Protection of Cultural Assets in the Event of Armed Conflict: Germany Federal Office
Protecting the Cultural Heritage of a Nation is covered by the Hague Convention, signed in 1954. German Federal Office of...
Month: December 2009
Cost C17 Final Report Brochure
Cover of the Cost C17 Action Report Final brochure An emerging proposal to initiate an integrated approach to the established...
Fire of the roof of Parma (Italy) Cathedral Belltower
On October 22th 2009, 2.29 a.m., a lightning struck the metal statue of the Parma (Italy) Cathedral Belltower (built between...
Museum Fire – Dean Heritage Centre in Soudley (UK)
A total of 24 firefighters took two hours to put out the fire which spread through the roof space of...
Building an Emergency Plan A Guide for Museums and Other Cultural Institutions
The Getty Conservation Institute has published on its website the "Building an Emergency Plan", which is the result of a...
Scottish Castle Saved by “Quick Actions” of Staff
A positive example of how useful is keeping a good level of training and safety management in historical buildings has...
Malfunctioning Sprinkler in Archive
A malfunctioning sprinkler head reduced some historical documents kept in Columbia (USA) by the Missouri State Historical Society to waterlogged...
Are Wireless Sensors Suitable to Heritage Buildings?
Wireless sensors can be used with fair advantages in historical buildings. They do not need the works that normally have...
Fire Effects on Archaic Materials, Cultural Resources and Archeology
As specialists know, one of the main problems in applying fire safety engineering to cultural heritage is the lack of...
Damage Limitation Teams: How to Improve Safety Management
Management is an important part of fire safety of the built heritage and of cultural resources. To ensure permanent risk...
Fire Risk and Restoration works: 6 years of Fire Data in Venice
The problem of restoration-rehabilitation sites fires and their consequent severe damages to the historic-artistic heritage seems to not receive the...
Did Rome’s Colosseum suffered a post earthquake fire in 271 A.D.?
In 217 A.D. Rome's Colosseum was slightly damaged by a fire. Since Rome is built in a seismic area and...
Rome 2003 Conference “Integrating Historic Preservation with Security, Fire Protection, Life safety and Building Management Systems”
On April 10-11th 2003 the Conference "Integrating Historic Preservation with Security, Fire Protection, Life safety and Building Management Systems" has...
Fire Ratings of Archaic Materials
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development - Office of Policy Development and research (http://www.huduser.org) has issued in 2007...
Car Museum Suspected Arson
Denghbig's (North Wales, UK) Cae Dai cars museum has suffered extensive damages after a fire broke out on December 1st,...
Fire Destroys Historic Inn and Restaurant
At approximately 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 29, 2005, The Reluctant Panther Inn & Restaurant, a landmark in Manchester, Vermont...
Scottish Historic Buildings national Fire database – Risk evaluation
In an attempt to evaluate and reduce the different level of risk in heritage building, in Scotland, a unique approach...
