One of the drawbacks of expertise is that it can frequently ruin the cinematic experience. With the proliferation of explosive content in action movies, Kristen Salzer-Frost frequently has to make extra efforts to suspend her disbelief. Join us as she grabs her blamethrower to point a critical finger at the big screen’s representation of fire.

Kristen Salzer-Frost is a Lecturer in Fire Engineering at Glasgow Caledonian University. She started her career in the industry 20 years ago as a Fire Safety Engineer in Australia before moving to the UK. She has worked on projects all over the world, including Australia, Malaysia, Scotland, England, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Italy, and Russia. Her specialties are in computer modelling of fire and evacuation, practical fire safety building design strategies, international fire engineering projects and fire safety design in historic buildings.