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<h3 property="dc:title" datatype="">Disaster Plan Research and
Writing On-line Course</h3>
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<p><strong>Description:</strong></p>
<p>Every museum needs to be prepared for fires, floods,
chemical spills, tornadoes, hurricanes and other disasters.
But surveys show 80 percent lack trained staff,
emergency-preparedness plans for their collections, or both.
<strong>Disaster Plan Research and Writing </strong>begins
with the creation of disaster-preparedness teams, the
importance of ongoing planning, employee safety, board
participation and insurance. Participants will learn
everything they need to draft their own
disaster-preparedness plans. They also will be required to
incorporate colleagues in team-building exercises. A written
disaster-preparedness plan is not only a good idea, it's
also a requirement for accreditation. In the second half of
the course, instructor Terri Schindel reviews and provides
input as participants write plans that outline the
procedures to follow in various emergencies. The completed
plan prepares museums physically and mentally to handle
emergencies that can harm vulnerable and irreplaceable
collections. You will have a completed institutional
disaster-preparedness and response plan at the end of the
course. Once completed with this course, we recommend the <strong>Disaster
Preparation and Recovery</strong> course taught by Susan
Duhl and Helen Alten to provide more information about staff
organization and management during and after a disaster.</p>
<p><strong>Course Outline: </strong></p>
<p>1. Introduction to Disaster Planning</p>
<p>2. Disaster Team</p>
<p>3. Risk Assessment and Management</p>
<p>4. Health and Safety</p>
<p>5. Insurance</p>
<p>6. Documentation</p>
<p>7. Prioritizing Collections</p>
<p>8. Writing the Disaster Preparedness Plan</p>
<p>9. Emergency Procedures</p>
<p>10. Disaster Response</p>
<p>11. Emergency Procedures - Recovery</p>
<p>12. Emergency Procedures - Salvage</p>
<p>13. Emergency Procedures - Salvage Techniques and
Guidelines</p>
<p>14. Emergency supplies and location of regional resources</p>
<p>15. Appendices: What to put in them</p>
<p>16. Next steps: planning drills and further resources</p>
<p>17. Conclusion</p>
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<p><strong>Required Textbook: </strong><a
href="http://www.collectioncare.org/steal-handbook"><em>Steal
This Handbook! A Template for Creating a Museum's
Emergency Preparedness Plan</em></a></p>
<p> <strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial,
helvetica; font-size: medium;">Terri Schindel</strong><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica;
font-size: medium;">, graduated from the Courtauld Art
Institute, University of London with a concentration in
textile conservation. Since 1988 she has taught
collections care and preventive conservation to museum
staff. She has assisted museums in writing disaster plans
for more than a decade and helped develop national
standards for disaster-preparedness materials. Ms.
Schindel specializes in collection care and preventive
conservation and works regularly with small, rural and
tribal museums. She is familiar with the many challenges
and lack of resources facing these institutions. Ms.
Schindel is committed to maintaining the uniqueness of
each museum while ensuring that they serve as a resource
for future generations. <br>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial,
helvetica; font-size: medium;">Course dates: September 1-
October 24, 2014<br>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial,
helvetica; font-size: medium;">Sign up now at:
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Helen Alten
Northern States Conservation Center
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