About this episode

This episode examines the devastating fires at the Glasgow School of Art and the lessons learned in fire safety.

In this incident debrief, we examine the two devastating fires at the Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh Building in 2014 and 2018, unpacking how heritage construction, hidden ventilation ducts, timber voids, compromised fire protection during restoration, delayed detection, and an unfinished water mist system combined to create one of the most painful fire safety lessons in modern UK firefighting. The episode explores the operational response, the difficult shift to defensive firefight...

People in this episode

Host: Pete Wakefield

Topics covered

• fire safety
• heritage construction
• firefighting lessons
• operational response
• defensive firefighting

Keywords

• Glasgow School of Art
• fire safety
• heritage construction
• fire protection
• defensive firefighting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Glasgow School of Art

Places: Mackintosh Building

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