiments in a presentation titled “To see beyond 10 metres: a new perspective…
Read articleDay 2 at the SFPE UK Chapter conference in Manchester (14&15 October 2026). Our second Panel discussion just started with Moderator Konstantinos Chotzoglou The topic is: “Shaping the Future of Fire Safety in the UK…
Read articleLast, but by no means least, the last session of the day was about “Systems Performance and Real-World Function”. Sareh Akbarpoor continued the topic of pressure differential system with her presentation titled…
Read articleDay 2 of the first SFPE UK Chapter Conference in Manchester is just staring. Another day with amazing keynote speakers, panel discussions, presentations and poster presentations, as well as networking. Today’s theme…
Read articleDay 2 - Session 2! The topic of the second session of the day was “Fire Dynamics, Modelling & Methods” Edwin Alejandro Ayala Tovar covering structural fire engineering, presented “A Reliability‑Based…
Read articleThe SFPE UK Conference 2026 programme for Day 1 has started off with a stellar keynote by Kate Grange KC on “Reflections on Grenfell and the role of evidence in shaping UK fire safety”. The keynote was followed with an…
Read articleFollowing our first panel discussion, the programme took a turn onto structural fire engineering! Panos Kotsovinos discussed his top abstract presentation “Fire induced deflections of steel beams passing through…
Read articleToday’s second session had a look at Regulation and Proportionality which highlighted gaps in guidance! 📖 Nadia Mofidi begun the session by bringing to light a “Gap analysis on egressibility of the disabled in the UK…
Read articleToday’s final session covered a famous topic in the industry “Façade Fire & External Fire Spread” 🏢 SFPE UK Chapter secretary Konstantinos Chotzoglou presented research on “Open-state cavity barriers in ventilated…
Read articleWhat a moment for the SFPE UK Chapter. And what a week ahead! This week is about bringing the fire engineering community together to ask important questions about where our profession goes next. And we have plenty to…
Read articleMassive congratulations to Mahadev Rokade from The University of Edinburgh for receiving the SFPE Foundation “Frederick W. Mowrer Global Scholar Award”. The goal of this scholarship is to support students to contribute…
Read articleAt the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) 2026 Annual Conference & Expo in Atlanta (6-8 October 2026), three of our SFPE UK Chapter members were celebrated: Mahadev Rokade received the SFPE Foundation…
Read articleCongratulations to 2026 SFPE Class of Fellows! Kevin Biando, PE, FSFPE, BIANDO GROUP LLC, THE W.C. (Chuck) Boyte, MS, PE, CFPS, FSFPE, Sompo International Dr. Danny Hopkin, MEng, EngD, CEng, FIFireE, FIMechE, FSFPE, OFR…
Read articleA change of pace from our standard SFPE UK Seminars last week, Siderise Group welcomed us to their facilities in Maesteg for a full CPD day! The trip out to Maesteg was well worth it as Side Rise treated the attendees…
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