Completed the first day of the ISTSS in Marseille with 225 participants from 27 different countries. During the symposium almost 60 presentations, selected among the over 100 received by a Scientific Committee, established for this symposium, speaking about Security, Explosions, Risk Analysis, Evacuation, Fixed Firefighting Systems, Passive Fire Protection, Fire Safety Engineering, Emergency Management, Ventilation, and Fire Dynamics. Read the press release. Visit http://www.istss.se/en/Sidor/default.aspx. 11/14.