Fire Science Show
Fire Science Show
Wojciech Wegrzynski
224 - Navigating the complexities to change our field - a roundtable with Steve McGuirk and Brian Meacham
1 hour 7 minutes Posted Oct 29, 2025 at 9:00 am.
Welcome And Roundtable Setup
Guests Introduced And Credentials
Why Grenfell Still Matters
Mapping The “Fire Chain” System
Complexity, Regulation, And Half-Life Of Crises
Socio-Technical Systems And AI’s Role
Fundamentals Before Technology
Trade-Offs: Safety, Housing, And Policy
Convergence Research And Scaling Change
Who Speaks For The Public?
Culture, Competence, And Ethics
Practical Advice For Engineers
Closing Reflections And Next Steps
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This week, in the Fire Science Show, we host a roundtable discussion on complexities in fire safety science and engineering. Most safety failures don’t come from a single mistake—they emerge when people, technology, and institutions misalign. In an ever-changing field in which complexities just go up, we open up a debate on how to cope with that so that the entire field goes in the right direction. For this podcast roundtable debate, I've invited Steve McGuirk, who represents Fire Sector Conf...