# Guillermo Rein

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Heat and health

Last summer saw intense heatwaves across the world. And already this year, global air, surface and sea temperatures have hit the highest levels on record. China, India and the US are currently experiencing heatwaves. In June, the UK’s Met Office released a health warning because of the high tempera…

How will climate change affect where we can live?

Extreme weather is forcing communities to leave their homes and it's becoming a bigger and bigger issue. What can we do about it? In this edition of BBC Inside Science, Gaia Vince and her guests discuss what climate displacement means for people all over the world. We hear from Diwigdi Valiente,…

Technical Series: Facades on Fire: Unveiling the Science of Fire Safety in Building Design with Matt Bonner

Send us a text Discover the crucial interplay between aesthetics and safety as fire engineering expert Matt Bonner from Trigon Fire Safety joins me, to dissect the essential components of fire safety in modern building facades. Matt brings his extensive research experience into the spotlight, revea…

150 - Wind Turbine Fires with Guillermo Rein

Wind turbine fires - are they an issue, or are they not? In this episode, I am joined by Prof. Guillermo Rein of the Imperial College London, who raised this issue 10 years ago at the IAFSS conference, and I believe we still do not have a clear answer.In this episode, we discuss the fire safety of …

Why wildfires are a burning issue w/Guillermo Rein

The last few years have seen a growing number of wildfires around the world. As well as major fires in Australia and California we have started to see more fires across Europe. A recent University of Reading report found that there was an increased risk of wildfires in the UK. There have even bee…

53. Why wildfires are not just a fire problem

Wildfires hit the headlines more frequently than ever before and while the fire and rescue service lead the response, mitigation and prevention strategies require a wider collaborative approach. Our experts discuss why wildfires are everyone's problem and that without ownership by those who can inf…

200 - Façade flammability across scales and standards with Guillermo Rein and Matt Bonner

Episode 200! And for this special episode,  I've travelled to London to interview Prof. Guillermo Rein and Dr Matt Bonner on a piece of research carried out at Imperial College London, with the experiments performed in our laboratory at the ITB. In this episode, we discuss the concept of flammabili…

From Spacecraft Fires to Urban Wildfires | A Conversation with Guillermo Rein

Professor of Fire Science Guillermo Rein of Imperial College London unveils the shocking discovery of "fire waves"—a new phenomenon where urban green spaces can erupt in hundreds of wildfires. He explains the science behind the 2022 London fire wave, how a metric called Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD)…

250 - Communicating fire science with construction professionals

A fire strategy can be technically correct, but if the team building the building never truly understands it - goals and objectives may be missed. For the 250th Fire Science Show, we slow down and talk about the craft of communicating fire science to construction professionals so that the intent su…

How are these fires burning beneath the surface? - Emma Bryce

Explore the phenomenon known as peat fires, smoldering fires that burn underground and can continue for months or even years.--In 1997, a fire began in Indonesia that would rage for almost a year. Despite being one of the largest fires in recorded history, for months at a time it burned without a f…