Title: Fire toxicity assessment

Speaker: Dr. Anna Stec

From: University of Central Lancashire, UK

Date: May 8, 2011

CV of the Speaker: Dr. Anna A. Stec (born in 1977) has worked together on fire toxicity for the last 6 years with Prof. Hull, currently in the Centre for Fire and Hazard Science at University of Central Lancashire, UK. Anna Stec is a lecturer in Fire Chemistry and Toxicology. Her work has focused on quantification of toxic hazards in fires, understanding the factors that affect fire gas toxicity, and the relationship between the physiological effects of the concentration and dose of different toxicants. She has conducted detailed comparisons on the yields of fire gases and other combustion products using a selection of different small-scale fire models in order to predict the effects of fire exposures to humans. Dr Stec has been designated as the UK s Principal Expert on fire chemistry, and an active participant at the ISO TC 92 Fire threat to people and environment meetings.