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...
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Vegetation Fires and Cultural Heritage: the Getty Museum Case
On December 5th, 2017, a large brush fire in California has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people and...
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...
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...
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 of 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,...
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 Loss to Historic Buildings – The Executive COST C17 Summary of Recommendations
Fire continues to be one of the greatest threats to our shared cultural heritage. The COST Action C17 Action (Built Heritage:...
Built Heritage: Fire Loss to Historic Buildings – COST C17 Final Outcomes
Front page of the COST Action C17: Fire Loss to Built Heritale - Executive Summary of Recommendation Historic buildings, many...
