This book provides the latest research and technology advances in building fire safety and smart firefighting. Different experts systemically review the application of new technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Virtual Reality, Digitalization, and Metaverse in fire safety areas. These multi-disciplinary research and technology fusion will significantly change the fire resilience design and firefighting practices in the next 20 years. Achieving urban fire safety and resilience also plays a key role in developing future smart buildings and cities. This book attracts more young researchers into the latest multi-disciplinary fire safety research and promotes the application of the new technologies in firefighting.

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Dr. Xinyan Huang is an Associate Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has co-authored over 100 journal papers on combustion, fire dynamics, and smart firefighting and serves as Associate Editor of the Fire Technology and International Journal of Wildland Fire.

Dr. Wai Cheong Tam is a Mechanical Engineer (ZP4) in Fire Fighting Technology Group from Fire Research Division at National Institute of Standards and Technology. He has co-authored over 50 academic publications on thermal radiation heat transfer, smart firefighting, and firefighters' health monitoring.