Prof. Bart Merci receives a lifetime achievement award

Prof. Bart Merci has been awarded the Howard W. Emmons Award. This is a lifetime achievement award by the International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS), described as ‘a prestigious recognition of distinguished career achievement in fire science and engineering awarded by the IAFSS once every three years at its International Symposia on Fire Safety Science’. He is the first Belgian ever to receive this award.