Fire Safety Science Digital Archive

In this paper presented are a brief history, past activities, present issues, and prospects of future activities of the International Association for Fire Safety Science. After a long history of exchanging ideas in individual international groups, the International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS) was founded in 1985 at its first Symposium, and in 1988, it became a registered charity in England and Wales. The objective of the Association is to promote research into the science of preventing and mitigating the adverse effects of fires and dissemination of the results of such research. In order to implement the objectives, the Association has held a series of Symposia. At the same time, regional activities have been performed to expand the activities of IAFSS into every individual country. Throughout these activities, various issues have been found in management of the Association. Improvement of the Association will be achieved by resolving those issues based on the policy of the Association.