{"id":48505,"date":"2026-10-30T14:35:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48505"},"modified":"2026-10-30T14:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T14:35:13","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-why-cost-action-c17-still-defines-the-agenda-for-fire-safety-in-historic-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48505","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the Global doorstep\u2019: Why COST Action C17 still Defines the Agenda for Fire Safety in Historic Buildings.."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an effort to mitigate the devastating impact of fires on Europe\u2019s cultural heritage, the European Union funded Cost Action C17 from 2002 to 2006, reports <em>Fire Risk Heritage.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><u>Fire Risk Heritage<\/u><\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2019 Notre-Dame fire and the 2018 Glasgow School of Art disaster revealed a troubling reality: despite decades of advancement in fire safety engineering, Europe\u2019s historic buildings remain critically vulnerable\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recognizing this crisis, the European Union funded COST Action C17 from 2002 to 2006, creating the first\u2014and to date, only\u2014European research network dedicated exclusively to fire loss in historic buildings\u2026 Nearly two decades later, C17\u2019s frameworks continue to define how professionals approach heritage fire risk\u2014a testament to both the Action\u2019s foresight and the persistence of the challenges it identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Why COST C17 Still Defines the Field\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Objectives, Scope and Working?Group Architecture\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Data, Loss Statistics and the Heritage Fire \u2018Visibility Gap\u2019 (WG1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Technology for Historic Buildings: Minimally Invasive but Effective (WG2)\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. Cultural and Financial Value, Insurance and Ethics (WG3)\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6. Property Management, Performance Plans and Human Factors (WG4)\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7. Publications, Associated Outputs and Network Legacy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">C17\u2019s tangible outputs go far beyond a single report. The Action produced:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A three?volume Final Report (Parts 1\u20133)\u2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Four volumes of conference proceedings&#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A CD\/DVD compilation\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the overview now hosted on FireRiskHeritage, at least 16 new publications produced by members can be attributed directly to the influence of C17\u2019s activities. These include the development of Historic Scotland\u2019s TAN 28..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8. Position of C17 in the Last Two Decades of Research\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Objectives achieved\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fireriskheritage.net\/publicationsand-research-documents-of-risk-to-cultural-heritage\/cost-action-c17-built-heritage-fire-loss-to-historic-buildings\/\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an effort to mitigate the devastating impact of fires on Europe\u2019s cultural heritage, the European Union funded Cost Action C17 from 2002 to 2006, reports Fire Risk Heritage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[99,87,203,1073],"class_list":["post-48505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-europe","tag-fire","tag-health-and-safety","tag-risk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48506,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48505\/revisions\/48506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}