Emergency Management

Emergency Management - General
 

Department of the Interior

• Emergency Management Plan Template (currently under revision)
• Emergency Contact List Template
• Museum Emergency Salvage Box supply list
• Protection 101: Safeguarding DOI Museum Collections (DOI Talent training course)

National Park Service "Salvage at a Glance"

• Salvage Of Water-Damaged Collections, Introduction
• Part I: Paper Based Collections
• Part II: Non-Paper Based Archival Collections
• Part III: Object Collections
• Part IV: Natural History Collections
• Part V: Textiles

Emergency Planning Resources

American Alliance of Museums
  Developing a Disaster Preparedness/Emergency Response Plan

American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works
  Publications and Resources for Disaster Response and Recovery
  National Heritage Responders

Balboa Art Conservation Center
  Guide to Emergency Preparedness Resources to regions on the U.S. West Coast

Canadian Conservation Institute

Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts

The Getty Conservation Institute
  Building an Emergency Plan: A Guide for Museums and other Cultural Institutions

International Council of Museums (ICOM)
   ICOM Handbook on Emergency Procedures (2010)

Northeast Document Conservation Center
   Preservation Leaflets

Emergency Management by Disaster Type

Earthquakes

• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• The Great ShakeOut
• Southern California Earthquake Center's Earthquake Safety Flyer: Drop-Cover-Hold On
• USGS Earthquake Hazards Program
   

Fire

Department of the Interior
  411 DM, I.11 “Fire Protection and Security”

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
  NFPA 101: Life Safety Code
  NFPA 909: Code for the Protection of Cultural Resource Properties-Museums, Libraries, and Places of Worship

National Park Service
  Museum Handbook, I.9 “Museum Collections Security and Fire Protection”
 

Floods

• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Floodsmart Program
• National Weather Service (NWS)
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Flood Risk Management Program
   

Hurricanes

• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hurricane safety
• National Hurricane Center
   

Security

American Alliance of Museums
  Suggested Practices for Museum Collections Space Security

National Park Service
  Conserve-O-Grams (Refer especially to 2. Security, Fire, and Curatorial Safety)

The Urban Institute Justice Policy Center
  Preventing Vandalism
 

Spills

• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
   

Tornadoes

• American Red Cross
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• National Weather Service (NWS)
   

Tsunamis

• U.S. Government Tsunami Information
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• International Tsunami Information Center
• USGS Pacific Coastal & Marine Science Center
   

Volcanoes

• USGS Volcano Hazards Program
   

Emergency Management Training: Non-DOI

Balboa Art Conservation Center

Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts

FEMA Emergency Management Institute

Library of Congress

Northeast Document Conservation Center

Northern States Conservation Center