THE NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL

Fire at Notre
Dame Cathedral
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1/1/2020

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Executive Summary
Tourism industry is also an area of great concern for the government of the nation. The risk
and safety issue are required to be considered so that any mishap can be avoided. The fire
breakout at the Notre Dame Cathedral was the result of the ignorance of the authorities in
managing the safety and risk of the visitors. The fire breakout was due to the short circuit in
the equipments used by the workers during the renovation. The security systems at the
cathedral were also outdated. The authorities were required to ensure that there was enough
resources to cope up with such situations but due to the ineffectiveness strategies the fire
broke-out and as a result approx one-third of the roof got burnt in the fire. The authorities are
require to develop policies and strategies so that such incidents can be avoided and are
required to adapt an effective security systems.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................4
Risk and Crisis factors involved................................................................................................4
Leadership and strategic decisions.............................................................................................5
Recommendations......................................................................................................................7
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................9
Reference..................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Tourism and the hospitality industry is dependent on the visitors, therefore it is required that
the authorities focus on managing the risk and safety of the locations and of the visitors. The
cathedral of Notre-Dame is a centre of the cultural and religious beliefs within the city of
Paris. The cathedral is made up of stone and the entire roof is made up of the thick timber
wood. A major fire breakout from the attic region of the cathedral, due to the short circuit in
the electric equipment used by the workers at the work site, the fire breakout was because of
the inefficiency of the management as they were not able to manage the things and as a result
such incident happened. The report focuses on analysing the key reasons which led towards
the incident and identifying the key strategic and leadership issues due to which the incident
occurred. The report identifies the key strategic decisions that the authorities can undertake so
that such issues can be eliminated.
Risk and Crisis factors involved
The fire at Norte Dame Cathedral was the result of the ignorance of the critical factors and
the safety concerns within the cathedral. As the main reason behind the fire has not been
identified, but the investigations have resulted that the fire broke out due to the electric short-
circuit caused by equipment used for the renovation of the building. As during the renovation,
the workers were involved in welding and electrical installation works, which were normally
not allowed within the roof space due to the risk of the fire breakout. Also, during the
investigation, police found cigarette butts at the site, which was also not permissible at the
site. As the building was around 850-years old and timber was used in the roof framing of the
cathedral, which can be exposed to fire if it came contact with extreme heat (Vandoorne,
2019).