STORM: an Horizon 2020 research project on heritage and environmental changes
STORM (Safeguarding Cultural Heritage through Technical and Organisational Resources Management) is a EU research and development project funded in the...
scientific department
Fire in Moscow library destroy 1 mln books
Fire at the Moscow Academic Institute of Scientific Information (more…)
What happens when water is not enough: the Clandon Park (UK) fire case
On April 29th, 2015, a fire has destroyed the 18th century Palladian masterpiece of Clandon Park. The fire started in...
Citè de la Science: 120 firefighters in Paris to extinguish a museum fire
Paris firefighters on August 20th 2015 have fought a fire at the Cite des Sciences. The fire broke out between 02:30...
Fire and Flood in the Built Environment: a COTAC Report
On 20 November 2014 the COTAC’s Annual Conference entitled “Fire and Flood in the Built Environment: Keeping the Threat at...
Historic District Protection Planning: A Case Study
Danny Mac Daniels (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) has presented the following theme during the september 20th , 2012, Venice meeting on...
ICT and Massive Rescue Operations in Historic Districts
Stefano Marsella (Italian Fire Corps) has shown, during the Venice meeting of 20 september 2012 on emergencies in historical centers,...
NFPA Committees and Historical Building Safety
Deborah Freeland (Area Senior Vice President Property Loss Control Arthur J Gallagher & Co.)and Donald Moeller (Principal The Fire Consultants,...
Mass Notification Systems in Historical Buildings
Wayne Moore (Hughes Associates) and Thomas Norton (Norel Services Corp) have shown during the Venice meeting on emergencies in historical...
Training staff to emergencies in historical buildings
Steve Emery, Fire Safety Adviser for English Heritage, has presented in Venice, during the September 20th international meeting, how English...
Venice meeting on emergency in Historical Centers
VENICE - SCUOLA GRANDE DI SAN GIOVANNI EVANGELISTA 20 September 2012: International Workshop - Protecting historic centres during emergencies The...
Castle destroyed by grass fire
On 10 March 2012, the castle of Krasna Horka in Slovak Republic caught fire, allegedly due to burning of dry...
Performance based approach and fire protection of historic buildings
The strategy of protection of historical building against fire risk is different from almost any other type of building. In...
Historic Underground Premises and Visitors Safety
During the international conference on safety issues of rescue operations in underground structures, held in Rome (Italy) on march 3rd,...
Cultural Heritage and Forest Fires
picture taken from Kosmas Dimitropoulos , Kovanc Köse, Nikos Grammalidis, and Enis Cetin paper Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing is the...
Fireworks and Cultural buildings safety
On 9 February 2009 the Beijing Television Cultural Center has been damaged by a massive blaze. The building, in the...
Egyptian Museum and the Threat of Riots Fires in Cairo (Egypt)
The potential collapse of a neighboring building caused by fire due to the riots has threatened the priceless artifacts kept...
Termites, Worms, Xylophagous and Fire Protections in Museums
In some cases, fire protection systems can be useful also to improve the environment of museums and galleries, like the...
Arson in Sagrada Familia Cathedral in Barcelona (Spain)
A disturbed man has started a fire on April 19th 2011 in Barcelona's Cathedral Sagrada Familia, Antoni Gaudì's masterpiece. The...
Montmartre Theatre Fire in Paris (France)
A major fire on March 21st, 2011, broke inside the Elysee Montmartre Theatre. Paris fire department received the first calls...
Fire in the Abbey of Saint-Remy Rochefort (Belgium)
On december 29th. 2010, some seventy firefighters from the Fire station of Rochefort, Beauraing, Power and Dinant have been working for almost...
Fire in church during renovation works in Lucca (Italy)
A fire occurred in one of the major monuments in Lucca, the Guinigi chapel within the complex of San Francesco....
