Preface Part I Plenary Papers Taming the Dragon: Ten Milestones in FDS Development McDermott R. J. Research on Pool Fire Behaviors in Wind - State of the Art and Future Challenges The Challenges of Effective Risk Assessment and Safety Management of Fire and Explosion Hazards Part II Fire Pyrolysis and Fire Chemistry Towards Predicting Flammability Limits of Pyrolysis Volatiles Smoldering Propagation Characteristics of Flexible Polyurethane Foam under Different Air Flow Rates Quantitative Study of Fingering Pattren Created by Smoldering Combustion Experimental Study on Fire Characteristics of Building External Thermal InsulationComposite Systems under Corner Wall Compartments, Tunnels, and Mines Experimental Investigation on the Ceiling Temperature Profiles of ConfinedStrong Plume Impinging Flow Study of the Critical Velocity in Tunnels with Longitudinal Ventilation and Spray Systems Study on Train Obstruction Effect on Smoke Control near Tunnel Cross-Passage Preliminary Experimental Investigation on the Backdraft Phenomenon of Fire in Tunnel with Liquid Fuel Wood Crib with PVC Cables: Compartment Fire Toxicity Recent Advancement of Soot Prediction in Fire Field Model with the Incorporationof Detailed Combustion Products for Compartment Fires Large Eddy Simulation of a Mechanically Ventilated Compartment Fire for Nuclear Applications A Discussion of Smoke Control for Urban Traffic Link Tunnel Fire A Numerical Study of Throttling Effect in Memorial Tunnel Fire Test Fire Dynamics Optimized Rate Expressions for Soot Oxidation by OH and 02 CFD Fire Modeling with General-Purpose Commerical Software, The Effect of Soot Model Numerical Investigation of the Influence of the Initial Momentum and Buoyancy at the Plume Source on the Ceiling-Jet Properties …… Part III Explosion Author Index