Department of Fire Protection Engineering at WPI

Today is the 21st anniversary of the Worcester Cold Storage Fire when we lost 6 firefighters in one day.

21 years since 6 Worcester firefighters killed battling warehouse blaze Six firefighters lost their lives in the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. blaze Dec. 3, 1999.

Fire protection engineers make the world safer by tackling challenging questions about fire behavior – and how we respond. Learn more about fire protection engineering at WPI: wpi.edu/+fpe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LeEUix1z0w

What is a Fire Protection Engineer? Fire protection engineers make the world safer by tackling challenging questions about fire behavior – and how we respond. Learn more about fire protection e...

Prof. Simeoni says "We have a new logo for our wildfire team!"
Thanks for the great efforts of Julia Ferri (a visiting student from Canada) and the rest of the team for getting this done!

Prof. Albert Simeoni is looking to hire a new postdoctoral fellow to conduct research in the area of wildland fire behavior and particularly on the multi-scale physics of the interactions between fire, wind and vegetation. For details:
https://wpi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/WPI_External_Career_Site/job/Worcester/Post-Doctoral-Fellow_R0001069