On the 28 February 2019 Mellor Archaeological Trust (MAT) ran the first of the UK STORM emergency drill testing the STORM dashboard and response application. A sudden-onset hazard scenario was tested. This took as its premise a severe weather event: Intense Rainfall which could lead to flooding at the Mill site. Having seen the alert system on the STORM dashboard …
STORM @ Cultural Property Protection in Crisis Response Master Course organised by University of Turin
The first international Master in “Cultural Property Protection in Crisis Response” is being launched by the University of Turin. It consists of a training program that expressly addresses, through an interdisciplinary approach, the modalities for intervening on cultural mobile and immovable properties, in emergency and crisis scenarios, with specific reference to the guidelines and protocols expressed by UNESCO and the …
2nd Drill at the Roman Ruins of Troia
On February 13th 2019 a drill aiming at testing the operability and response of the solutions and services developed in the scope of STORM (Safeguarding Cultural Heritage through Technical and Organisational Resources Management), an international project which is funded by the European Commission and involves 20 partners from 7 different countries, took place in the Roman Ruins of Troia. The …