Thread by @SteveMcfirerisk

How on earth did this happens - with modern fire suppression systems the catastrophic loss was preventable.

Over seen a few historic projects where we installed oxygen reduction or water mist.

Buckley fire: Berwyn Books sees 400,000 destroyed in blaze bbc.com/news/uk-wales-…

Here’s a little article on how to salvage water or smoke damaged books.

From - freeze drying to latent print lifts following the Smithsonian fire it’s now a specialist area of #disasterrecovery

newsweek.com/and-after-fire…

@NIST have done some fantastic work in the area of fire disaster recovery and salvaged

Here’s a little insight on there amazing work post Smithsonian fire

nist.gov/blogs/taking-m…

If like me you have tired eyes then here’s a pod cast on the Smithsonian work on fire recovery

connectingtocollections.org/fire-protectio…

Here’s one for all the #disastermanagers out there

hands-on-international.net/wp-content/upl…

Finally who can forget the @GettyMuseum legend guidance on building an emergency plan - a guide for museums & other cultural resources

#DissterManagers

getty.edu/conservation/p…

❌ #Majorfire key date

29 years ago tonight #firefighters tackled the #WindsorCastlefire, having mobilised from Waddesdon in Buckinghamshire.

The restoration took 10 years and 65 Million pounds in todays money.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Wind… maps.apple.com/?ll=51.484444,…