A EU Funded Course on Cultural Heritage Protection and Climate Change
In three weeks, between January and February 2019, the STORM Academy 2019 has been held in Rome, within the EU...
Documents and Research
This category includes posts that deal with research and publications on the risks and protection of cultural heritage
European Forum for Distaster Risk Reduction on Cultural Heritage Resilience
The European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR) forms the regional platform structure of Europe of the UNISDR, the U.N. ...
UNESCO and World Bank on Cultural Heritage and Reconstruction
CURE (Culture in City Reconstruction and Recovery) is a position paper published in 2018 by UNESCO and the World Bank...
A Toolkit for Cultural Heritage by War Risks
Cover of the ICCROM - Prince Claus Fund handbook "FIRST AID TO CULTURAL HERITAGE IN TIMES OF CRISIS" On October...
3D Scan of St. Francis Basilica to Improve Emergency Management
One of the main problems of emergency management in case of damage reported by historic buildings after an earthquake is...
Emergency Evacuation of Heritage Collections: an ICCROM-UNESCO Handbook
The protection of cultural heritage mainly aims to prevent any type of danger from posing an excessive risk to the...
First Aid to Cultural Heritage in the STORM Summer School
Protecting Cultural Heritage form disasters needs different actions, one of the more important of which is to make aware stakeholders...
Forest Fire Risks to Cultural Heritage: a STORM Project Presentation
When evaluating the fire risks to cultural resources, the focus is typically on buildings and artifacts, with forest or vegetation...
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...
USDA on the Effects of Fire on Cultural Resources and Archaeology
On May 2012 the United States the Department of Agricolture (USDA) has published the Technical Report: Wildland Fire in Ecosystems...
UAVs to Save Cultural Heritage in Emergency Scenarios
Protecting cultural heritage during and after a disaster is a crucial objective for emergency services. Situational awareness is essential and...
The ABC Method to Approach Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Emergencies
Risks to cultural heritage vary from catastrophic events (such as earthquakes, floods, etc) to gradual processes (such as chemical, physical,...
STORM: an Horizon 2020 research project on heritage and environmental changes
STORM (Safeguarding Cultural Heritage through Technical and Organisational Resources Management) is a research and development project initiated by the European...
Fire and Flood in the Built Environment: a COTAC Report
Cover of COTAC report COTAC is the Council on Training in Architectural Conservation. On 20 November 2014 the COTAC’s Annual...
Cultural Heritage and Forest Fires Hazards
picture taken from Kosmas Dimitropoulos , Kovanc Köse, Nikos Grammalidis, and Enis Cetin paper Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing is the...
Termites, Worms, Xylophagous and Fire Protections In Museums
In some cases, fire protection systems can be useful to improve the environment of museums and galleries, like the active...
U.S. Government Agency’s Fire Safety Retrofitting in Historical Buildings
Cover of the 1989 document "Fire Safety Retrofitting in Historic Buildings", later replaced by procedures published on the US General...
Sprinkler Corrosion and Fire Safety Issues in Historic Buildings
Ageing firefighting installations can cause severe reliability problems in historic buildings. An interesting article (Corrosion Process Inside Steel Fire Sprinkler...
NSW Guidelines on Fire Safety in Heritage Buildings
State of New South Wales (Australia) has published the Guidelines on fire safety in heritage buildings. In the introduction to...
The Arson Threat to Historical Buildings and Built Heritage
Arson has been in history and continues to pose a serious risk to historic and cultural buildings. In fact, the...
Fire Test On A Standing Georgian Dwelling Bath (UK) 1967
Report on a Fire Test of a Ceiling in a Georgian Dwelling House on 2 March 1967, published in the...
Fire Incidents in Historic Buildings (2000–2006): The COST C17 Report
Compiled by Professor Ingval Maxwell and published in the Cost C17 proceedings, this compilation presents a comprehensive catalogue of the...
