Carlos Walker-Ravena

British-Spanish Wildfire Imperial College London Research Associate. University of Edinburgh Fire Research Centre PhD.🌲🔥

[Prof Guillermo Rein. 🔥 @GuillermoRein]

The Reuters team of infographics used our lab videos of ACM burning to explain the hazards in recent facade fires.
@cwalkerravena @ImperialHazelab

[Andy Elliott @WildfireTacAd]

I have had a great day today at the @ImperialHazelab running a smouldering peat experiment with @cwalkerravena. This is the first of several peat samples from the #Falklandslands. Thanks @GuillermoRein for letting me help today. @FalklandsGov @essexforester

[Imperial Hazelab 👨🏽‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬 🔥 @ImperialHazelab]

Today Prof Fernandez-Pello from UC Berkeley came to visit us. We took him to the fire lab.

Note: There are two Carlos in this photo 🥰

[Prof Guillermo Rein. 🔥 @GuillermoRein]

And a group photo with her on the last day of the visit to Imperial.

[Prof Guillermo Rein. 🔥 @GuillermoRein]

He signed many of our copies of his books. And was so kind and generous with his time and wisdom. Thank you Dr Q!

[Prof Guillermo Rein. 🔥 @GuillermoRein]

We had a great visit today from USDA Missoula Fire Lab. Dr Sara McAllister is spending two days with us at Imperial talking about wildfires, both flaming and smouldering ones. It is always such a joy to talk to her.

[Prof Guillermo Rein. 🔥 @GuillermoRein]

Epidemic of smouldering wildfires in British Columbia 😓

[Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos @StopTheBadFires]

And here is @cwalkerravena presenting the new @ResAlliance #Cyprus goat firefighter tactical employment. Goats can be tactically grazed on areas of tactical wildfire risk 🐐🐐

[Daniel Trenado @ImSeudo]

Hoy, os cuento por qué el aceite de oliva está tan caro, y por qué lo va a estar aún más.

Bienvenidos a la historia de un colapso ya anunciado.

[Carlos Walker-Ravena @cwalkerravena]

Every time I read about the dire situation for the victims of the 2018 Mati fire, it breaks my heart.

[Prof Guillermo Rein. 🔥 @GuillermoRein]

The lab looks much better with people and demos now. 🙏🏻

[Carlos Walker-Ravena @cwalkerravena]

After finally taking my @ImperialHazelab photo I can announce that I am a Research Associate at @imperialcollege. Having studied my undergrad here 10 years ago... it is nice to come back with experiences from @EdinburghFire and @LondonFire! Lets see what the future holds!🔥

[Prof Dr Christine Eriksen @DrCEriksen]

I agree with the proposed solutions to Greece's wildfire woes in this @AJEnglish article. But let's be clear, #wildfire is a natural hazard not a natural disaster. What turns wildfire into a disaster are the socially constructed risks the article discusses https://t.co/WyyC883ZRK

[Harry Mitchell 🔥 @HEMitchell42]

Today @ImperialHazelab had visitors to our lab from @EPSRC !! We shared our research on wildfires, battery fires, and more 🔥🔥

[Carlos Walker-Ravena @cwalkerravena]

Today, @ImperialHazelab hosted a visit by @marti_manes from @LivUni. It was great to hear about her involvement in EUFireStat. The project aims to harmonise fire statistics in the EU and other participating countries. Really awesome and opens door to data-driven methods in FSE!🤓

[Carlos Walker-Ravena @cwalkerravena]

This Monday, we had a visit from @EPSRC at @imperialcollege and our lab, @ImperialHazelab. I presented my wildfire flame spread demo to them. For some fun, we conducted a race between the horizontal and inclined cases... I'm sure you can guess which one came out on top! Haha 😄🔥

[Carlos Walker-Ravena @cwalkerravena]

On Thursday and Friday, my summer student, Simona, and I wrapped up her project where she designed and created a lab demo to showcase flashover in compartments! It's really cool to have this educational tool in @ImperialHazelab , and I'm excited to build on it in the future! 🔥🔬

[Carlos Walker-Ravena @cwalkerravena]

Wednesday, I was fortunate enough to attend a talk by Jose Torero on the significance of competence in engineering fire-safe timber buildings. He argued that without the proper foundational competency framework, safety becomes a luxury accessible only to those who can afford it.

[Carlos Walker-Ravena @cwalkerravena]

Tuesday evening, @GuillermoRein presented at @hazardsforum hosted at @ICE_engineers. Great to hear from him about the work conducted in @ImperialHazelab coupling @LondonFire and @metoffice data to explain fire occurrences in the city & what this might mean in a changing climate!

[Carlos Walker-Ravena @cwalkerravena]

Tuesday, @ImperialHazelab was fortunate enough to welcome @PVfireguy to present to us his cutting-edge research on PV panel fire safety. Great to see Jens and have him underline the need to ensure careful consideration is made when sustainability innovations are introduced!