HERITAGE FIRE PROTECTION CONFERENCE
The event:
HERITAGE FIRE PROTECTION CONFERENCE
Date:
Wednesday, 16th November 2022
Venue:
DERBYSHIRE FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE TRAINING CENTRE, RIPLEY, DERBYSHIRE
Hosted by:
NATIONAL FIRE SPRINKLER NETWORK & DERBYSHIRE FRS
Supported by:
BAFSA, NFCC, IFE, London Fire Brigade, English Heritage, Historic England and the National Trust
Fires remain the greatest threat facing those responsible for safeguarding our built heritage. While other risks such as theft, flood and even insect or fungal infestation can damage buildings and their contents, only fire can destroy them completely.
Each year, throughout the world, there are fires in all types of historic and heritage buildings – in 2019 alone there were 400 serious fires recorded such properties. A number of these outbreaks reach serious proportions where measurable fire loss can soar to millions of pounds… The cost of the 2015 fire at Clandon Park in Surrey has been estimated to be in the region of £50 million.
Where once the idea of installing sprinkler systems into mansions may have seemed absurd. it is now clear that a sprinkler or water mist system can protect nationally and internationally important structures and their contents.
The aim of this day is to illustrate how a sprinkler or water mist system can protect nationally and internationally important structures and their contents. It will consider all aspects of planning, compliance, aesthetics and installation of a sprinkler or water mist system. There will also be presentations from heritage fire safety specialists who have installed sprinklers to protect their properties and their valuable contents.
At the heart of the day will be a live sprinkler demonstration burn to show the benefits of sprinklers in protecting valuable museum artifacts and heritage properties.
This will be a unique event and one which should be in the diaries of all professionals whose role encompasses the protection of heritage buildings, historic sites and cultural treasures, artworks and antiques.
PROGRAMME
0900: Registration
0930: Welcome from
Robert Taylor, Deputy Chief Fire Officer, Derbyshire FRS
Mark Huntington, Heritage Co-ordinator, London Fire Brigade
Terry McDermott, Secretary, National Fire Sprinkler Network
0950: Charles Harris, Historic England: Is England’s Cultural Heritage still at risk? Why do we have listed buildings? What is listed? Who has fires? Where are they occurring?
1010: Stewart Kidd, Special Projects Adviser, BAFSA: Reviewing the options which exist to install fire suppressions systems and suggest the optimum use of these to protect heritage buildings and their contents.
1050: Coffee
1115: Bob Bantock, National Trust: the Clandon House fire April 2015
1155: Stewart Kidd, BAFSA: retrofitting automatic fire suppression systems in historic and heritage buildings – setting out the basic constraints of working in listed and other protected buildings and explaining how the necessary equipment can be installed.
1230: Live burn, side-by-side sprinkler demonstration
1310: Lunch
1400: Steve Emery, Heritage Fire: fire engineering in Georgian Town Houses
1430: Michael Kilby, Associate Director – Fire Protection, Smithsonian Institution: protecting the Smithsonian – the role of fire sprinklers
1510: Q&A
1525: Closing remarks