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BREAKING NEWS

Notre Dame Cathedral fire

• Two NFPA codes offer solutions on how to protect historic buildings from fire:
  • NFPA 909, Code for the Protection of Cultural Resource Properties — Museums, Libraries, and Places of Worship
  • NFPA 914, Code for Fire Protection of Historic Structures
• NFPA’s Robert Solomon, P.E., director of building and life safety, explains why fires in historic buildings are difficult to judge, extinguish, or control.
• NFPA’s "Fires in Cultural Resource Properties” report (March 2019) provides data on the number of fires that occur in museums, libraries and places of worship.
• Two NFPA Journal® articles address the historic preservation/protection of specialized cultural resource facilities:
  • St. Patrick's Cathedral Culture Codes (Sep/Oct 2014)
  • Saving History (Nov/Dec 2018)

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