During a reception at the NFPA Conference & Expo in Las Vegas, a project that describes a novel framework for modeling wildfire urban evacuations was awarded the 2018 Fire Protection Research Foundation Medal. The project was lead by Enrico Ronchi at our Department of Fire Safety Engineering at Lund University and it included a multi-disciplinary team of researchers from Imperial College and the National Research Council of Canada. More information about the award ceremony can be found here.