When Fire Strikes the Memory of Lesser-known Communities
Fires don't just erase homes and landscapes: they can destroy archives, symbolic places, and traces of local identity that will...
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Wildfires in Chile Damage Historic Heritage
Large-scale wildfires and other widespread emergencies are usually narrated in terms of hectares burned, people evacuated, houses destroyed and victims....
Rebuilding a Canadian Heritage Village with Fire-Resilient Principles
On June 30, 2021, during a record-breaking heat dome, the Village of Lytton, British Columbia (Canada) — home to about...
Training Resilience Programmes for Cultural Heritage Staff in Emergencies
Cultural heritage institutions face a variety of emergencies, from localised incidents within a single structure to large-scale civil protection scenarios...
How Artworks Emergency Storage Centres are Made
The conservation of works of art and artefacts of artistic interest is of fundamental importance to preserve cultural heritage for...
Fire Risk Vs Resilience of Cultural Heritage
What is resilience in Cultural Heritage Resilience, in the context of cultural heritage, is the capacity of a site, structure...
EFDRR 2018 Rome: Sendai Framework’s Cultural Heritage Legacy – 2026 Review
Updated February 2026 The European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR), Europe's regional arm of the UNDRR (formerly UNISDR), convened...
