Fire & historic buildings
Wednesday 15 October 2025
An informative day considering the issues relating to fire and historic buildings, including the spread and growth of fire and how it affects traditional building materials.
Session 1
Overview of fires in historic buildings - threats to heritage buildings, fires in heritage buildings and rebuilding, weaknesses and fire spread, historic fire testing and solutions.
Session 2
Legislation and guides - heritage background, heritage legislation, codes of practice, fire safety order, fire risk assessments, suppression systems
Session 3
Cathedrals, churches, roofs and fire fighting – statistics, collapse of stone vaulting, compressive strength of limestone, timber trusses, fire fighting in cathedrals
Session 4
Fire Doors - types of historic doors, fire testing of doors, typical failures of doors, building a new copy of a medieval door.
Q&A
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Wednesday 15 October 2025
An informative day considering the issues relating to fire and historic buildings, including the spread and growth of fire and how it affects traditional building materials.
Session 1
Overview of fires in historic buildings - threats to heritage buildings, fires in heritage buildings and rebuilding, weaknesses and fire spread, historic fire testing and solutions.
Session 2
Legislation and guides - heritage background, heritage legislation, codes of practice, fire safety order, fire risk assessments, suppression systems
Session 3
Cathedrals, churches, roofs and fire fighting – statistics, collapse of stone vaulting, compressive strength of limestone, timber trusses, fire fighting in cathedrals
Session 4
Fire Doors - types of historic doors, fire testing of doors, typical failures of doors, building a new copy of a medieval door.
Q&A
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