Fire In Cultural Heritage Built: The Paradigm Of The Wood Structure

International Journal of Development Research

Volume: 
08
Article ID: 
13223
4 pages
Research Article

Fire In Cultural Heritage Built: The Paradigm Of The Wood Structure

Krüger, P. G., Rezende, M. A. P., Alves, R. C., Carrasco, E. V. M., Mantilla, J. N. R., Smits, M. A. and Pizzol, V. D.

Abstract: 

This article presents the basic characteristics from the wood in fire situation and proposes an objective vision as for its answer on this type of disaster, specifically when its about constructions protected by the organs of the Brazilian historical heritage. The importance of the care and protection of these edifications is justified by what they represent for the community, for the culture and history of the place that they are inserted, so, this article pretends start a discussion more qualified as for the structural material very present in these buildings: the wood.

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