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...
In 2024, our posts focused on significant events and issues that arose online, without following a specific objective, but rather...
According to UNESCO, cultural and natural heritage is increasingly affected by events that “are less and less “natural” in their...
Japan has developed extensive experience in disaster risk management (DRM) for cultural heritage (CH) through years of history and disasters,...
An April 2024 report from the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) highlights the growing threat that climate change poses to...
Over the last thousand years, at least 2,500 earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 5 have hit Italy. At least...
Fireriskheritage.net has already covered the use of water mist systems in historic and heritage buildings. The recent reopening of Notre...
Fire has always played an important role in antiquity, both in practice and in worship. For examle, the sacred fire...
What is resilience in Cultural Heritage Resilience, in the context of cultural heritage, is the capacity of a site, structure...
Protecting Cultural and Natural Heritage from Fire: A New UNESCO Guide A new UNESCO report, presented on 13 November 2024,...
The devastating effects of war devices on the civilian population are well known to all. However, such devices seriously damage...
Cultural and religious buildings are increasingly vulnerable to intentional damage, driven by motives ranging from personal vendettas to broader acts...
Digital twin of historical buildings contribute to safety and emergency management. The Fabbrica di San Pietro, the institution responsible for...
An interesting 2008 document developed under the Insurers' Fire Research Strategy scheme (InFiReS) and published by the Fire Protection Association...
In early August 2024, Azerbaijani military forces completely destroyed Mokhrenes, a village also known by its Azerbaijani name of Susanlyg....
On October 11, 2024, the Chilean church of San Antonio de Padua in Iquique, formerly known as the Church of...
The Grenfell Tower fire occurred at the 24-storey skyscraper, in the North Kensington district of London, on the night of...
On 17 August 2024, a fire broke out in part of the roof of the Somerset House building (London, UK)...
The vegetation fire that broke out on July 31st, 2024, in the early afternoon in Rome, on the Monte Mario...
The Monastery of Saint Hilarion in Gaza is an example of the relationship between the UNESCO World Heritage List and...
Jasper is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of 15 World Heritage Sites in...
On July 11th, 2024, a fire has broken out on the spire of Rouen Cathedral in France. Renovations had been...
A fire broke out at St. Ann's Anglican Church in Toronto in the morning of Sunday June 9, 2024, severely...