EU Funding for Cultural Heritage Safety Research: A Strategic Overview (2021–2026)
How European investment in fire risk, multi-hazard resilience and emergency coordination is shaping heritage protection - and why it's still...
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Comprehensive FireRiskHeritage Guide for Historic Timber Structures Safety
Historic timber structures represent one of the most vulnerable yet essential components of architectural heritage. From medieval cathedral roofs spanning...
Fire Effects on Heritage Stone: Temperature Thresholds and Assessment
Introduction Stone has long been considered one of the most fire-resistant building materials in architectural history, providing inherent protection to...
The Reconstruction of the Glasgow School of Art following the Second Fire
In the evening of June 15, 2018, a catastrophic fire engulfed the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School...
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....
Review: A Study about Guangzhou Fire Protection Strategies and Technologies for Heritage Buildings
In an era when historic city centres across the globe are at risk—not only from large-scale redevelopment and neglect, but...
Fire in Historic District in Netherlands
A major fire broke out in the historic centre of Leeuwarden (West Frisian, Netherlands) between 12 and 13 January 2026....
Fire Resilience for Heritage in a Changing Climate: Priorities for Site Managers
International bodies such as UNESCO warn that climate-driven factors including heatwaves, droughts and extended fire seasons are intensifying fires at...
The Hidden Vulnerability: Fire Risk in Cultural Heritage Storage Facilities
On October 1, 2025, a devastating fire broke out at the main warehouse of Amar Chitra Katha (ACK) in Bhiwandi,...
Attacks on Worship Sites: the Need for Specific Fire Design Scenarios
Attacks on churches, mosques, synagogues and other places of worship have become a worrying global trend, and they increasingly strike...
Christmas Markets under Pressure: from Terror Plots to “Ordinary” Disasters
Across Europe, Christmas markets are more than seasonal shopping events. They are recurring public rituals that each year re‑occupy historic...
Why Cost–benefit Analysis matters for Historic Buildings
When deciding how to protect a historic building, it is not enough to ask “Is this measure technically effective?” The...
Rebuilding a Canadian Heritage Village with Fire-Resilient Principles
On June 30, 2021, during a record-breaking heat dome, the Village of Lytton, British Columbia (Canada) — home to about...
Backdraft at Historic Hotel Fire in Escanaba (USA)
A 161-year-old landmark hotel, a complex multi-occupancy historic structure, a ventilation-controlled fire in a concealed ceiling space, and a near‑fatal...
What is Cost-Benefit Analysis for Cultural Heritage?
If you're managing a historic building or cultural site, you face tough decisions about where to spend limited money—especially on...
Cybersecurity in Heritage Buildings: Key Gaps, Vulnerabilities & Practical Mitigation
As museums and historic sites adopt IoT-connected smart technologies for fire safety, environmental monitoring, and building automation, new cyber risks...
How Smart Technologies Improve Historic Buildings Safety
Preserving historic buildings means safeguarding not just architectural masterpieces—but the collective memory and cultural identity of communities. Today, smart technologies...
What if Smart Technologies had been implemented at the National Museum of Brazil or Notre Dame?
The catastrophic fires at the National Museum of Brazil (2018) and Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris (2019) resulted in irreversible losses—millions...
Micro-Mobility in Heritage Spaces: Managing Fire Risks Thoughtfully
As cities embrace e-bikes and e-scooters to promote sustainable urban mobility, heritage institutions—from historic cathedrals to museums—face a growing but...
Why Historic Buildings require dedicated Fire Studies
In a 2024 post titled “Why the Notre Dame Fire Improved Historic Buildings Safety”, this website examines the significance of...
Protecting Intangible Heritage from Fire Risk
A paradoxical aspect of cultural heritage safety is the protection from fire of intangible heritage that, as intangible, should be...
The Notre-Dame de Paris Fire Investigations
Six years after the Notre-Dame de Paris fire, official investigations and published sources converge on certain results and primary hypotheses...
