Centre for Fire and Hazards Sciences facilities

Centre for Fire and Hazards Sciences (CFHS) Research Laboratory is one of the best equipped in the world.

The Centre for Fire and Hazards Sciences (CFHS) Research Laboratory has a wide range of experimental methods and over 50 years’ experience in the field of fire chemistry and toxicity. This accumulated knowledge and research expertise can be made available through specific research projects, general liaison, advice and consultancy services.

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Microscale testing facilities
Microscale testing facilities

Laboratory and analytical services

Centre for Fire and Hazards Sciences Laboratories provide unique possibilities to analyse a number of fire effluents by using different fire and analytical test methods. 

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We have an extensive range of equipment and facilities for quantifying fire behaviour and standard testing which is available for testing, research and consultancy.

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Anna Stec
Professor Anna Stec
Professor in Fire Chemistry and Toxicity
School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

Anna Stec is Professor in Fire Chemistry and Toxicity at the University of Central Lancashire. She has extensive experience and a portfolio of research in identifying and quantifying toxic hazards (acute and chronic) in and from fires and understanding the factors that affect fir…

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Professor Richard Hull
Professor of Chemistry and Fire Science
School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

Richard is a chemist who spends most of his time understanding the behaviour of unwanted fires, particularly the effects of fire retardants and the toxicity of the smoke. He teaches physical chemistry and, until the COVID pandemic, was giving lectures on his work all over the wor…

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Kit list

  • Please contact us for a full and up-to-date kit and specification list of all equipment.