Fire Threat to Cultural Heritage Stone Buildings
The complex structure of the dome of the Chapel of the Holy Shroud, severely damaged by the fire of 1997...
Documents and Research
This category includes posts that deal with research and publications on the risks and protection of cultural heritage
Results of H2020 STORM Project in the Assessment of Damage to Cultural Heritage Buildings Following Seismic Events
The training of the Italian National Fire Brigade (CNVVF) staff has accompanied the evolution of operational needs also in the...
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...
Risk Management in Cultural Heritage Preservation: A Comprehensive Approach
Heritage managers and caretakers face the challenging task of prioritizing resources to safeguard collections, buildings, monuments, and sites. This involves...
Firefighting Equipment for Museum: a 2006 Report
The 2006 report "Manual Fire Extinguishing Equipment for Protection of Heritage", prepared by COWI within the COST C 17 Action...
Helping First Responders Limit Damage to Buildings: a Handbook
Earthquakes pose a big threat to cultural and heritage buildings. Normally, historic buildings are more vulnerable to seismic actions than...
How Protect Cultural Heritage across Borders? a Project on Emergencies
Promedhe has been a project funded by the General-Directorate of the European Commission for Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid (DG...
Protecting Monuments: a Charter on Restoration and Safety
ICOMOS (the International Council on Monuments and Sites), is a global non-governmental organization associated with UNESCO dedicated to the conservation...
Fire Safety of Historical Wood: a Workshop in Rome
On August 30th, 2018. The wooden chest of drawers, with sculptural paintings of the Nativity and Saints Peter and Paul,...
Climate Change and Museums: a Book About Indoor Risks
Climate change, presumably, will affect the way buildings will be designed and managed. Also museums are challenged by such risk...
A EU Funded Course on Cultural Heritage Protection and Climate Change
In three weeks, between January and February 2019, the STORM Academy 2019 has been held in Rome, within the EU...
European Forum for Distaster Risk Reduction on Cultural Heritage Resilience
The European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR) forms the regional platform structure of Europe of the UNISDR, the U.N. ...
UNESCO and World Bank on Cultural Heritage and Reconstruction
CURE (Culture in City Reconstruction and Recovery) is a position paper published in 2018 by UNESCO and the World Bank...
A Toolkit for Cultural Heritage by War Risks
Cover of the ICCROM - Prince Claus Fund handbook "FIRST AID TO CULTURAL HERITAGE IN TIMES OF CRISIS" On October...
3D Scan of St. Francis Basilica to Improve Emergency Management
One of the main problems of emergency management in case of damage reported by historic buildings after an earthquake is...
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...
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...
Forest Fire Risks to Cultural Heritage: a STORM Project Presentation
When evaluating the fire risks to cultural resources, the focus is typically on buildings and artifacts, with forest or vegetation...
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...
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,...
