The 45 teams from the 24 countries who are going to attend the 16th CTIF International Youth Fire Brigades Competitions in Revinge, Sweden, from 15 to 21 July 2007 will be warmly welcomed by their Swedish colleagues.

Many authorities and personalities will be there the whole week to encourage and support the young teams, including the president of the International Association of Fire and Rescue Services CTIF Walter Egger, CTIF vice-presidents Ralf Ackermann and Anton Brandauer, CTIF Youth Leaders Commission chairman Jos Toll, Mr Göran Tunhammar, Governor of the Swedish County of Skåne and Mr Kjell Dyberg Ek, president of the Swedish Youth Fire Brigades.

Fire Conferences & Exhibitions Limited (FCEL) is pleased to announce their forthcoming FIRE Summit 2007 to take place on 14 November at the Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre, Westminster, London.

Bringing together key stakeholders from the public, private & voluntary sector, this high level conference will consider the full expanse of fire related risks facing our local, regional, national & even global communities. Through a combination of presentations and discussions, the delegates will get the
opportunity to examine changes to:

• Building regulations
• Construction materials & methods
• Fire & rescue planning assumptions & operational tactics
• Climate & global economic factors
• The nature of our built environment

The target audience will reach far beyond FCEL’s traditional market of Principal Officers & Elected Members into areas such as Local Authority Chief Executives & Finance Directors, Insurance Companies & Banks, Local Education Authorities, Housing Associations & Primary Care Trusts.

While the final speaker line is still to be confirmed we already have several leading experts from the fields of litigation, social services, economics, insurance & community safety.

The Institution of Fire Engineers

The Rasbash Lecture 2008

Thursday 5th June 2008

DRAFT PROGRAMME

“Integration of Fire Dynamics and Fire Safety Engineering”

10.00 Registration and coffee
10.30 Welcome - Mr John Woodcock, Chairman ECD
Introduction to the Rasbash Lecture - Professor Dougal Drysdale

10.45 The 2008 Rasbash Lecture: Aspects of Compartment Fires: Correlations, Flashover, and Firepoint - Professor J.G Quintiere, University of Maryland

11.25 Discussion

Session 1 Chairman: Professor J L Torero

11.35 Smoke Control in Buildings – Current Practice - Dr Howard Morgan, IFC Ltd
12.00 Recent Advances in Spill Plume Modelling - Dr Suresh Kumar, BRE
12.25 Discussion

12.45 Lunch

Session 2 Chairman: Mr Nathan Hewitt

14.00 Evacuation Modelling - Nicholas Waterson, Mott McDonald
14.25 Fire Modelling – Work of the IFE Special Interest Group - Neal Butterworth, Buro Happold
14.50 Discussion

15.00 Tea/coffee

15.20 Fires in Large Compartments - Jamie Stern-Gottfried, University of Edinburgh
15.45 Presentation Title to be confirmed - Mr Geoff Cox
16.10 Discussion
16.30 Close