Listed Buildings and Fire
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In all instances of fire, you should evacuate and Dial 999 to alert the NI fire & Rescue Service. However, there a special measures that can be taken to cause the least amount of permanent damage to a Listed Building’s historic fabric.
Reporting Fire in a Listed Building
When you Dial 999, you should tell the NI Fire & Rescue Service that the building is Listed.
There are special measures in place, so that in the right circumstances, a fire in a historic building may be extinguished using methods which will cause the least amount of permanent damage to the building’s historic fabric.
Fire Prevention in Historic Structures
A number of Fire Advice guidance documents have been produced by Historic England which are also relevant to properties in Northern Ireland.