Conference Chairperson & Opening Remarks

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Holistic Fire Strategies (HFS) for a changing world

• A need for a new fire engineering approach?
• Sustainable fire engineering design considerations for the future
• Reassessing Structural Fire Performance  
• What is the HFS Process?
• How will HFS work in practice?

^{Dr Paul Bryant, PhD MBA BSc(hons) C.Eng MIFireE MIET, Fire Cubed}

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Fire Chemistry and Toxic Hazards

• ‘Fatal Risks’
• The Science of Fire
• Outputs from combustion
• Chemical safety
• Health Effects of Smoke Inhalation on humans exposed to fire

^{Michael Woods, chartered member of IOSH and a committee member on the Fire Risk Management Group and Treasurer of Fire Risk Management Section Ireland.}

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Technical Guidance Document Part B, in relation to Lifts

• Requirements for Evacuation Lifts

            o Regulations & Standards

• Requirements for Fire Fighting Lifts

           o Regulations & Standards

Max Guijt, Senior Lift & Escalator Consultant

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Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations

• Regulatory aspects of furniture fire safety
• Overall fire and building safety legislation
• Problems of toxicity caused by flame retardant chemicals in home and business fires.

Terry Edge, Independent Fire Safety Expert

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Fire Risk Analysis and Statistics

• Lessons from Grenfell & other major incidents which can buck downward statistical trends
• Managing fire risk in large - complex portfolios
• Crisis communications

Stephen Mackenzie, International Fire Consultants

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Human Behaviour- Emergency Planning and Contingency Planning - Preparation & Practice for Fire Evacuations

• Risk assessment methods for emergency & contingency planning
• Evacuation strategies
• Available escape times and survival rates
• Organisational resilience
• Risk communication issues from recent fires

Victor Hrymak, Lecturer in Environmental Health and Safety, Technological University Dublin

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Compartment Fire Dynamics

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Fire Safety Science and Technology

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