BIM/GIS Fire-Risk Models for Heritage: Why Interoperability Is Still the Core Problem
Recent research on BIM and GIS for heritage fire-risk assessment has produced promising results, but one issue continues to dominate...
fire risk assessment
Wildfires in Chile Damage Historic Heritage
Large-scale wildfires and other widespread emergencies are usually narrated in terms of hectares burned, people evacuated, houses destroyed and victims....
Why COST Action C17 still Defines the Agenda for Fire Safety in Historic Buildings
The 2019 Notre-Dame fire and the 2018 Glasgow School of Art disaster revealed a troubling reality: despite decades of advancement...
Do Traditional Fire Codes Fall Short in Protecting Cultural Artifacts? The Notre Dame des Champs Case
When discussing fire safety in cultural heritage buildings, such as churches, museums, and historic monuments, we often rely on standards...
Review and Critique of UNESCO’s Fire Risk Management Guide
In a previous post (Fire Risk Management Guide (2024) Protecting Cultural and Natural Heritage from Fire) , this platform has briefly...
Historic Buildings and Bushfires Protection: a Verification Method
The devastation of historic buildings and assets that occurred in January 2025 in the Los Angeles area is one of...
Why Need to Assess Fire Risk in Historic Buildings?
According to Mr Ingval Maxwell, a leading expert on the safety of historic buildings, "about one historic building is damaged...
Fire Risks in Cultural Heritage: Key Challenges
Strategies for Historic Buildings Amid Climate Threats updated March 2026 TL;DR: 8 Key Fire Risks for Cultural Heritage Aged wood/straw...
How safeguard Cultural Heritage from Disasters? an EU analysis
In 2018 the Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture EAC.D1 Cultural Policy of the European Commissione has published the...
Historical Objects and Faulty Air Conditioners: a Massive Destruction
On the evening of September 2, 2018, a catastrophic fire ravaged the National Museum of Brazil, resulting in the loss...
Historic Underground Premises: how with Fire Safety of Visitors?
In the International Conference on Safety Issues of Rescue Operations in Underground Structures, held in Rome (Italy) on March 3rd,...
U.S. Government Agency’s Fire Safety Retrofitting in Historical Buildings
Cover of the 1989 document "Fire Safety Retrofitting in Historic Buildings", later replaced by procedures published on the US General...
The Arson Threat to Historical Buildings and Built Heritage
Arson has been in history and continues to pose a serious risk to historic and cultural buildings. In fact, the...
Measuring the Impact of Fire Extinguisher Agents on Cultural Resource Materials – Final Report (2010)
One of the main problems posed by fire protection of cultural resources is the behavior of archaic and support materials...
How to Build an Emergency Plans for Museums: a Getty Guide
The Getty Conservation Institute has published on its website the "Building an Emergency Plan", which is the result of a...
Risk of Restoration Works: Six Years of Fire in Venice
Venice, 27 june 1998: fire in the outside of Santi Geremia e Lucia's church. In this case the scaffolding contributed...
