1. Jos Post, PhD Msc Head of research department Recent research projects

2. Our strategy is the following: The objective development and dissemination of knowledge in the field of fire safety, risk, safety, preparation and incident research within the field of fire safety and crisis management.

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5. Long-term research studies (1) Resilience –Risk perception / risk migration –Human behaviour in fire / evacuation safety –Civil response / personal emergency preparedness Crisis management –Crisis management in 2015 –Case study on disasters and large incidents

6. Long-term research studies (2) Simulation –Survey on application of simulation tools and calculation models in building license requests –Assessment of national knowledge level on fire safety engineering and simulation –Forest fire simulation

7. Recent incident analyses Fatal domestic fires in 2008 Evaluation of fire in Euroborg football stadium Crisis management during electricity flow jam Bommelerwaard Crisis management after fatal air plane crash Evaluation of fire fighting operation during fire in VOC ship Evaluation of fire fighting operation during dune fires in Schoorl

8. Evacuation experiments in hotel

9. Citizen paricipation disaster response Evaluation of Firework Disaster Enschede (2000) Interviews with 10 persons: –Police officers –Fire officers –EMS officers –Municipality civil servants –Civilians Best practices of citizen participation in disaster response

10. EU Floodex 2009 Evaluation of international Field Exercise –exercise is based on the European Community Civil Protection Mechanism –Dutch handbook for incoming foreign assistance is used

11. Tunnel safety – A2 Leidsche Rijn Prepardness of safety services of city of Utrecht –Trafic incidents –Fire –Dangerous goods incidents Part 1: Normative incident scenarios Part 2: Prepardnes plans and procedures Part 3: Training safety services

12. Reports (downloads in English) Civil response after disasters. The use of civil engagement in disaster abatement.Civil response after disasters. The use of civil engagement in disaster abatement. Hotel evacuation at night: An analysis of sixty unannounced fire drills. Fire in Euroborg football stadium: Analysis of human behaviour. Building safety and human behavior in fire: A literature review. Emergency team training in virtual reality: An evaluation of the design process and of the performances of NIFV-ADMS TM in training sessions.Emergency team training in virtual reality: An evaluation of the design process and of the performances of NIFV-ADMS TM in training sessions. Serious gaming for behavioural assessment and research in case of emergency: an evaluation of experiments in virtual reality.Serious gaming for behavioural assessment and research in case of emergency: an evaluation of experiments in virtual reality. Fire risk of high-rise buildings based on human behavior in fires. Consumer Fire Safety: European statistics and potential fire safety measures.