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- Advances in fire safety engineering: 5th Iberian-Latin-American Congress on Fire SafetyPublication . Piloto, P.A.G. (Ed.); Rodrigues, João Paulo C. (Ed.); Silva, Valdir P. (Ed.)This book gathers selected contributions presented during the 5th Iberian-Latin-American Congress on Fire Safety (CILASCI), held in Porto, Portugal, from 15–17 July 2019. The CILASCI is held once every two years, with the aim of disseminating scientific and technical knowledge in the field of fire safety, attracting different players involved in this area of knowledge. The 5th Iberian-Latin-American Congress on Fire Safety reflected the new developments achieved in a wide range of application areas. The papers included in this book were selected out of 78 manuscripts (full papers), and five invited lectures, written and presented during six parallel sessions from researchers around the world (Algeria, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, France, Hong Kong, Italy, Mozambique, Portugal, Spain, UK and USA). The selected papers were peer-reviewed during and after the congress, and this selection process has resulted in new, extended, revised and full original versions covering the experimental analysis of materials and structures, the computational modelling of structures and materials, the fire events in special buildings and spaces, the architectural issues and evacuation topics for fire safety in buildings. Fire safety has been advancing fast as a result of research, development and innovation worldwide; the new research programmes, the support of new skilled professionals and the existence of advanced training programmes in Fire Science Technology are not only expected to increase the safety level of people, buildings and products, but are also going to produce a positive impact in the economy of each country and society. The editors gratefully acknowledge the members of the scientific committee and the experts who carried out the reviews of the manuscripts. They are also grateful to the organizing committee from the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB), the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) and the School of Engineering (ISEP) from the Polytechnic Institute of Porto, and the support from the Luso-Brazilian Association for Fire Safety (ALBASCI) is also acknowledged.