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Slovak Mining Archives during the fire in Banská Štiavnica in March 2023

Published on 7 July 2025
This paper draws on lessons learnt on the interventions to safeguard the Slovak Mining Archives during the fire in Banská Štiavnica in March 2023.
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Slovak Mining Archives during the fire in Banská Štiavnica in March 2023
Author details
Konečný, Peter - PhD, Head of Slovak Mining Archives in Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia; Leger, Claire - Director of emergency response, French Blue Shield, France
Unique identifier
ISSN 2975-190X – ISBN 978-88-6864-548-9
Lessons learnt

This paper shares the prevention measures in place during the fire and the combination of favourable circumstances, which allowed to save from devastation the Slovak Mining Archives during the fire in Banská Štiavnica in March 2023.
KEYWORDS: fires, archives, prevention, response. In PROCULTHER-NET 2 Project. Technical Bulletin N. 3, July 2024, pp 47-51

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Hazard types

Multi-hazard

DRM Phases

Recovery Response

Geographic focus

Slovakia all Europe/EU