Can we learn from the her it age lost in a fire? - Museovirasto

The directorate gives advice to regional and local
conservation authorities, owners and others involved
in fire protection.
Sweden
There are five departments in the Riksantikvarieämbetet
(The National Heritage Board), two of
which work on matters related to fire protection.
The Heritage Department gives information, supervises
and grants permission for restoration in
accordance with legislation and the Conservation
Department gives technical advice and information
on fire protection.
2.4 Special projects on fire
safety in each country
Finland
The Museovirasto started to prepare instructions
for the fire protection of churches after the fire at
the Tyrvää medieval church in 1997. The instructions
will be published in 2004.
The city Rauma carried out a fire protection
project after a fire threatened the wooden town of
Old Rauma (which is also a World Heritage Site)
in 1997. The project report was published in Finnish
in 1998.
Norway
The Riksantikvaren in Norway has been systematically
working with fire protection since the 1980s
when sprinklers and fire detection systems were
installed in some stave churches. The work intensified
at the beginning of the 1990s because of the
threat of arson. Extensive measures were carried
out in the 28 surviving stave churches during a period
of less than five years. In addition to the stave
churches, there has been a program to protect a
number of the other 400 most valuable churches
built before 1800.
There was some work done during the early
1990s on the fire protection of the historic wooden
towns in Norway. A pilot project in the fortified
town of Fredrikstad was carried out to test
external fire detection systems. The world heritage
town Røros installed technical fire protection
in one block in 2003. The project for the fire protection
of Røros will continue in 2004.
Fire protection projects have also been carried
out in industrial buildings, large farms and
manor houses, and houses belonging to famous
artists etc. These projects have been possible due
to the financial support granted by an insurance
company (Stiftelsen UNI).
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