Harry Mitchell 🔥

Had a great time participating in this panel discussion with leading experts on mass timber building fire safety. Thank you to @tomcopley for hosting an important and thought-provoking event!

The term firewave describes multiple urban wildfires triggered by extended periods of hot, dry weather. Hot, dry summers bring new 'firewave' risk to UK cities, scientists warn bbc.com/news/articles/…

3/6 Through several EU-funded projects, Prof. @GuillermoRein explores how to mitigate the risk of fire by exploring its behaviour in urban and natural environments.

Dear Sir Anthony @AnthonyHopkins, My name is Guillermo Rein, professor from Imperial College London, UK. Although we have not met, I have long admired your work and the positive influence you have had on so many people around the world.​ I was deeply saddened to learn of the loss of your Pacific Palisades home in the recent wildfires. Your resilience and the heartfelt message you shared, “the only thing we take with us is the love we give”, were moving and inspiring.​ I am writing to ask whether you would consider supporting an international initiative to establish the 8th of October as Fire Safety Day. This effort, developed in collaboration with the United Nations and other international organisations, aims to raise awareness and promote action on fire safety worldwide.​ With best regards, Guillermo,

Not a sign about battery fire safety, but some pretty questionable advice from a housekeeping column from the 1950s! #BatteryFireSigns @BatteryFires

I am starting a collection of battery fire safety signs from around the world. This one is from Switzerland. Do you have one to share? #BatteryFireSigns

I am proud to see our facade fire research being recognised with the best paper award by SFPE. The project was led by Matt and I at Imperial, in collaboration with Wojciech at ITB. Initiated and completed during the COVID-19 pandemic, the project tackled a key question in fire safety: why are there so many national standards for testing the flammability of building façades? A great way to celebrate the team’s hard work.

Prof Whelton and the engineering students from Purdue University brought so much joy, energy, generosity, knowledge and discussion to Imperial today. Thank yoy. Boiler Up!

Tomorrow I am sharing research with MPs and other amazing researchers at the UK House of Commons at the @STEM4Brit competition! I'll be sharing the research of @ImperialHazelab, Arup, and CERIB on fire behaviour in large modern mass timber buildings! 🔥 #STEM4Brit #BSW25

@imperialcollege @STEM4Brit @ImperialHazelab @ImpEngineering @Arup @GuillermoRein @HouseofCommons Thank you!! Very proud to be representing the college 😁.

@HEMitchell42 @STEM4Brit @ImperialHazelab @ImpEngineering @Arup @GuillermoRein @HouseofCommons Good luck Harry! We are all rooting for you. Have a great day in Parliament!

Great video on the science of the LA wildfires! Proud to have helped with preparing our lab for this video on such an important topic 🔥

We spent some time at Imperial’s fire lab today with different media crews talking about wildfires and our research. We showed them our wildfire demo with thin dead fuels (aka excelsior). In this video, which fuel is wet and which one is dry? Video by Dr H Mitchell.

Excellent presentation by Jamie John (@ImperialHazelab) @UKWildfire2024 #wildfire2024 on the 2022 London wildfires and the role of VPD. Pre print here. researchsquare.com/article/rs-477… BBC article: bbc.com/news/articles/… with @LondonFire and @GuillermoRein

#EvacPaperAlert: Quantifying dire #evacuations in case of wildfire using trigger boundaries and case study of the 2018 Mati wildfire in Greece 🚨 Just published on #SafetyScience 🔗 Link: tinyurl.com/29ke4kkt

Since everyone is in Barcellona having a great time and my FOMO is at level high, and since my online presence is very limited these days, I decided to make a comeback!! I realized I had not shared this picture, taken during IAFSS23 in Japan. With so many amazing people 😍

Great start to the #ESFSS2024 with introduction and welcome from Prof Planas to the beautiful campus of Barcelona East School of Engineering (EEBE) in Barcelona, and with a fantastic plenary by Prof @rorymiles on fire spread!

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 🥰

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 @UCBerkeley: combustioninstitute.org/news/a-carlos-… Congratulations! #Combustion

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-…