PROtect Our Heritage from Fire

Programme 2000 - 2006 Archimed

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

Description

Description (EN):

Cultural Heritage Monuments (Monasteries, Museums, etc) in European Countries have a large number of invaluable treasures, artifacts, holy icons, very old & attract many visitors and pilgrims from around the world. Local population in celebrations gathers in big numbers. Also, categories as elderly, kids, handicapped, participate, or living around them. Often monuments are located in isolated areas, sometimes inside forests, being in great fire risk with little or no means to respond. The over-all objective of PROOHF project is to cope with fire risks in cultural heritage monuments, and their impact on local economies and societies. Sub-objectives are (indicatively) to: 1. Collect, catalogue, document, discuss and optimize all aspects of already existing emergency plans and procedures for coping with fire risks in heritage monuments. 2. Record and present fire status of the heritage monuments. 3. Search for possible causes which initiated fires in the past and creating a full record of all relevant conditions. 4. Develop training programs for educating people working /living there, train volunteers, foresters and civil protection personnel, as well as other operational people in coping with fires in monuments & taking measures minimizing the economic and social impact. 5. Develop post-fire-rehabilitation plans 6. Develop three pilot fire risks analysis decision support systems (one per participating country).

Expected Results (EN):

1. Reports on the history of fire accidents including: possible causes which initiated fires coping activities, medical treatment and post fire situation, 2. Specialized studies and databases to use available data, 3. Exchange of knowledge on the existing emergency plans, 4. Training activities on how to cope with fire risks in cultural heritage monuments, 5. Workshops and Conferences for exchange of experience and know-how between the partners & further dissemination of the results of the project to any European entity interested, 6. develop videos, brochures, guides and relevant tools, 7. Optimization of present and development of specific emergency plans, 8. Development of a decision support system located in each one of the three countries.

Thematic information

Innovation capacity and awareness-raising Managing natural and man-made threats, risk management Tourism

Partners (8)

Lead Partner: Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλίας

Address: 38221 Volos, Greece

Legal status: n/a

Department of Fruit Tree and Woody Plant Sciences – University of Palermo

Name: Department of Fruit Tree and Woody Plant Sciences – University of Palermo

Address: 90133 Palermo, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Sicilian Region – Regional Agency for the Wastes and the Waters – Sector Observatory of the Waters

Name: Sicilian Region – Regional Agency for the Wastes and the Waters – Sector Observatory of the Waters

Address: 90134 Palermo, Italy

Legal status: n/a

DPC Department of Civil Protection- Risk Prevention and Evaluation Office – Forest Fire Risk Service

Name: DPC Department of Civil Protection- Risk Prevention and Evaluation Office – Forest Fire Risk Service

Address: 00193 Rome, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Holy Monastery of Mahera

Name: Holy Monastery of Mahera

Address: 1820 Nicosia, Cyprus

Legal status: n/a

Holy Bishopric of Limassol

Name: Holy Bishopric of Limassol

Address: 4533 Limassol, Cyprus

Legal status: n/a

Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH)/ Hellenic Institute Of Transport (HIT)

Name: Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH)/ Hellenic Institute Of Transport (HIT)

Address: 570 01 Thermi, Greece

Legal status: n/a

Holy Monastery of Vatopedi

Name: Holy Monastery of Vatopedi

Address: 63071 Vatopedi, Greece

Legal status: n/a

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Summary

Project name (EN): PROtect Our Heritage from Fire

Project acronym: PROOHF

Project start date: 2007-05-01

Project end date: 2008-07-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 630 000.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 410 000.00

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2000 - 2006 Archimed

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No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

73 / 73 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

538 / 538 (100%)

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PROtect Our Heritage from Fire

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