FEMTC 2022
The 6th Fire and Evacuation Modeling Technical Conference (FEMTC) was a hybrid in-person and live-stream conference in Brno, CZ from September 12-14, 2022.
Dates: September 12-14, 2022
Location: Hybrid Event, Live in Brno, Czech Republic and on Hopin.to
Event Details
FEMTC 2022 was a hybrid event with options for both in person and virtual attendance. The event was held in Brno, CZ with the help of our distributor recognity s.r.o..
Presentation Topics
- Modeling Technology and Methodologies
- Modeling Case Studies
- Material Data and Testing
- Evacuation Case Studies and Evacuation Data
- Validation and Verification of Models
Presentations
Please see the list of talks below, grouped by day and in chronological order. Key Speakers are marked with the ★ symbol.
You can play through the entire playlist of videos in the player below, or jump to a specific presentation page in the full list below the player. The presentation pages provide links to the paper and slides in PDF format when available.
There is also a archive zip file of all PDF papers and presentation slides.
Conference Playlist
Day: 1
01 - Welcome To FEMTC 2022
Brian Hardeman - Thunderhead Engineering
02★ - Modeling Big Natural Gas Fires
Kevin B. McGrattan - NIST
03 - Pedestrian Behavior And Modelling For Commuter Airport Terminals
John Gales - York University, Canada
04 - Calibration Of Pedestrian Sizes In Decision-Based Modelling
Jana Vacková - Department of Mathematics, FNSPE, CTU
05 - Use Of Fire And Evacuation Models In Practice Of Fire And Rescue Service Of The Czech Republic
Václav Vystrčil - Technical Institute of Fire Protection in Prague
06★ - Smoke Control In Corridors - A Multiparametric Experimental Study And Its CFD Digital Twin
Wojciech Węgrzyński and Grzegorz Krajewski - Instytut Techniki Budowlanej
07 - The Use Of Numerical Simulation To Plan A Mass Event During Pandemic
Michele Fronterrè - CANTENE S.r.l.
08 - Development Of The 'Evac4BIM' Add-In For Revit
Nazim Yakhou - Jensen Hughes
09 - Generating Parametric Analyses And Creating Variables From Within Your FDS File
Brian Cohan - PBD Tools LLC
10 - Evacuation In Terms Of Reduced Gravity
Szymon Matkowski - Nexus Aurora Project
11 - Stadium Egress And Bleachers Connection To Stairs And Exit Platform
Guillaume Lagaillarde - 1Point2
12 - CFD Analysis Of Fire Protection Sprinkler System Adapted For A Storage/Sale Rack Of Flammable Liquids
Patricio Valdés Gacitúa - IDIEM – Universidad de Chile
13 - Challenges In Train Evacuation Modelling Using Pathfinder
Pavel Hrabák - Czech Technical University
14 - Investigation Of Smoke Characteristics By Photometric Measurements
Kristian Börger - Bergische Universität Wuppertal
15 - Pre-Movement Times In UCL Heritage Buildings
Keith Todd - Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Day: 2
01 - Thunderhead Update
Brian Hardeman - Thunderhead Engineering
02★ - Assessing The Impact Of Changes To Guidance On Evacuation From Fire In Multi-Occupancy High-Rise Residential Buildings
Steve Gwynne - Movement Strategies, a GHD Company
03 - Modeling The Effect Of Ventilation On Fire-Induced Environment In A Large-Scale Residential Structure
Dushyant Chaudhari - UL Fire Safety Research Institute (FSRI)
04 - Clustering And Filtration Of Pedestrian Trajectories In Vaccination Centre Using DBSCAN And Random Forest
Ondřej Uhlík - Faculty of Civil Engineering, BUT
05 - Influence Of Enforced Social Distance On Jam And Evacuation Times
Kathrin Grewolls - Simtego
06★ - The Pressure Poisson Equation In FDS - Simplified Versus Complete Formulation
Susanne Kilian - hhpberlin
07 - Evacuation Modelling - Benchmark Analysis Of Input Parameter Sensitivity Of Simulation Software
Quentin Jullien - CSTB
08 - Fire Safety In Hospital Buildings, With Performance-Based Analysis
António José Pedroso de Moura Correia - Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra
09 - Evaluation Of Engineered Smoke Management System For An International Airport Expansion Project Using PyroSim-FDS
Munirajulu, M - Engineering Design and Research Centre L&T Construction Larsen & Toubro Limited
10 - A Tragedy, A Full-Scale Fire Evacuation Drill, An Emergency Evacuation Simulation
Luca Fiorentini and Salvatore Tafaro (Brig.Gen.) - TECSA S.R.L. and Ministry of the Interior, National Fire Corp
11 - Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Online Experiments On Self-Protection Under Threatening Situations
Adriana Balboa Marras - University of Cantabria
12 - Counterflow In Computational Evacuation Modelling - The Hydraulic Model, Modelling Tools And Trials
Matthew Arnott - OFR Consultants
13 - Structural Fire Assessment Of An Existing Tunnel
Eric Tonicello - ISI - Ingénierie et Sécurité Incendie Sàrl
14 - Evaluation Of A Using A Multi-Zone Modelling Concept For Large Volume Buildings And Tunnels
Nils Johansson - Lund University
Day: 3
01★ - Evacuation Of People With Functional Limitations: Research Knowledge, Gaps and Modelling Implications
Enrico Ronchi - Lund University
02 - Smoke Control In Corridors - Towards A Next Generation Experimental Facility
Grzegorz Krajewski - Instytut Techniki Budowlanej
03 - A Cellular Automaton Model To Calculate Evacuation Resilience Performance In Tunnel Fire
Yuxin Zhang - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
04 - Paper Factory Fire Safety Engineering
Ruggero Poletto and Jordy Di Pierno - CFD FEA SERVICE and FSE PROGETTI
05★ - Fire Safety Design, Means Of Egress And Fire Modelling With Sprinkler Actuation In A High Multifunctional Sports And Events Hall - Case Study
Judit Rauscher, Lajos Takács, and Csaba Szikra - University of Public Service in Hungary, and Budapest University of Technology and Economics
06★ - SFPE Research Foundation Programs, Progress, and Updates
Leslie Marshall - Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) Foundation
07 - Inert Wall Thermal Feedback - Validation Study
Lucie Hasalová - University of Chemistry and Technology (UCT) Prague, Laboratory of Fire Engineering
08 - How Does Exit Assignment Priority Of Vulnerable Pedestrians Affect Crowd Dynamics?
Yunhe Tong - University of Bristol, Dept. of Engineering Mathematics
09 - Thermal Actions For Structural Analysis Of An Office Building With Large Open-Spaces
Julien Duboc - ISI - Ingénierie et Sécurité Incendie Sàrl