Building Approval Officers from the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services completed the 3 intense weeks of the Graduate Certificate in Fire Safety. The course delivers comprehensive training on the fundamentals of fire safety science and engineering, with students attending lectures, … Continue reading Graduate Certificate in Fire Safety
Last month we celebrated the Winter Graduations at The University of Queensland. Congratulations are in order for the most recent graduates from the Graduate Certificate in Fire Safety. This program trains a selected group of firefighters from the Australian Fire and … Continue reading Winter Graduations
Students from UQ Fire had the opportunity of getting a glance of to the conditions under which fire fighters operate. During a visit to QFES’ Wythe Island facilities, a group of PhD, Masters, and visiting students geared up in full … Continue reading QFES Live Fire Campus
UQ Fire is delighted to once again run the Graduate Certificate on its 2017 version, hosting a selected group of firefighters from the Australian Fire and Emergency Services and providing them with a comprehensive training on the fundamentals of fire safety … Continue reading Graduate Certificate 2017
Yesterday, 21th of July, our 2016 cohort from the Graduate Certificate in Fire Safety Engineering celebrated their graduation at The University of Queensland. UQ Fire would like to congratulate Michael L. Beck, Jeremy D. Dowling, Robert A. Efimenko, Heyden G. … Continue reading UQ Winter Graduation Ceremony 2017
The UQ Fire team wants to congratulate Daan Van den Broecke. Daan was presented with the 2016 David Sugden Award at the ITA World Tunnel Congress, held in Bergen, Norway this month. Daan completed the International Master of Science in Fire … Continue reading IMFSE-UQ alumni receives the 2016 David Sugden Award
On Monday 22 April 2017, five students from UQ Fire took a trip to the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) Live Fire Campus in Whyte Island to participate in a Live Fire Demonstration. Students had the opportunity to gear up … Continue reading UQ Fire at the QFES Live Fire Campus
On Friday March 24th, 2017 eight students from the UQ Fire Safety Group visited the live fire training center of the the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES). During their visits the students had the opportunity to go through one … Continue reading UQ Fire students attend QFES Live Fire Training
Tall timber buildings are on the agenda architects, engineers and fire services around the world. Every week brings a new proposal for a tall timber building – some remain as plans, while others get built. A key question that continues to … Continue reading Full Scale CLT Fire Test
Last week, members from UQFire participated in a training exercise at the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Live Fire Training Campus in Whyte Island. A group of UQFire students, along with other participant engineers and undergrads, participated in real firefighters training exercise. At UQ’s Fire Lab, we … Continue reading Live Fire Training Campus
