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...
Krasna Horka Castle (Slovak Republic) severely damaged by grass fire
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...
Montmartre Theatre Fire in Paris (France)
Firefighters responding to the fire at the Élysée Montmartre - By Marie-Lan Nguyen - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14700082...
Fire in the Abbey of Saint-Remy Rochefort (Belgium)
A moment of the fire of the Abbey, that although severe, let the monks escape safely. On december 29th. 2010,...
Fire in Church During Renovation Works in Lucca (Italy)
On December 27th, 2010 a fire occurred in one of the major monuments in Lucca, the Guinigi chapel within the...
Fire destroys 600-years old Temple in Wudang Mountains (China)
On January 19, 2003, the 600-year-old Yuzhengong Palace at the Wudang Mountains was accidentally burned down by an employee of...
Statue of Liberty Evacuation due to Smoke Sensor Activation (New York, USA)
Statue of Liberty - South Pedestal Elevation - Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress) On July 21st, 2010, tourists...
Titian Painting damaged during Fire: Images of Removal Operations
Few days after the fire has damaged the Titian's painting "David and Goliath" (fire started on September 1st near the...
Water Damages Titian Painting During a Fire In Venice
On the evening of August 29th, 2010, at 10 p.m., a fire ignited at the roof level of a building...
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...
Fire at Restoration Center in Moscow (Russia)
On July 21, 2010, a blaze has killed two firefighters in a Moscow restoration center. Several paintings and icons stored...
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...
