Fire at Damascus Historic District: destroyed a Palace and Cultural Treasures, fire protection, historic, cultural heritage
On the morning of July 16, 2023, a fierce fire ravaged the city's historic district, specifically the Old City's Souk...
Significant Historical Collections Lost in the Fire of the Indonesian National Museum
Tragedy struck the National Museum of Indonesia on 17th September 2023 evening, when a devastating fire broke out in one...
Historical Objects and Faulty Air Conditioners: a Massive Destruction
On the evening of September 2, 2018, a catastrophic fire ravaged the National Museum of Brazil, resulting in the loss...
The NFPA 909 on Museums, Libraries and Places of Worship
The NFPA 909 standard, published in 2021, provides guidelines for the protection of cultural resources during fire events. Some key...
Fire Threat to Cultural Heritage Stone Buildings
Fire has always been a threat to cultural historic valuable buildings and surroundings. The level of loss is unacceptable, yet...
Results of H2020 STORM Project in the Assessment of Damage to Cultural Heritage Buildings Following Seismic Events
Updated January 2026 Introduction STORM (Safeguarding Cultural Heritage through Technical and Organisational Resources Management) was a groundbreaking research and development...
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...
Monitoring and Maintenance of Archaeological Sites: the Conference Proceedings
Updated January 2026 Introduction Historic buildings and archaeological sites are by their nature subject to the degradation that time and...
Nantes Gothic Cathedral Damaged by Fire
On July 18th, 2020, a devastating fire engulfed the St Peter and St Paul Gothic Cathedral in Nantes, a medieval...
Risk Management in Cultural Heritage Preservation: A Comprehensive Approach
Heritage managers and caretakers face the challenging task of prioritizing resources to safeguard collections, buildings, monuments, and sites. This involves...
Firefighting Equipment and Techniques for Museums: A Comprehensive Guide for Heritage Managers
Updated January 2026 Introduction The 2006 report "Manual Fire Extinguishing Equipment for Protection of Heritage", prepared by COWI within the...
Notre Dame Fire: What we Know About
On Novembre 29th, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron thanked the 1,200 people, including workers, entrepreneurs, architects, members of...
Helping First Responders Limit Damage to Buildings: a Handbook
Earthquakes pose a big threat to cultural and heritage buildings. Normally, historic buildings are more vulnerable to seismic actions than...
How Protect Cultural Heritage across Borders? a Project on Emergencies
Promedhe has been a project funded by the General-Directorate of the European Commission for Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid (DG...
Protecting Monuments: a Charter on Restoration and Safety
ICOMOS (the International Council on Monuments and Sites), is a global non-governmental organization associated with UNESCO dedicated to the conservation...
Fire Safety of Historical Wood: a Workshop in Rome
On August 30th, 2018. The wooden chest of drawers, with sculptural paintings of the Nativity and Saints Peter and Paul,...
Climate Change and Museums: a Book About Indoor Risks
Climate change, presumably, will affect the way buildings will be designed and managed. Also museums are challenged by such risk...
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...
UNESCO and World Bank on Cultural Heritage and Reconstruction: A Critical Analysis of the CURE Framework
CURE (Culture in City Reconstruction and Recovery) is a position paper published in 2018 by UNESCO and the World Bank...
Europe Is Ready for Climate Impact. What about Cultural Heritage protection?
Expected annual damage to critical infrastructure in European regions, due toclimate change, by the end of the century (million EUR)...
A Toolkit for Cultural Heritage by War Risks
Updated January 2026 Introduction In October 2018, ICCROM (the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of...
Emergency Evacuation of Heritage Collections: an ICCROM-UNESCO Handbook
The protection of cultural heritage aims first of all to prevent dangerous events from turning into unacceptable risks for collections and sites....
