PREVENT ICCROM’s First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis Programme joins efforts with the Ministry of Culture and Media, the Republic of Croatia and the City of Trogir in organizing PREVENT - Mitigating Fire Risk for Heritage, an international hybrid symposium followed by a national capacity development workshop. This initiative will showcase nine case studies from eight countries on reducing fire risk for different types of heritage and enhancing emergency preparedness, while highlighting the effectiveness of ICCROM’s PREVENT training, first organized in November 2021.

The event will take place on 17 and 18 October 2022 in Trogir, Croatia, as well as online in an interactive format via Zoom.

To find out more about fire risk mitigation strategies adopted in Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Ireland, Israel, Nigeria and Palestine, Register here

The Symposium will be conducted in a blended format: In-person in Trogir, Croatia, and online via Zoom. All sessions will be live streamed via Zoom.

After registering, you will automatically receive a confirmation email containing further information.

For more information on attending in-person, please contact Jasna Popović, Head of Department, Conservation Department in Trogir, Directorate for Protection of Cultural Heritage Ministry of Culture and Media, Republic of Croatia.
For more information on attending online, please contact Aparna Tandon, Senior Programme Leader First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis | Sustaining Digital Heritage, ICCROM. 

Why Participate?

  • Learn about fire risk mitigation through success stories from 8 countries. This symposium foresees examples from museums in Brazil and Canada, Palace in Nigeria to the Church on Nativity in Palestine, as well as the Newbridge House and Banff Park in Ireland, to the city of Trogir in Croatia.
  • Multi-disciplinary experts representing cultural heritage professionals, fire-risk specialists and national defence from Croatia, Estonia, Italy, Sweden, etc. will share their evidence-based examples on fire-risk mitigation, as well as highlight the importance of interdisciplinarity.
  • Direct interact with experts drawn from the field of fire risk management, cultural heritage and civil protection. Interactive sessions will allow all attendees to join the growing network of cultural first aiders around the world

Programme

The scheduling time below is in CET (GMT+2)

Day 1: 17 October 2022

10:30 – 11:00   Registration

11:00 – 11:30 Welcome Speeches and Introduction      

  • Ante Bilić, Mayor of Trogir
  • Damir Trut, Director of Croatian Civil Protection Directorate 
  • Slavko Tucaković, Chief Fire Commander, Croatian Fire Association
  • Valerie Magar, Programmes Unit Manager, ICCROM
  • Minister Nina Obuljen Koržinek, PhD, Ministry of Culture and Media

Moderator: Davor Trupković, Conservator General, Directorate for Protection of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture and Media, Republic of Croatia

11:30 – 12:00 PREVENT - Developing Capacities for Fire Risk Mitigation at Heritage Places

  • Aparna Tandon, Senior Programme Leader, First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis | Sustaining Digital Heritage, ICCROM        

12:00 – 12:20 ProCultHer-Net. Building a European Community for Protecting Cultural Heritage at Risk of Disaster

  • Veronica Piacentini, PhD, Civil servant at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Italian Civil Protection Department

12:20 – 12:40 Heritage and Wildfires: The Australian Experience

  • Catherine Forbes, Principal at GML Heritage and Co-convenor Australia ICOMOS and ICOMOS New Zealand JSC-ANZCORP (Risk Preparedness)

12:40 – 13:15 Mitigating Fire Risk in the Historic City of Trogir in Croatia

  • Marin Buble, Deputy Commander, Public Fire Brigade of the City of Trogir
  • Jasna Popović, Head of the Conservation Department in Trogir, Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia                       

13:15 – 13:35 Fire Season 2022 - Challenges and Lessons Learned

  • Slavko Tucaković, Chief Fire Commander, Croatian Fire Association       

13:35 – 13:55 Reasonable Fire Safety

  • Johan Hanberger, Fire Safety Specialist, Swedish National Property Board        
Lunch break

Moderator: Alessia Strozzi, Conservation officer, Italian Ministry of Cultural Affairs

15:00 – 15:35 Blazing a Trail: New Approach to Fire Risk Management of a Local Authority’s Heritage Properties in Ireland

  • Mark Doyle, Senior Executive Fire Prevention Officer, Dublin Fire Brigade
  • Bríd Ryan, Conservation Architect, Fingal County Council
  • Helena Bergin, Senior Executive Architectural Conservation Officer, Fingal County Council          
  • Cathal Dowd Smith, Curator, Newbridge House & Farm

15:35 – 15:55 FIRESPILL: Building Capacities Through Cross-Border Collaboration

  • Ante Sanader, President, Croatian Fire Association                                          
 Coffee Break              

16:05 – 16:40 Assessing Fire Risks for Banff Park Museum National Historic Site – A Collaboration between the Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) and Parks Canada Agency (PCA), Canada

  • Katerie Gaudet-Chamberland, Preventive Conservation Specialist, Parks Canada Agency
  • René Champagne, Manager, Fire Protection & Prevention, Parks Canada Agency

16:40 – 17:15 Implementation of Fire Mitigation at Dutse Emirate Heritage Site, Dutse Jigawa State, Nigeria

  • Abdullahi Abdulkadir, Conservator, Rock Art Interpretation Centre, National Commission for Museums and Monuments               
  • Auwalu Shehu, Prevention Officer, Directorate of Fire Services, Birnin Kudu/Gwaram Command                                  

17:15 Closing remarks

Day 2: 18 October 2022 

Moderator: Jasna Popović, Head of the Conservation Department in Trogir, Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia

10:30 – 10:50 Collaboration between the Estonian Rescue Board and the Heritage Sector - National Cultural Heritage Emergency Trainings

  • Lea Vainult, National Defence Advisor, Estonian Rescue Board

10:50 – 11:10 Mitigation and Preparedness Strategies for Museum Collections

  • Erika Hedhammar, Adviser, Swedish National Heritage Board

11:10 – 11:30 Risk Assessment and Crisis Team Action in Saving Lives and Cultural Heritage

  • Tonći Prodan, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Split - Department for Forensic Sciences, Deputy Head of Department for Security and National Security
Coffee Break

11:40 – 12:00 Heritage Buildings Fire Safety Codes in Italy

  • Luca Nassi, PhD, Engineer, Italian National Fire Department

12:00 – 12:35 How to Improve Teamwork in the Museum - An Example from Israel

  • Jessica Lewinsky, Preventive Conservation Officer, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
  • Oded Rahamim, Chief Security and Contingency Officer, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

12:35 – 12:55 Protecting Our Cultural Heritage from Fire:  Understanding Challenges and Making Risk-Informed Decisions to Reduce Risks

  • Christopher Marrion, CEO/Director of Disaster Risk Management, Marrion Fire & Risk Consulting PE, LLC.
  • Doug Evans, Conservation architect (retired), Chair ICOMOS-UK Wood Committee, Chair ICOMOS Fire Mitigation Guidelines Working Group

12:55 – 13:30 Fire Mitigation Measures at Museu das Bandeiras, Goiás City, Brazil

  • Thais Assis, Technical Analyst – Museologist, Brazilian Institute of Museums
Lunch Break  

Moderator: Aparna Tandon, Senior Programme Leader, First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis | Sustaining Digital Heritage, ICCROM    

14:30 – 15:05 Church of the Nativity Word Heritage Site Bethlehem, Palestine

  • Hanan Najajreh, World Heritage Site Manager, Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity & the Pilgrimage Route- Bethlehem, Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities, Palestine

15:05 – 15:40 Premises for the Fire Risk Management Approach in the Itamaraty Complex - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 

  • Catherine Gallois, PhD, Conservation Architect, National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (IPHAN-RJ)                 
  • Cynthia Tarrisse, Conservation Architect, Representative Office in Rio de Janeiro, Itamaraty Palace, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil

15:40 – 16:15 How To Approach the Fire Prevention of a Library, A Museum and a Heritage Building with an Oil Station Next to it? An Example from Chile

  • Ximena Pezoa, Director, Museum of Decorative Arts and Museum of Historical Dominican, Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage, Chile

Moderators:

  • Jui Ambani, Consultant for Disaster Risk Management and Climate Action, First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis Programme, ICCROM
  • Linda Lainvoo, Expert in Heritage Leadership and Heritage Emergency Management, Lainvoo OÜ
  • Alessia Strozzi, Conservation Officer, Italian Ministry of Cultural Affairs

  • Mohona Chakraburtty, Consultant for Climate Action and Peacebuilding, First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis Programme, ICCROM

16:15 – 17:25 Round Table Discussion - Heritage Leadership and Heritage Emergency Management

17:25 Final note

 Organizers and Partners

PREVENT Partners