Information and Assistance for Authors 10th IAFSS Symposium, 20-24 June 2011, University of Maryland, USA

The International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS) sponsors the world’s premier symposium for the dissemination and discussion of peer reviewed scientific research focused on the prevention and mitigation of fire losses. You are invited to submit a contribution that advances scientific understanding and presents or advances new ideas on any topic in fire safety science to the 10th IAFSS Symposium, 20-24 June 2011, to be held at the University of Maryland, USA. See the list of topics below.

Papers and poster abstracts will be accepted on the basis of their quality and originality in the science of fire safety and its applications. Routine applications of established knowledge and case studies with no generalized results would not be appropriate for the symposium. Registration materials and general information about the meeting will be available in December 2010 at: www.iafss.org.

Symposium Topics:

• Structural Fire Performance
• Compartment Fires
• Suppression
• Ignition and Flame Spread
• Flames and Fire Dynamics
• Toxic Hazards
• Fire Chemistry
• Material Burning
• Measurement and Test Methods
• Detection
• Evacuation and Human Behavior
• Statistics, Probability, and Risk Analysis
• Smoke Control
• Special Applications (explosions, industrial fires, post-earthquake fires, standards, safety codes, fire safety management, fire investigation and reconstruction, fire service needs)

FOR INFORMATION ON SUBMISSIONS, CONTACT:

Dr Nicholas Dembsey, Chair, WPI, USA e-mail: iafss10@wpi.edu