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Why the Getty Center Is the Safest Place for Art During a Fire (2019)
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The Getty campus features wide-open travertine plazas with extensive open space around the buildings to slow down a fire, and the landscaping is well-irrigated throughout. In addition to year-round landscaping, the grounds team is responsible for ongoing storm drain clearance and road maintenance and for ensuring that all irrigation systems are working. Walls are built of reinforced concrete or fire-protected steel, while the buildings are designed with fire separations, in which doors can isolate any problem areas from the rest of the site.
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