Patrick van Hees

Patrick van Hees
Born
Essen, Belgium
CitizenshipBelgium
Alma materGhent University (MSc, PhD); KIHA Technical University Antwerp (BEng)
Known forChairing ISO/TC 92 and ISO/TC 92/SC 1; leadership in the International Association for Fire Safety Science
AwardsFORUM Mid-Career Researcher Award (2014), Interflam Trophy (2019), SFPE Jack Bono Award (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsFire safety engineering
WorkplacesLund University; Ghent University; SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
Thesis Wind aided flame spread of floor coverings  (1995)

Patrick van Hees is a Belgian fire-safety scientist and professor of Fire Safety Engineering at Lund University in Sweden.[1] He is active in international standards work and professional associations in fire safety science.[2][3][4][5]

Education

Van Hees studied engineering in Belgium and completed a PhD at Ghent University in 1995 on wind-aided flame spread of floor coverings.[6]

Career

Van Hees joined Lund University as professor in fire safety engineering, with research in reaction-to-fire of products, performance-based fire safety engineering and modelling of fire development, as reflected in his peer-reviewed publications.[7][8] Previously, he worked in fire testing and research in Sweden at SP Fire Technology (now part of RISE).[9]

Van Hees has served on journal editorial boards in the field. He is listed on the editorial board of Fire Safety Journal[10][11] and on the editorial board of Fire and Materials at Wiley.[12]

Standards and professional service

As of 2025, Van Hees chairs ISO/TC 92/SC 1 Fire initiation and growth with a term running until the end of 2028.[2] He has also been active in the International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS), including roles connected with the IAFSS symposia and governance.[13]

Awards and honours

At the 11th IAFSS Symposium in 2014, Van Hees received the FORUM Mid-Career Researcher Award from the International FORUM of Fire Research Directors.[14][13] He and co-authors Nils Johansson and Stefan Svensson received the 2016 SFPE Educational and Scientific Foundation Jack Bono Award for Engineering Communications for their 2015 Fire Technology paper “A Study of Reproducibility of a Full-Scale Multi-Room Compartment Fire Experiment.”[15] In 2019 he received the Interflam Trophy for overall contribution to fire safety science.[16][17] In 2024, he was an Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.[18]

Selected works

Van Hees has published on reaction-to-fire testing, enclosure fires and façade fire safety. Examples include the 2015 paper on reproducibility in a full-scale multi-room fire experiment in Fire Technology, and work on the development of full-scale façade tests within ISO/TC 92.[19][20]

References

  1. ↑ van Hees, Patrick (2013). "Validation and Verification of Fire Models for Fire Safety Engineering". Procedia Engineering. 62. Elsevier: 154–168. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2013.08.052. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  2. 1 2 "ISO/TC 92/SC 1 – Fire initiation and growth". International Organization for Standardization. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  3. ↑ "Meet the Speaker: Patrick van Hees". Issuu. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  4. ↑ darefire (2017-04-11). "Interview – Patrick van Hees". IMFSE. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  5. ↑ Nederlands Instituut Publieke Veiligheid (2022-07-20). Fire safety of facades: an holistic approach - Patrick van Hees. Retrieved 2025-09-26 – via YouTube.
  6. ↑ "prof. dr. ir. Patrick van Hees — Ghent University Library". UGent Library. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  7. ↑ Runefors, Marcus; Johansson, Nils; van Hees, Patrick (2017). "The effectiveness of specific fire prevention measures for different population groups". Fire Safety Journal. 91. Elsevier: 1044–1050. doi:10.1016/j.firesaf.2017.03.064. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  8. ↑ Wasan, Shivanand R.; van Hees, Patrick; Merci, Bart (2011). "Study of pyrolysis and upward flame spread on charring materials—Part I: Experimental study". Fire and Materials. 35 (4). Wiley: 209–229. doi:10.1002/fam.1023. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  9. ↑ van Hees, Patrick (2010). "A summary of fire regulations, requirements and test methods in Sweden" (PDF). Brandforsk Report Series. Brandforsk/Swedish Fire Protection Association: 1–66. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  10. ↑ "Fire Safety Journal — Editorial Board". Elsevier. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  11. ↑ "Fire Safety Journal — Editorial Board (archived listing)". Scholars Portal Journals. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  12. ↑ "Editorial Board – Fire and Materials". Wiley. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  13. 1 2 "Fire Safety Science – Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium". IAFSS. 2014. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  14. ↑ "Mid-Career Researcher Award". International FORUM of Fire Research Directors. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  15. ↑ "Award-Winning Papers — Fire Technology". Springer. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  16. ↑ "Interflam 2019". pinfa. 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  17. ↑ "pinfa Newsletter 107 – Interflam 2019 special issue" (PDF). pinfa. 2019. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  18. ↑ "2024 Honour Roll – Erskine Programme". University of Canterbury. 2024-02-02. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
  19. ↑ Johansson, Nils; Svensson, Stefan; Van Hees, Patrick (2015). "A Study of Reproducibility of a Full-Scale Multi-Room Compartment Fire Experiment". Fire Technology. 51 (3): 645–665. doi:10.1007/s10694-014-0408-3.
  20. ↑ van Hees, Patrick (2016). "Development of full-scale façade tests in ISO TC92". MATEC Web of Conferences. 46: 01005. doi:10.1051/matecconf/20164601005. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
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