Introduction
The Hazards Forum was established in 1989 by the four major engineering institutions, the Institutions of Civil, Electrical, Mechanical and Chemical Engineers. to provide an interdisciplinary focus for the study of disasters and the promulgation of lessons learned from them..
Since then the Forum has broadened
its remit to inform the public
understanding of risk, while continuing to develop its work on the analysis of hazardous events,
dissemination of lessons learned and the
promotion of risk reduction strategies.
The Forum believes that decision making and deliberation about the assessment and management of risk should not be confined to risk professionals.
Wider stakeholder views and perceptions, including those of the public should, where appropriate, be taken into account. The Forum believes that it has a key role to play in encouraging open, timely and active debate and in
ensuring that robust, relevant, independent and accessible information is widely available.
Some ways in which the above might be achieved are contained within a report, 'Public Understanding of Risk'.
One of its recommendations was to institute
evening events which debate specific risk issues. These we hold quarterly and reports are produced which can be downloaded free by clicking
Books, Publications and Articles..
Details of future events and when these are being run can be found on the Events page.
Hazards have always been a fact of life. However, recent events and their coverage in the media have focussed attention of the public on possible risks they face as a result of technological advance and climate change. In this complex world people need to understand the nature of the hazards they face and the magnitude of any associated risk so that they can decide how to respond to them. The Hazards Forum believes, amongst other things, that such issues should be freely debated and seeks to provide this opportunity and draw unbiased conclusions.
The Hazards Forum continues to grow and now has over 60 members. For details of members click on the appropriate membership type:Engineering; or Associates; or Affiliates; or Corporate Affiliates; orIndividuals.
Benefits of becoming a member
If you are interested in knowing more about becoming a member please click on the "Contact" button.
Benefits include:
- the opportunity to network with top experts in a wide variety of safety and risk related fields;
- a platform to air your concerns;
- substantial reduction in attendance fees for sponsored and co-sponsored events.
- free invitation to all evening events.