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Fireforum Awards 2017 – 50% Firepronet

The results of the Fireforum jury for the Fireforum Awards 2017 are published.

Firepronet is proud to announce that 50% of the nominees have a connection with our members.

Category Firefighters: HVZ Fluvia (Jan Leenknecht), HVZ Waasland (Charlotte Van Cleemput) (2 of 4)
Category Architects and Engineering Offices: FESG (Bart Van Weyenberghe) and VK Engineering (Erwin Theuns, Koen Van Herpe) (2 of 3)
Category Science and Research: Setarah Ebrahimzadeh, Pieter Poppe and Dieter Brants (3 of 3)
Public Award: all above and Tractebel (Lieven Schoonbaert) (1 of 3)

Congratulations to our members!

Please support them by voting on them for the Public Award and with your presence at 23/11/2017!

All details here.

Fireforum Awards 23 november 2017

De oproep tot kandidaturen voor de vierde editie is gelanceerd.

Meer informatie vind je op www.fireforum.be.

Lecture by Dr. Michael Spearpoint – 27 March 2017

Lecture by Dr. Michael Spearpoint (University of Canterbury – New Zealand)

‘Why don’t we just put sprinklers everywhere and forget about fire engineering design?’

Date: Monday 27 March 2017, 10h – 11h30 (of which 45 minutes are reserved for discussion)
Location: Jozef Plateaustraat 22, 9000 Ghent, Belgium – Auditorium F

Brief contents of the lecture

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KB Basisnormen Brand – Wijzigingen gepubliceerd op 18-01-2017

Op 18 januari 2017 werd het K.B. van 7 december 2016 gepubliceerd waarmee het “koninklijk besluit van 7 juli 1994 tot vaststelling van de basisnormen voor de preventie van brand en ontploffing waaraan de nieuwe gebouwen moeten voldoen” wordt aangepast.

De volledige tekst vind je in het staatsblad en op de website van Fireforum in de voorschriften databank.

Op www.besafe.be vind je al de volgende “gecoördineerde” versies:

kb_07-07-1994_new_fluo

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2017 = 10 jaar Fire Safety Engineering

In oktober 2007 startte de eerste academische opleiding Fire Safety Engineering in België aan de Universiteit van Gent.

De universiteit van Gent en Firepronet zullen deze verjaardag niet onopgemerkt voorbij laten gaan.

Volg het nieuws hier!

First PhD Fire Safety Engineering

21 december 2016

Setareh Ebrahimzadeh is the first Fire Safety Engineer to obtain a PhD in Fire Safety Engineering at Ghent University.

Firepronet congratulates our member, Setareh, with this outstanding achievement.

Introduction to the Use of CFD in Fire Safety Engineering

Het IVPV van de Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen en Architectuur en de Faculteit Bio-Ingenieurswetenschappen (Universiteit Gent) organiseert opnieuw deze cursus.

De folder vind je hier: CFD_2017_definitief

Hier vind je meer informatie.

Fireforum Awards 23-11-2017

Save the date: the next Fireforum Awards will be on Thursday 23 November 2017.

Check www.fireforum.be for new announcements.

About Firepronet

Firepronet v.z.w. – a.s.b.l. is the non-profit organisation of alumni and students Fire Safety Engineering, Ghent University, Belgium.

The goals of our organisation are to promote Fire Safety Engineering and to keep our network alive and our knowledge up-to-date.

Lecture by Dr. Michael Spearpoint (University of Canterbury – New Zealand)

‘Why don’t we just put sprinklers everywhere and forget about fire engineering design?’

Date: Monday 27 March 2017, 10h – 11h30 (of which 45 minutes are reserved for discussion) Location: Jozef Plateaustraat 22, 9000 Ghent, Belgium – Auditorium F

Brief contents of the lecture

Date: Monday 27 March 2017, 10h – 11h30 (of which 45 minutes are reserved for discussion)
Location: Jozef Plateaustraat 22, 9000 Ghent, Belgium – Auditorium F