Great day at the The IMechE Team fire modelling conference in Birmingham, where I was very happy to talk about battery fire modelling and listen to some great talks. Particularly enjoyed the presentations of Prof Guillermo Rein. 🔥🛡️🎓🇪🇸🇬🇧 Wojciech Węgrzyński 🔥🎙 Danny Hopkin .

Francesco Restuccia The IMechE Team Wojciech Węgrzyński 🔥🎙 Danny Hopkin Imperial Hazelab 👨🏽‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬 🔥 Great talk Francesco!

I have had a great day today at the Imperial Hazelab 👨🏽‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬 🔥 running a smouldering peat experiment with Carlos Walker-Ravena. This is the first of several peat samples from the #Falklandslands. Thanks Prof Guillermo Rein. 🔥🛡️🎓🇪🇸🇬🇧 for letting me help today. Falkland Islands Gov Rob Gazzard

Prof Guillermo Rein. 🔥🛡️🎓🇪🇸🇬🇧 UCL Engineering Imperial Mech Eng Imperial Hazelab 👨🏽‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬 🔥 Great to meet some other amazing London fire researchers! We also had some great conversations over lunch and in the lab 🔥

Yesterday it was 2 years since London was at war with wildfires. On 19 July 2022, the London Fire Brigade experienced its busiest day since World War II. In total 41 London properties, including houses and shops, were destroyed by fires.  pyrolife.lessonsonfire.eu/wildfires-dama…

New Episode! "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 knowled… Player links & show notes: firescienceshow.com/161-community-…

Today, #TheCombustionInstitute recognizes the second of four Gold Medal winners honored at the #40thISOC in Milan. Learn more about the 2024 #AlfredCEgertonGoldMedal recipient, A. Carlos Fernandez-Pello of UC Berkeley: combustioninstitute.org/news/a-carlos-… Congratulations! #Combustion

If we keep planting the same forests, the same fires will keep happening!! Left: the satellite readings of the horrific Attica fire from yesterday Right: the same area in the burn scar database. Notice the big green spot, that’s from 2006!!

Examples of the type of vegetation the Attica wildfires went through. Light, dry, puffy ground fuels with thin canopy fuels. And these were next to a community, where they were supposed to be thinned trimmed and cleared!

Last May Prof Fernandez-Pello from UC Berkeley came to visit us. We took him to the fire lab. There are two Carloses in this photo 🥰

We were fortunate that night. The absence of wind, the smoke rising into the sky rather than engulfing us or the soldiers, the fire starting on relatively flat terrain instead of racing uphill. These factors all worked in our favour. Most of all, we were lucky that no one was

Part of our induction training for new starters is to watch the YouTube videos produced by Prof Guillermo Rein. 🔥🛡️🎓🇪🇸🇬🇧 Imperial Hazelab 👨🏽‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬 🔥 It’s such a fantastic way to get principles of Fire Safety Engineering explained!

Dealing with EV fires is quite different from traditional vehicle. All current methods share 2 traits: they involve unconventional approaches, and they don’t stop the fire completely just contain it for a while. EV fires are a new challenge, but thankfully, they remain rare

When people ask whether Li-ion batteries are truly hazardous or if concerns are exaggerated, I suggest they check the cargo guidelines of any major airline. For instance, British Airways includes Li-ion batteries alongside explosives, poisons, and infectious substances in its

Flammable homes contribute to the extent of urban fires. They are both targets and sources of ignition, creating a domino effect and contributing to fire spread. When a building catches fire, it produces flames and firebrands that can ignite neighbouring structures and

The LA wildfires are almost fully contained after rainfall over the weekend. But Imperial Professor Prof Guillermo Rein. 🔥🛡️🎓🇪🇸🇬🇧, a world-leading expert in urban fires, says the danger is far from over... Imperial Mech Eng 📺 Watch ⤵️

This is a group photo of Imperial’s and KCL’s fire groups, including Elena.

We had a tasty pub lunch with him and other visitors, Wuquan Cui from UCB and Abdullah Rehman fron KCL.

Today, three MEng students of Imperial College London, who are working with us on fire safety topics, presented their projects to the group: ejecta from battery fires, dynamics of elevated fires, and wildfires in Minecraft. Bravo! You did an excellent job. I was truly impressed.

Our research on battery safety: Understanding and Mitigating Lithium-ion Battery Fires Lithium-ion batteries power our modern world, from phones and computers to homes and vehicles, but they also pose unique fire hazards: unusual initiation, higher toxicity, faster spread, and