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Fire Science Show

Wojciech Wegrzynski
Fire Safety Engineering
Fire Safety
OFR Consultants
Fire Engineering
Fire Science
Fire Behavior
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Fire Spread
Mass Timber
Building Materials
Artificial Intelligence
Heat Transfer
Combustion
Fire Dynamics
Visibility In Smoke
Compartment Fires
Wildland-Urban Interface Fires
Battery Energy Storage Systems
Fire Safety Research Institute
Grenfell Tower Fire

Fire Science Show is connecting fire researchers and practitioners with a society of fire engineers, firefighters, architects, designers and all others, who are genuinely interested in creating a fire-safe future. Through interviews with a diverse group of experts, we present the history of our field as well as the most novel advancements. We hope the Fire Science Show becomes your weekly source o... more

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When your smoke control CFD run fails by one meter of visibility and the knee-jerk reaction is predictable: add capacity, add fans, add cost. Here I would propose to stop for a minute and take a bit different path - to treat failure as the most usefu... more

Fire safety engineering based on our codes and legislations often stops at life safety and code compliance. However, in the world of insurers, there is much more beyond that - a critical question is “what happens to the business after the fire?” Toda... more

Modeling the consequences of a fire is what most of us do day to day. Modeling how a fire actually grows across real materials, under changing heat flux and ventilation, is the part we tend to avoid, hiding behind a prescribed design fire. That gap i... more

ASET/RSET is the fire safety engineering idea that sounds almost too clean to argue with: the building must give you more time to escape than you need to get out. But once you try to prove it in a real project, the simplicity could and and the hard q... more

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Recent Guests

Gary Howe
Senior risk engineer at Zurich Resilience Solutions
Zurich Resilience Solutions
Episode: 275 - Property Protection and the Role of Insurers with Gary Howe
Jonathan Hodges
Fire researcher and S-PYRO developer at UL Research Institutes
UL Research Institutes
Episode: 274 - SPyro model for predicting fire growth with Jonathan Hodges and Jason Floyd
Jason Floyd
Fire researcher and S-PYRO developer at UL Research Institutes
UL Research Institutes
Episode: 274 - SPyro model for predicting fire growth with Jonathan Hodges and Jason Floyd
Mohcine Chraibi
Senior Researcher focusing on Pedestrian Dynamics and Crowd Behaviors
Forschungszentrum Jülich – JuPedSim Center
Episode: 271 - pyFDS-Evac with Mohcine Chraibi
Marc Janssens
Researcher, Southwest Research Institute
Southwest Research Institute
Episode: 270 - How the Cone Calorimeter took over with Marc Janssens
Vincent Brannigan
Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland, fire protection engineering and law expert
University of Maryland; Fire Protection Engineering and the Law
Episode: 269 - Fire investigations and the scientific method with Vincent Brannigan
Stephen Welch
Faculty member, University of Edinburgh; expert in modeling traveling fires and timber-lined compartments
University of Edinburgh
Episode: 267 - Modelling Fire Growth with Stephen Welch
Vinny Gupta
A researcher from the University of Waterloo focusing on compartment fire science and fuel interactions
University of Waterloo
Episode: 266 - Compartment fire framework with Vinny Gupta
Samuel Manzello
Professor at Tohoku University and Reax Engineering collaborator
Tohoku University, Reax Engineering
Episode: 264 - Engineering Firebrand Showers with Samuel L. Manzello

Host

Vojtĕch Věkžiňský
Host of Fire Science Show; facilitates accessible expert discussions on fire science and engineering.

Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars from 199 ratings
  • Layperson here- love it!

    I am just an ordinary person- I have almost no understanding of physics and firefighting. Seriously, it’s an embarrassment.

    And yet! This podcast is *fascinating*!! It moves at a perfect pace, and the content is made fascinating and accessible by the host.

    (Irrelevant aside: I do have a background in research, however, and I am impressed with the host giving credit and praise to the grad students he works with. Wish I had an advisor like him back in the day!)

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    RunningCzar
    United States10 months ago
  • Super content - please add transcripts!

    Recently found this useful show with lots of info and experience on fire science. Thank you to show and guests for sharing their knowledge. If possible, please can you add the transcript function to the older episodes? It comes up on the latest one but not early shows. Thanks.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    cblf2
    United Kingdom3 years ago
  • Superb

    Superb podcast with really good fire science information for the newcomer as well as the expert. I love the well-documented podcasts with many references to scientific articles and reference works. Marvellous soundtrack in episode 100. I would love to save it to my playlist on Apple Music but can’t find it. Please let me know if it is available!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    dezebijnaamisnognietingebruik2
    Belgium3 years ago
  • A wonderfull listen

    Simply fantastic wonderful nerdy listen with an absolutely charming and terrific host.

    The show is properly beat suited for fire science interested people. But for this crowd it is an absolute must listen!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Nietronie
    Denmark3 years ago
  • A must-see reference

    Greetings from Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico! This program has been a delight to listen to, very nourishing and a great reference on the diversity of topics related to arson & fire research activities. Thanks for the initiative!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    JH Curicaveri
    Mexico3 years ago

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The host translates complex science into practical takeaways for engineers and firefighters alike.
Guests bring deep expertise across fire dynamics, evacuation, and data-driven safety.
High regard for accessible explanations and references to research.

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How this podcast ranks in the Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube charts.

Apple Podcasts
#37
United States/Science/Physics
Apple Podcasts
#13
United Kingdom/Science/Physics
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#18
Canada/Science/Physics
Apple Podcasts
#245
United Kingdom/Science
Apple Podcasts
#14
Australia/Science/Physics
Apple Podcasts
#25
France/Science/Physics

Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

275 - Property Protection and the Role of Insurers with Gary Howe
Q: Maybe you could walk the listeners through the procedure. Like your underwriter calls you, Gary, we have this industry. They have this type of machine. They're likely the company depends on it or maybe they don't know it yet. Please do your magic. Like how do you approach it and what are the steps that you take?
Howe describes a qualitative site assessment that examines building construction and fire barriers, fixed fire protection, critical equipment and recovery times, ignition sources, and firefighting water supplies. Risk engineers use these findings and their experience to develop credible loss scenarios and recommendations for clients and underwriters.
275 - Property Protection and the Role of Insurers with Gary Howe
Q: In your opinion, what's the role of an insurer in the world of fire safety?
Howe says risk engineers look beyond minimum life-safety requirements to assess property protection, environmental and reputational risks, and the potential impact of fire on business operations.
274 - SPyro model for predicting fire growth with Jonathan Hodges and Jason Floyd
Q: How easy is it to use for a user who's never tried it?
Users provide familiar FDS material properties, an ignition temperature, and cone-test burning-rate data with its heat flux; FDS includes S-PYRO and example input files and validation resources are available.
274 - SPyro model for predicting fire growth with Jonathan Hodges and Jason Floyd
Q: What was the idea in your head about how you could create a better engineering prediction tool and couple it with FDS?
The approach uses heat of gasification to relate the material's mass flux and heat release to net heat flux at its surface, allowing cone-test responses to be scaled to simulation conditions.
266 - Compartment fire framework with Vinny Gupta
Q: What is the normal compartment, and how do external wind and initial flow conditions affect its predictions?
The 'normal' compartment is a theoretical, ventilation-controlled case with stratified hot and cold layers and static flow assumptions. In reality, wind, openings, and external exposures introduce flow complexities that can invalidate simple stratified models, requiring sensitivity analyses and new theory to account for non-ideal conditions.

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What is Fire Science Show about and what kind of topics does it cover?

The show features in-depth conversations with leading researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in fire safety engineering. Episodes cover topics from radiation modeling and turbulent combustion to probabilistic design, data-driven occupancy analyses, and cross-disciplinary lessons from earthquake and evacuation research. A notable strength is bridging theory and real-world application, with guests ranging from university professors to industry researchers and standard-development professionals, often highlighting practical design decisions, code implications, and open data initiatives. The format is accessible to both newcomers and experts, and recurring guests from research institutes and industry labs help translate complex fire scien... more

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Recent guests on Fire Science Show include:

1. Gary Howe
2. Jonathan Hodges
3. Jason Floyd
4. Mohcine Chraibi
5. Marc Janssens
6. Vincent Brannigan
7. Stephen Welch
8. Vinny Gupta

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