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Fig.6. (a)HimejiCastle，(b)undergroundwaterstorage， (c)infraredsensor，(d)watercanon，(e)sprinkle工
FireProtectionAnalysisandPotentialImprovementsfor WoodenCulturalHeritageSitesinJapan
Fig.8. IkouTemple(a)日reprotectioncurtaininastorage shed，(b)curtaininoperation.
Fig.9.(a)Ishibegoshi，Kyoto，自rehydrant(b)hydrantready foroperation.
Fig.10. TwotypesofNinaTempledrencherheadsmade 20yearsago.
municipal coperation is sen in response to eforts madebytheKyotoFireDepartmentsince2000spaning 5yearsand200culturalheritagesites[7].Thesee百orts strengthenlinksbetweenheritagesitesandlocalresidents inworkingtogethertopreventfiresandothersuchprob- lemsfromocuring.TheseincIudealertsystems，wam- ingsystems，individualfire-extinguishingequipment，etc.， atthesesites.
4.Discussion
Mostincidencesoffireatculturalheritagesiteshap- peninthesummer，notspringaspreviouslythough.tThis apearstobeduetoincreasedvisitornumberduringva- cationperiods.
Notethatarsonisbehindalmosthalfofthesefires， whichsugeststhatthesesitesshouldbepreparedforfires duetonaturaldisasteraswelas紅 son.
Datashowthatthec10serfirefightingequipmentand/or personelaretothefire，thehighertheprobabilityofex- tinguishinganyoutbreak.Educationandtrainingtofamil- iarizeon-sitepersonsandthepublicwiththeapropriate useofextinguishingequipment，suchasfirehydrants，wa- terpumps，andextinguishers，areexpectedtoyieldposi- tiveresultsintimesofemergency.
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Fig.7. YasakaShrine(a)pumphouse，(b)manualwater gun，(c)high-distancewatergun，(d)independentfirehy- dran.t
ofspecialiststokeepuptodateonsafetyrequirements. Firepreventionandspeedyfireresponsearemainly controledthroughcolaborationwithlocalresidentsand fire-preventionorganizationssuchasfirebrigades. Such
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