Why prevent catastrophes?
Is it useful to prepare for possible disasters around us? Some examples showing what can happen in Switzerland or in nearby countries (continued)
The Role of the PBC
The Cantonal Office for the Protection of Cultural Property
According to Cantonal law dated 1970, the mission of the Cantonal Office for the Protection of Cultural Property is to:
- establish an inventory of all the cultural property to be protected
- foresee protective measures for this property (documentary files for the buildings, microfilms, inventory of movable property)
- foresee the construction of a shelter for the movable cultural property
- help the municipalities, private sectors, and associations with subsidies
- train and form PBC specialists in the population's protection
The PBC office participates in the construction of shelters for the cultural property. Today, 21 PBC shelters, including the cantonal shelter of Lucens, have been built, representing a volume of over 15,000 m3. Federal and cantonal subsidies can be solicited for any protective measures for property classified in the federal inventory (inventories, microfilms, shelter construction or specific material/equipment).
The Cantonal Office participates in the elaboration of classes organized by the protection of the population for the PBC specialists. The follow-up in the regions during the annual periods is also assured by the PBC Office. The continuation and remainder of the inventory of movable property is the main mission of the PBC specialists incorporated into the protection of the population. It is also their mission to elaborate intervention and evacuation plans for the property in case of disaster.
Text written by Michle Gohy, cantonal manager for the Protection of cultural property
- Office of the Protection of Cultural Property
Rue de la Mouline 32
1022 Chavannes-près-Renens
Tel: 021 316 37 76
Fax: 021 316 37 55
Office hours:
Tuesdays from 9am-12 and 2-5pm
Wednesdays from 2-5pm
Thursdays from 9am-12 and 2-5pm.
Outside these hours and in case of absence due to outside work or a change in the schedule, you can put leave a message on the answering machine or send an e-mail to the following address:
Western Lausanne Region Civil Protection (ORPC-ROL) Organisation
To learn more about ORPC-ROL and their role in cases of disaster to cultural property at the Lausanne business school site, you can download the following document:
Protection Civile Ouest Lausannois (Western Lausanne Civil Protection, PDF file), presentation by M. Meystre, at the COSADOCA training day on November 29, 2005.
Uptdated: March 10, 2008