Darren Blackshields BSc (Hons), MSc

Darren Blackshields has worked as a research fellow at the University of Greenwich's Fire Safety Engineering Group (FSEG) since 1999. He has been involved in developing the EXODUS evacuation model for buildings, aircraft and maritime environments. This has included work on the Royal Navy CVF class aircraft carrier, toxicity modelling for the British Home Office, and the European Union funded Framework 5 VELA, Framework 7 SAFEGUARD and Horizon 2020 AUGGMED projects.  He has also been involved in the development of a version of the EXODUS model as part of a DASA project, related to security and the simulation of marauding armed terrorist attacks. Recently he has been involved in a number of aviation evacuation related projects for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as well as the OneHeart project in collaboration with Cranfield University. He has also been involved in a project for the Sports Ground Safety Authority (SGSA) related to updating the parameters within the Green Guide, to take into account a range of uses of sports grounds, including women’s football.

Darren Blackshields also lectures on the annual Principles and Practice of Evacuation Modelling (PPEM) short course that attracts an international audience of professionals working in the fire safety field. The course covers all aspects of fire safety engineering and human behaviour in emergency and circulation situations.