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[S 1] ICOMOS Canada and US ICOMOS Heritage at Risk – International Responses to Fire: Prevention and Retrofit (learning by fire) Fairmont Royal York ICOMOS Canada presents a one-day symposium on how to prevent or at least reduce loss through proper fire prevention methods for historic buildings. Experts from world heritage sites using case examples from England, Canada and the United States will discuss the impact of fire, smoke and water damage, prevention methods and lessons learned from fire damaged artifacts. Delegates to the 2001 ICOMOS Canada AGM in Halifax and Lunenburg, Nova Scotia met face to face with a catastrophic fire. Lunenburg, a World Heritage Site lost the second oldest church in Canada to a Halloween fire. Three years ago, the unique St Georges in Halifax was also destroyed by fire and has since been rebuilt. In the last three years two major Nova Scotia landmarks have been lost to fire. How can such tragedies be avoided? Ironically, St John’s had recently been retrofitted with a sprinkler system. So what went wrong? This symposium brings together professionals from all sectors of conservation: architects, engineers, conservators, building managers, emergency response personnel, building officials and from the private sector fire prevention industry. This symposium speakers are:
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