Goldman Copeland’s Charles Copeland and Dan Colombini comment on what we can lean about fire protection from April’s disaster at the Notre-Dame cathedral in the cover story of the October issue of Plumbing Engineer.
The horrific fire at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris in April tells a story of heroic actions by firefighters that prevented even greater damage and avoided loss of life. It also reveals vital lessons for those of us involved in engineering fire protection.
Some of those lessons relate to the risk-benefit analysis that any historic facility open to the public has to make about how best to preserve its authenticity as well as its history. Others relate to all facilities and their fire protection strategies.
