Profile – Cities Zone

Work History:

International Fire Investigators and Consultants, Imperial College London, University of Western Ontario
Current Job:

Rushbrook Lecturer in Fire Investigation
Employer:

The University of Edinburgh

My Work

I look at how things burn so we can create a safer environment.
My Typical Day: Emails, lectures, meeting new people, discussing research ideas.
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7am Breakfast

8am Arrive in the office (sometimes I go for a run first). Answer emails.

9am Reading reports, writing reports.

10am Lecture

11am Go to the lab to meet people to discuss research

1pm Lunch (if the day isn’t too busy!)

2pm Meeting colleagues (sometimes in person often by Skype)

3pm More reading/writing

4pm Emails, tidying up, planning

5pm Time to go home!

Evenings – socialising, watching TV and sometimes catching up on work!
What I'd do with the money

Build an interactive fire demonstration to use on our open days and to post on our website
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I would make a small scale reconstruction of the Empire Palace theatre to recreate the fire that happened in 1911. The fire was very sad as it led to the death of the most famous magician of the time and his lion. This fire was very important in the design of buildings and many of the rules we have today can be traced back to this event.

By making a reconstruction we can use it to demonstrate to the public many concepts that I use in my day to day job!

Rory Hadden