When Fire Strikes the Memory of Lesser-known Communities 
The Uffizi Cyberattack: a Warning for Heritage Institutions, but not a simple story 
March 2026 War Damage: Drone Strikes Devastate Cultural Heritage in Ukraine, Iran, Israel & Lebanon 
Fire at Venice Biennale’s Serbia Pavilion (Italy) 
Widespread damage to Iran’s cultural heritage reported amid military conflict: 56 sites affected 
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Disasters And Historic Buildings: the Need for a Common Data Protocol
On April 6, 2009, the Historic city of L'Aquila, experienced a devastating earthquake, resulting in 309 fatalities, over 1,600 injuries,...
Damages to Cultural Heritage Caused by 24th August 2016 Central Italy Earthquake
On August 24th, 2016 a severe earthquake has hit an area in Central Italy approximately among the city of Amatrice and...
Saving Heritage at Risk – Remembering the 1966 Florence Flooding
On November 4th 1966 a flash flood caused in central Italy 47 deaths, hundreds of injured and 46,000 displaced people and...
19th Century Manhattan Church Destroyed by fire in New York (USA)
The New York Serbian Orthodox Cathedral od St. Sava on West 25th Street on May 1st has been destroyed by...
Fire in Italian historical town damages several buildings
A moment of the fire (picture from: http://www.laprovinciadivarese.it/stories/verbano-e-valli/mostruoso-incendio-a-luino-20-sfollati_1164847_11/) A fire broke out in the historic center of Luino (Italy). For...
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 in Moscow Library Destroy One mln Books
On January 31st, 2015, one of Russia's largest academic libraries, which contains millions of unique historic documents, has been severely...
Extensive Fire Damages Clandon Park House in Surrey
On April 29th, 2015, a devastating fire engulfed the renowned 18th-century Palladian masterpiece, Clandon Park House near Guildford in Surrey....
120 Firefighters to Extinguish a Museum Fire in Paris
In the early hours of August 20, 2015, a devastating fire engulfed the Cité de la Science et de l'Industrie...
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...
A Historic District Protection Planning Good Practice
During the Venice 2012 meeting in Venice on Fire safety of historic buildings, Danny Mc Daniel (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) has...
Grass Fire Destroys Iconic Krasna Horka Castle Roof: Lessons for Hilltop
The Slovak Castle of Krasna Horka, severely damaged by fire on March 10, 2012, started by incautious burning of dry...
Historic Underground Premises: how with Fire Safety of Visitors?
In the International Conference on Safety Issues of Rescue Operations in Underground Structures, held in Rome (Italy) on March 3rd,...
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...
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 to improve the environment of museums and galleries, like the active...
