First Interregional event from the Heritprot project, on Fire Risk Prevention and Improvement of the Fire Extinction Systems of the Historic Town Centers of Cities named World Heritage 26-28 April 2012 La Laguna, Tenerife - Spain
Over the last two decades, fires at World Heritage Sites have presented special challenges to Fire and Rescue Services worldwide, not only because of the loss or damage of historical value, but also because of the difficulties in fire-fighting and rescue. These sites have a permanent urban activity submitted to conflicts between the conservation values of the past and solving the needs of today. UNESCO recognizes outstanding urban status as a repository of universal culture of its buildings, monuments, tradition, history but the maintenance is of the owner s responsibility, mostly municipalities, often with very low budget. Some of these cities have a special plan or specific protection measures for historical elements. Nevertheless, in those plans there is usually no specific section regarding fire prevention and protection issues. In this context, the Tenerife s Consortium for Risks along with other public authorities and firefighting and civil protection institutions from Cities declared World Heritage Sites from 9 EU countries, including Norway are implementing a European project HERITPROT - to promote the prevention of fire risk in the historic centers of European cities declared World Heritage Site. Representatives from these institutions are working jointly to find solutions in this field that could be transferred to their territories according to their needs. Within the HERITPROT project, on 26-28 of April of 2012 the Tenerife s Consortium for Risks and its partners across Europe are organising a seminar in La Laguna, Tenerife, concerning Fire Risk Assessment, Fire Safety and Protection on historic town centres, which will highlight European regional development around fire risk prevention at historic town centres of cities named Word Heritage Sites. As a key Institution in this field, we kindly invite you to participate and attend our event. I believe that many of issues tackled at this event can be of considerable interest and importance to you. The event will be attended by a high number of senior politicians, EU and national technicians and experts and stakeholders with a stake in Fire Risk Prevention and Heritage Management. It will be promoted to journalists for media coverage both before and after the event. Yours sincerely, Mr. Carlos González Segura President Tenerife s Consortium for Risks
AGENDA Venue: Ex-Convent of Santo Domingo Wednesday, 25 th April 2012 Thursday, 26 th April 2012 All day Arrivals and Check-in at the Hotel Nivaria 21.00 h. Welcome dinner for the Heritprot Partners. Meeting at the Reception hall Hotel Nivaria Thursday, 26 th April 2012 09.15 h. Registration 10.15-11.00 h. Official Opening Mr. Paulino Rivero Baute President of the Regional Government of the Canary Islands Mr. Ricardo Melchior Navarro President of the Island Council of Tenerife Mr. Fernando Clavijo Battle Mayor of La Laguna Mr. José Antonio Valbuena Alonso Fourth Vice President of the Island Council of Tenerife Mr. Carlos González Segura President Tenerife s Consortium for Risks Prevention, Fire fighting & Rescue 11.00-11.15 h. HERITPROT project presentation Mr. Carlos González Segura President of the Tenerife s Consortium for Risks 11.15-11.45 h. Coffee Break 11.45-12.30 h. HERITPROT partners presentation 12.30-13.20 h. La Laguna, World Heritage City Ms. Maisa Navarro Segura Professor of Art History, University of La Laguna 13.20-14.00 h. Historic Downtown Districts of the Canary Islands: Typology of the constructions Mr. Walkirio González Carrillo Professor of Building Engineering, University of La Laguna 14.00-15.30 h. Break 15.30-16.00 h. Characteristics of the historic center from a preventive perspective Ms. Mª del Mar Martín Cerdeña Building Engineer 16.00 16.45 h. Restoration of the Casa de Salazar Mr. José Miguel Márquez Zárate Architect. Member of the Casa Salazar restoration team
AGENDA Venue: Ex-Convent of Santo Domingo Thursday, 26 th April 2012 Friday, 27 th April 2012 16.45 17.15 h. Fire of the Casa de Salazar Mr. Salvador Reyes Suárez Chief Officer of the Tenerife s Consortium for Risk 17.15-19.30 h. Study visit to the Historic Downtown Districts of La Laguna Ms. Mª del Mar Martín Cerdeña Building Engineer Friday, 27 th April 2012 8.00-10.00 h. Workshop (Heritprot Partners) Project Scope Mr. Octavio Mederos Financial Procedures Mrs. Claudia Muñoz Comunication & Dissemination Procedures Mr. Juan Manuel García Implementation Procedures Mr. Juan Manuel García 10.00-11.00 h. Executive Committee Meeting 11.00-11.30 h. Colaboration Protocol Signature Representatives of each Partner Project Presentation Mr. Carlos Gonzalez Segura President of the Tenerife s Consortium for Risks 11.30-12.00 h. Coffee Break 12:00-12:30 h. By-law on fire prevention Mr. Luis Pérez Rojas Secretary of the Tenerife s Consortium for Risks 12.30-13.00 h. A World Heritage City: San Cristóbal de La Laguna Ms. Eulalia Rodríguez Fino Professor of Graphic Expression. University of La Laguna 13.00-13.30 h. Action plan to protect heritage sites Mr. Pablo Muñoz del Olmo Secretary of the Technical Commission of Prevention, fire-fighting and Emergencies of the Spanish Group of World Heritage Cities of Spain 13.30-14.00 h. Plans to safeguard the works of art Mr. Juan Ignacio Conejero Martínez Civil Defense Coordinator. Cuenca
AGENDA Venue: Ex-Convent of Santo Domingo Friday, 27 th April 2012 Saturday, 28 th April 2012 14.00 16.00 h. Break 16.00-16.30 h. Fire of historic buildings in the Canary Islands Mr. Sebastián Matías Delgado Architect. Member of the Casa de Salazar restoration team 8.30-12.30 h. Study visit to a Historic Dowtown Districts, for the Heritprot partners. Departure of shuttle service from Hotel Nivaria. All day Departures 16.30-17.00 h. Closing Lecture Project plan for the protection of historic buildings in the town of La Laguna Mr. José Antonio Valbuena Alonso Fourth Vice President of the Island Council of Tenerife 17.00-19.00 h. Study visit to the Casa de Salazar Mr. José Miguel Márquez Zárate Architect. Member of the Casa de Salazar restoration team
INFORMATION OF INTEREST Dates of the Seminar: 26 th 28 th April 2012 Venue: Ex-Convent of Santo Domingo La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain (Timezone: GMT +0:00 hours) Organized By: Tenerife s Consortium for Risks Prevention, Firefighting & Rescue Seminar Technical Secretariat: Magna Congresos Name: Mrs. Cande Zárate Tel.: +34 922.65.62.62 Fax: +34 922.67.01.88 E-mail: czarate@magnacongresos.com Web: www.magnacongresos.com Official Hotel Hotel Nivaria Plaza del Adelantado, 11 38201 San Cristóbal de La Laguna - Tenerife Tel. (+34) 922 26 42 98 Fax. (+34) 922 25 96 34
This event is co-financed by the ERDF and made possible by the INTERREG IVC programme.