The development of a civil protection mobile unit for cultural heritage in emergency situations

Cerioni and Perugini, Civil Protection and Land Security Department, Marche Region; Cenci, Senior Officer, and Mazzanti, Head of Office, Directorate for Hydrogeological Risk Defence and Civil Protection - Regional Civil Protection Office, Tuscany Region; Papa and Piacentini, Italian Civil Protection Department, Presidency of the Council of Ministers; Sidoti, Head of the Conservation Laboratory, National Central Library of Florence; Sartiani, conservator, Technical Director of the Painting Restoration Department; Opificio delle Pietre Dure; Santacesaria, conservator, Italy

ISSN 2975-190X – ISBN 978-88-6864-548-9

The Italian Civil Protection Department, beginning in 2017, issued the Decree-Law No. 50, which allocated funds for the purchase or maintenance of vehicles and equipment required for operations supporting relief efforts for the population, intended for the national components or operational structures of the National Civil Protection Service. Within this funding framework, the Marche Region and the Tuscany Region, building on the experience gained in their territories over the past years, submitted projects for the acquisition of equipment for mobile units dealing with the protection of cultural heritage assets. This article explains the development and key features of these specialised and self-sufficient operational units designed to protect cultural heritage affected by emergencies.

In PROCULTHER-NET 2 Project. Technical Bulletin N. 6, November 2025, pp 60 – 70. KEYWORDS: preparedness, response, cultural heritage unit.

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