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Fires in World Heritage Buildings
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7376-6272
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8966-3649
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2437-486X
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3728-7514
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3535-7574
Heritage, cultural and historical buildings have been built all over the world and they represent part of the history and wealth of the people. Most of these buildings are hundreds of years old. Minimum criteria of prevention and protection against fires were not taken into account during their construction. This makes them vulnerable to catastrophes that cause incalculable losses. This paper investigates fires in heritage buildings around the world during the period 1990–2019. Results showed that the five main causes for these events to occur were: vandalism 26%, during restoration: 21%, electrical problems and short circuits: 17%, accidents: 16% and undetermined causes: 20%. Based on these results, safety recommendations are provided to prevent these events and to minimize both human and material damages if a fire were to occur.
Fires in World Heritage Buildings
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7376-6272
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8966-3649
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2437-486X
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3728-7514
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3535-7574
Heritage, cultural and historical buildings have been built all over the world and they represent part of the history and wealth of the people. Most of these buildings are hundreds of years old. Minimum criteria of prevention and protection against fires were not taken into account during their construction. This makes them vulnerable to catastrophes that cause incalculable losses. This paper investigates fires in heritage buildings around the world during the period 1990–2019. Results showed that the five main causes for these events to occur were: vandalism 26%, during restoration: 21%, electrical problems and short circuits: 17%, accidents: 16% and undetermined causes: 20%. Based on these results, safety recommendations are provided to prevent these events and to minimize both human and material damages if a fire were to occur.
Fires in World Heritage Buildings
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7376-6272
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8966-3649
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2437-486X
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3728-7514
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3535-7574
Heritage, cultural and historical buildings have been built all over the world and they represent part of the history and wealth of the people. Most of these buildings are hundreds of years old. Minimum criteria of prevention and protection against fires were not taken into account during their construction. This makes them vulnerable to catastrophes that cause incalculable losses. This paper investigates fires in heritage buildings around the world during the period 1990–2019. Results showed that the five main causes for these events to occur were: vandalism 26%, during restoration: 21%, electrical problems and short circuits: 17%, accidents: 16% and undetermined causes: 20%. Based on these results, safety recommendations are provided to prevent these events and to minimize both human and material damages if a fire were to occur.
Fires in World Heritage Buildings
Advs in Intelligent Syst., Computing
Botto-Tobar, Miguel (editor) / Cruz, Henry (editor) / Díaz Cadena, Angela (editor) / Venegas, Diego (author) / Erazo, Oswaldo (author) / Farías, Óscar (author) / Ayabaca, César (author) / Medina, Ana (author)
XV Multidisciplinary International Congress on Science and Technology ; 2020 ; Quito, Ecuador
Artificial Intelligence, Computer and Software Engineering Advances ; Chapter: 32 ; 433-447
2021-03-20
15 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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