A STUDY ON THE CRIME AND DISASTER PREVENTION MEASURES FOR HISTORIC MONUMENTS IN FRANCE

Cultural properties are vulnerable not only to disasters but also to crimes. But it is difficult to protect movable ones in historic buildings whose transformation is strictly limited. In France, two external specialists on security are assigned in the Ministry of Culture and several manuals are formulated to find out crime and disaster prevention measures. The ministry has also fixed for the national cathedrals an internal regulation which conducts to define a panic prevention procedure and a multi-year program for improving the fire safety level. The comprehensiveness of security program is thus enhanced by the professional body.