Welcome

Dear SFPE Europe members and all those interested in Fire Safety,

A new chapter was born! SFPE Europe aims to encourage fire safety engineering founded on solid scientific principles. To achieve this, it helps establish new European SFPE Chapters. The latest addition, in North Macedonia, made a remarkable debut by organizing a Fire Safety Conference in Skopje on December 3-4, which attracted over 230 attendees from 23 nations. The conference featured invited speakers who shaped an engaging agenda.

Notably, four of these experts presenting at the conference came from the boards of other European SFPE chapters, highlighting the strength of the SFPE network across Europe. Kathrin Grewolls (SFPE Europe board, SFPE Germany chairman) spoke on fire risk analysis in urban areas. Gabriele Vigne (SFPE Spain treasurer) discussed CFD and tenability in fire and smoke modelling. Paulo Ramos (SFPE Portugal chairman, new SFPE Europe Board member) presented on EV charging stations in buildings and I covered the hot topic modern façades and fire. This highlight that under the SFPE umbrella we got a wide network of competences, and we are eager to spread this knowledge. The conference featured many excellent speakers, and the event was exceptionally well organized. Many thanks to Tatjana Vasiljevic Vladev, President of SFPE North Macedonia, for inviting us!

I'm truly grateful for the chance to serve as chairman of SFPE Europe over the past two years. Beginning January 1, 2026, I look forward to welcoming Wojciech Wegrzynski as the new chair for the 2026-2027 term.

Best Regards,
Robert McNamee
SFPE Europe Chair

SFPE Europe's mission: “SFPE Europe is leading the profession as a neutral, international non-profit organization to define, develop, and advance the use of fire engineering, fire protection engineering, and fire safety engineering best practices; expand the scientific and technical knowledge base; and educate the global fire safety community, in order to reduce fire risk.”