Los Angeles Fires destroy Heritage and Historic Sites
On January 7, 2025, devastating fires started in Los Angeles county, with the Eaton Fire killing five people and causing...
Monitoring Armed Conflicts Damages and Risks to Cultural Heritage
2024 has left a vast number of destructions of buildings and places of profound historical, artistic, religious and cultural value....
Lessons from 2024 to 2025 Cultural Heritage Safety
In 2024, our posts focused on significant events and issues that arose online, without following a specific objective, but rather...
World Heritage: UNESCO Guide to Managing Disaster Risks
According to UNESCO, cultural and natural heritage is increasingly affected by events that “are less and less “natural” in their...
Japan Cultural Heritage Resilience against Natural and Man-made Disasters
Japan has developed extensive experience in disaster risk management (DRM) for cultural heritage (CH) through years of history and disasters,...
EU and Climate Change Risk to Cultural Heritage
An April 2024 report from the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) highlights the growing threat that climate change poses to...
Treating Debris of Historical Value after an Earthquake
Over the last thousand years, at least 2,500 earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 5 have hit Italy. At least...
Water Mist in Historic Heritage. Pros and Cons
Fireriskheritage.net has already covered the use of water mist systems in historic and heritage buildings. The recent reopening of Notre...
Environment Protection and Fire Risk Reduction in History
Fire has always played an important role in antiquity, both in practice and in worship. For examle, the sacred fire...
Fire Risk Vs Resilience of Cultural Heritage
What is resilience in Cultural Heritage Resilience, in the context of cultural heritage, is the capacity of a site, structure...
New UNESCO Guide: Protecting Cultural and Natural Heritage from Fire
Fires are among the most serious and destructive threats to the world’s cultural and natural heritage. From iconic monuments such...
A Report on Impact of Explosive Weapons on Cultural Heritage
The devastating effects of war devices on the civilian population are well known to all. However, such devices seriously damage...
Arson Risk to Isolated Buildings
Cultural and religious buildings are increasingly vulnerable to intentional damage, driven by motives ranging from personal vendettas to broader acts...
St. Peter Basilica: an Exciting Digital Twin of Immense Proportions
Digital twin of historical buildings contribute to safety and emergency management. The Fabbrica di San Pietro, the institution responsible for...
Fire Safety and Security to Save Empty Buildings
An interesting 2008 document developed under the Insurers' Fire Research Strategy scheme (InFiReS) and published by the Fire Protection Association...
Historic Golf Clubhouse Propane Destruction
On November 15, 2024, a devastating fire destroyed the historic clubhouse at Highland Golf Club in Shelton, Connecticut, just months...
The 1962 Restoration of the Fake Dome of Sant’Ignatius: An Example of Synergy between Firefighters and Heritage Protection
A Forgotten Episode, a Lesson for the Future In 1962, the church of Sant’Ignazio di Loyola in Rome was the...
Destruction of Armenian Heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh
In early August 2024, Azerbaijani military forces completely destroyed Mokhrenes, a village also known by its Azerbaijani name of Susanlyg....
Iquique St. Antonio Church Destroyed by Return Fire
On October 11, 2024, the Chilean church of San Antonio de Padua in Iquique, formerly known as the Church of...
Grenfell Fire Report – the Key Lessons for Existing Buildings Safety
The Grenfell Tower fire occurred at the 24-storey skyscraper, in the North Kensington district of London, on the night of...
Courtauld Gallery fire: no damaged artworks but causes unknown
On 17 August 2024, a fire broke out in part of the roof of the Somerset House building (London, UK)...
Historic Astronomical Observatory in Rome Evacuated Due to Fire
The vegetation fire that broke out on July 31st, 2024, in the early afternoon in Rome, on the Monte Mario...
