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Getty Weathers Wildfire

How Getty's museum survived and how you can prepare for nature’s firestorm


Perseverance takes preparation.

When wildfire swept Southern California (USA), the world-renowned J. Paul Getty Museum emerged amid the smoke to reopen after just two days. That's because the Getty Center has a plan in place to protect its architecturally prominent structure and the priceless paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts and photography it houses.

Read about it in the Reuters article, California's Getty museum survives wildfire, ready for quakes" written by Suzanne Barlyn.


Prepare for wildfire and brushfire. Download FM Global's "Understanding the Hazard: Wildfire and Brushfire" provided free to the public.

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