International Association for Fire Safety Science

International Symposium on Human Behaviour in Fires
2026-10-06 - 2026-10-08
The International Symposium on Human Behaviour in Fires 2026 brings together researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to present state-of-the-art research on human responses to fire emergencies in built environments, transportation, and outdoor scenarios.
Universitetsplatsen 2, 252 25 Helsingborg, Sweden, 6th-8th October 2026.

5th Summer School on Fire Dynamics Modeling
2026-09-28 - 2026-10-02
Applications are now open for the 5th Summer School on Fire Dynamics Modeling, taking place 28 September – 2 October 2026 at the IAS-7 / Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany! This intensive week-long program is designed for scientists and professionals seeking a deeper understanding of the theory and algorithms behind fire dynamics models, with a focus on FDS. Our five full days will be packed with lectures, theory, and computational modeling — and our evenings will be reserved for lively scientific exchange and networking at the beautiful city of Aachen ????.
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❗ Application deadline: 20. March 2026
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This event is financially supported by the International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS).

2026 World Fire Congress
2026-09-07 - 2026-09-09
The Congress will bring fire and rescue services from across the world together to meet and address the many common risks, challenges and opportunities that fire and rescue services are facing – from emerging and developing risks, health safety and wellbeing of our workforce, the role of the fire and rescue service and the opportunities from innovation, AI and new technologies – all in order to share learning and good practice.
The Congress seeks to grow and deepen international collaboration across fire and rescue services – bringing the benefits of shared understanding and experience to tackle the growing global challenges that fire and rescue services face.
London, September 7-9, 2026.

Nordic Fire & Safety Days
2026-08-18 - 2026-08-19
The Nordic Fire & Safety Days is a biannually conference carried out by the Nordic universities and research institutes dealing with risk and fire safety. At The Nordic Fire & Safety Days you will have the opportunity to get information on different aspects within fire research. The days will focus on risk and fire research in the Nordic countries. Contributions from other countries are more than welcome. Both abstracts on research and development, and innovative solutions, processes and methods in construction projects are welcome to be submitted. The conference language is English.
DTU, Denmark, 18-19 August, 2026.

2026 WUI Fire Engineering Summit
2026-08-10 - 2026-08-12
The WUI Fire Engineering Summit will be convened with the support of the WUI Working Group, as well as the Climate Change Working Group of SFPE Foundation’s Grand Challenges Initiative, which acknowledges the negative impact of a changing climate on wildfire and wildland fire season length, fire frequency, intensity, and size.
The focus of this event will be on interdisciplinary engineering research on emerging technologies and solutions to better assess WUI fire risks and develop mitigation strategies that lead to more resilient WUI communities. WUI fires are complex phenomena, and better preparing our communities to prevent, respond, and recover from them requires the most creative, innovative, wide-ranging set of engineering solutions from all disciplines.
University of Maryland, College Park, August 10-12, 2026.

41th International Symposium of Combustion Institute
2026-07-26 - 2026-07-31
Kyoto International Conference, Center (ICC Kyoto), Kyoto, Japan | 26-31 July 2026
The Combustion Institute’s (CI) International Symposium on Combustion (ISOC) is the premier meeting of combustion researchers. Bringing together over 1500 attendees, the meeting will feature approximately 1200 presentations, introducing innovative and relevant research. In addition to concurrent oral and poster presentations, the ISOC will feature mini-symposia and spotlight Industry Allies. Attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy the hospitable Japanese culture through excursion options, awards banquet, fireworks, and more.

15th IAFSS International Symposium
2026-06-08 - 2026-06-12 | La Rochelle, La Rochelle, France
The International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS) is delighted to announce that the 15th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science will be held between June 8 – 12, 2026 in La Rochelle, France.
Official website: https://www.iafss2026.com/
The five-day event will feature invited lectures from world-leading fire science researchers, parallel presentations of peer-reviewed papers, work-in-progress poster sessions, and an image session showcasing fire research. In addition to the technical sessions, social activities are planned to provide meeting and networking opportunities for colleagues at different career stages in informal settings. During the two days prior to the symposium, a series of workshops will be organized, targeting a range of important topics in fire safety science and fire protection engineering.

Call for Papers (1st round)

Call for Paper (2nd round) deadline of full paper: 24 Sep 2025
Word template of paper and Latex template (submit via Fire Safety Journal)

Call for Poster/Images

Call for Award Nominations
Workshop Schedule (1st call)

3rd Asia-Pacific Combustion Institute Summer School (APCISS-3) Fundamental Combustion Problems Applied to Diffusion Flames
2025-11-02 - 2025-11-07 | Chile, Valparaíso and Viña del Mar, Chile
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Recently, the devastating effects that fires can have on human life have once again been brought to light, and it is evident that there is an urgent need for advancements in fire safety. This includes a better understanding of the fundamental processes governing fires, accurate fire risk assessments, and the development of effective public legislation. Combustion is a key element in this context, and to find sustainable solutions, it is crucial to deepen our understanding of the physical and chemical processes that control unwanted fires. Unfortunately, the number of trained professionals in South America working on various aspects of combustion is insufficient to meet national needs. More broadly, the challenges associated to energy transition and the development and evolution of the local oil, mining, transportation and manufacturing industries also require highly trained professionals. Consequently, providing a forum where early career combustion researchers are exposed to world-class lectures in combustion is still a pressing need for the region.
In this context, the proposed 3rd Asia-Pacific Combustion Institute Summer School – Fundamental Combustion Problems Applied to Diffusion Flames (APCISS-3) will focus on diffusion flames, aiming to bridge the gap between fundamental combustion problems and large-scale fires, as well as turbulent combustion. This year’s school will emphasize the study of diffusion flames, which serve as a critical bridge between fundamental combustion theory and practical applications in both industrial settings and real fire scenarios. We hope this school will equip participants with a comprehensive understanding of fundamental combustion processes and their applications to real-world fire safety challenges, providing them with essential knowledge for developing effective strategies to prevent and mitigate fire associated risks. APCISS-3 will bring together students, academics, researchers, engineers, and professionals working in fire safety challenges. By fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange, the summer school seeks to advance the understanding of fundamental combustion processes by building and reinforcing collaboration networks between different academic and non-academic institutions of international renown along the Asia-Pacific Rim. Following the previous versions of the school, APCISS-3 will have a theoretical and a practical track that will deepen in the covered subjects. The theoretical track will introduce fundamental combustion aspects, with a focus on theoretical topics relevant to diffusion flames and fire science. The practical track will focus on the application of fire science to diffusion flames problems with workshops organized to provide hands-on experience with canonical flames, testing and probing them with laser-based diagnostics. Lectures will be delivered by highly recognized academics from leading institutions worldwide. APCISS-3 is scheduled for November 2 – 7, 2025 in the coastal cities of Valparaíso and Viña del Mar, Chile. For more information, please see the preliminary program

4th International Symposium on Lithium Battery Fire Safety (ISLBFS 2025)
2025-10-30 - 2025-11-02 | HK, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
The 4th International Symposium on Lithium Battery Fire Safety (ISLBFS 2025) on 30 Oct – 2 Nov 2025 will be held in the vibrant Asia’s world city of Hong Kong. This event marks a significant moment in the dynamic field of battery material, energy storage technology and fire safety research, a pivotal area bridging energy, sustainability, and advanced fire technology. https://batteryfire2025.com/
Following successful editions in Hefei (2019, 2021) and Qingdao (2023), ISLBFS has become an important biennial event that attracts experts, scholars, and professionals worldwide. We gather to share insights from academia, industry, and government, reflecting the substantial progress and evolving contributions of the global battery and fire safety community to this critical discipline.

5th European Symposium on Fire Safety Science (ESFSS)
2025-09-03 - 2025-09-05 | Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
In 2025, the 5th European Symposium on Fire Safety Science (ESFSS) will be held in the city of Ljubljana. We at FRISSBE are delighted to host and organize this event here in Slovenia. Join us for an engaging and insightful symposium, bringing together experts and enthusiasts from around the world to discuss the latest advancements in fire safety science. https://www.frissbe.eu/events/upcoming-events/5th-esfss

International Fire Safety Symposium (IFireSS 2025) - 5TH Edition
2025-06-25 - 2025-06-27 | Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
IFireSS 2025, Belfast, will be the 5th edition of the symposium which started with its first edition in Coimbra, Portugal, in the year 2015. Further editions of the symposium took place in Naples (Italy), Ottawa (Canada), and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in 2017, 2019 and 2023, respectively. The 5th edition of the conference will be hosted by FireSERT who have organized a very successful SIF18 conference during 2018. https://www.ulster.ac.uk/conference/ifiress2025/ifiress2025

Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology (AOSFST 2024)
2024-10-21 - 2024-10-25 | Daegu, Daegu, Korea, Republic of

4th European Symposium on Fire Safety Science (ESFSS 2024)
2024-10-09 - 2024-10-11 | barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

2024 Summer School on Fire Fundamentals for Performance-Based Fire Safety Design, Warsaw, Poland
2024-09-01 - 2024-09-06
The course is unique in its contents and structure, offering a coherent programme that focuses on high-quality performance-based fire safety design approaches and tools. To achieve that, the required fundamentals are taught throughout the week by well-renowned lecturers, experienced in both academia and fire safety design that will also be available for the entire week for personal discussions with the select participants, who are offered a student to lecturer ratio of 4 to 1:

Prof Grunde Jomaas (FRISSBE-ZAG, Slovenia)
Dr Andrea Lucherini (FRISSBE-ZAG, Slovenia)
Dr Martina Manes (University of Liverpool, UK)
Prof Bart Merci (Ghent University, Belgium)
Dr Michael Spearpoint (OFR Consultants, UK)
Prof José L. Torero (University College London, UK)
Dr Ruben Van Coile (Ghent University, Belgium)
Dr Wojciech Węgrzyński (ITB, Poland)
Dr Michael Woodrow (University College London, UK)

Moreover, the participants will enjoy all lunches together with the lecturers and will experience a selection of full-scale tests and experimental demonstrations carried out at the ITB Fire Testing Laboratory, one of Europe’s largest and busiest fire laboratory hubs” in The Summer School.

13th International Conference on Structures in Fire (SiF 2024)
2024-06-19 - 2024-06-21 | Coimbra, Portugal

14th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science
2023-10-21 - 2023-10-27 | Tsukuba Convention Center, Tsukuba, Japan
The International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS) is delighted to announce that the 14th International Symposium on Fire Safety Science (IAFSS2023) will be held from October 22 – 27, 2023 in Tsukuba, Japan. The official Call for Papers is available here.

Burgers Program and Combustion Institute Summer School on Fire Safety Science – Wildland/WUI Fire Behavior
2023-06-05 - 2023-06-09

10th International Symposium on Tunnel Safety and Security (ISTSS 2023)
2023-04-26 - 2023-04-28 | Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway

SFPE European Conference on Fire Safety Engineering
2023-03-27 - 2023-03-31 | Berlin, Germany

2nd Asia-Pacific Combustion Institute Summer School (APCISS-2) — Fundamental Combustion Problems in Outdoor Fires in Chile
2022-12-04 - 2022-12-09
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12th International Conference on Structures in Fire (SiF 2022)
2022-11-30 - 2022-12-02 | Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

IX INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FOREST FIRE RESEARCH & 17th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit
2022-11-11 - 2022-11-18 | Coimbra, Portugal

SFPE Annual Conference
2022-10-12 - 2022-10-14 | Detroit, Detroit, MI, United States

39th International Symposium on Combustion
2022-07-24 - 2022-07-29 | Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada

Trial events
2020-02-12 - 2020-02-14

test conference
2018-07-07 | University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT, United States

Fire Continuum Conference
2018-05-28 08:00 - 2018-05-31 17:00 (Europe/London) | University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT, United States
