Enhancing Fire Protection in Heritage Buildings: A Two-Decade Review
Over the past 20 years, the fire protection of heritage buildings in Sweden has seen significant improvements through the installation...
Insights
This category includes in-depth posts on new topics or problems that are still open
Are Forest Fires a New War Crime against Natural Heritage?
On February 24, 2022, the Russian Federation initiated a large-scale military invasion of Ukraine, resulting in widespread destruction and contamination...
From Clouds to Digital Twins: how Lidar Technology Improves Historic Buildings Safety
Historic buildings are often landmarks that hold significant cultural, artistic, or architectural value. However, these structures also pose challenges when...
Choosing the Best AES for Each Historic Building
As the world's cultural and historical treasures continue to fascinate us, so too does the threat of fire and its...
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...
Protecting Old Books from Water and Extinguishing Substances
Old books and manuscripts are exposed to various risks, including damage from water and extinguishing substances. Since conservation efforts are...
Can Historic Buildings Tolerate Fire Signs and Extinguishers?
Throughout history, buildings have always been subject to the risk of fire. From the fire in Rome in 64 AD...
Historic Buildings and Special Needs Safety in Emergencies
According the UNDRR (UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction) 2023 Global Survey on Persons with Disabilities and Disasters people with...
Fire Threats to Archaeological Sites: an Unexpected Theme
Can fires of all vegetation damage archaeological or cultural resources? Actually, fire always poses a threat to every human artefact,...
Cultural Heritage Endangered: Being Aware To Learn From 2023 Disasters
In 2023, the world witnessed the destruction of several historically and culturally significant buildings, with wars, earthquakes, and fires being...
Climate Change & Wildfires. A new Threat for Historical Towns
In August 2023, Maui, the Hawaiian island known for its landscapes, faced an unprecedented crisis, known as the Maui wildfires....
A New tool to Protect Cultural Heritage: VR Training for First Responders
On the day Notre Dame de Paris was devastated by a major fire, trained firefighters managed to save many priceless...
Fire Safety Strategies for Historic and Cultural Heritage Sites
Throughout history, fires have left an indelible mark, recounting tales of both unintentional and deliberate blazes that have wreaked havoc...
Fire Safety Engineering and Cultural Heritage Buildings
Updated January 2026 Introduction One of the most powerful tools that fire protection professionals have at their disposal to reflect...
Is Europe Ready for Climate Impact on Cultural Heritage?
Updated February 2026 On 12 November 2018 the European Commission published the news item “Europe is ready for climate impacts:...
Wildfire Threats to Cultural Heritage: Insights from the STORM Project
Editor's Note (February 2026): This article, originally published in September 2017, remains highly relevant as wildfire threats to cultural heritage...
An insight on Water Mist and Cultural Heritage fire protection
According to the NFPA 750 (Standard on Water Mist Fire Protection Systems) definition, water mist is a water spray for...
Fire Risks and New Threats from Climate Change to Libraries and Archives
The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published in 2012 a document which is "an indicator-based assessment of past and projected...
LiDAR and Cultural Heritage in Emergency Operations
The project STORM (Safeguarding Cultural Heritage through Technical and Organisational Resources Management) has been funded by the Horizon 2020 EU...
