Industrial Archaeology and Fire Safety: a Missing Marriage?
The field of industrial archaeology, emerged in the 1950s, is now understood as the study of artifacts and evidence from...
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Monitoring and Maintenance of Archaeological Sites: the Conference Proceedings
Historic buildings are by their nature subject to the degradation that time and atmospheric agents entail. To limit the damage...
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...
White House Compound Fire (USA)
On December 19, 2007, offices in the historic Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House were damaged by smoke and...
Cutty Sark Fire: Vacuum Cleaner Blamed
The Cutty Sark the day after the May, 21 2007 Fire (Stephen Craven / The Cutty Sark, burnt out) On the morning...
How to Build an Emergency Plans for Museums: a Getty Guide
The Getty Conservation Institute has published on its website the "Building an Emergency Plan", which is the result of a...
Damage Limitation Teams: How to Improve Safety Management
Management is an important part of fire safety of the built heritage and of cultural resources. To ensure permanent risk...
