<div dir="ltr">Hi Rod,<div><br></div><div>In our kits we also have Tyvek suits, some form of Leatherman's tool like instrument, a small amount of rope (braided up to take less space), a "green" or eco flashlight, and we were all outfitted with respirators. We are a small museum, but we actually keep a kit like these either at home or in our vehicles, because if the disaster happens in your museum then you might not be able to get to the gear itself.</div><div><br></div><div>Kirsten</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 9:54 AM, Pellegrini, Rodrigo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Rodrigo.Pellegrini@sos.nj.gov" target="_blank">Rodrigo.Pellegrini@sos.nj.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">Greetings,<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">My Museum is reviewing its Emergency/Disaster Response plans and I’ve been tasked to find out what, if anything, additional to the general response
kit should go into a Natural History collections kit.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">Gaylord archival offers a general kit that can be used for reference here:
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.gaylord.com_Environmental-2DControl_Emergency-2DPreparedness_Response-2DKits_LifeSecure-2526-2523174-253B-2DCollection-2DProtection-2DKit_p_52135&d=AwMGaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=vIu1wverFamzMuESyeAUQlDyGjqsNidnxpHEWXAFgQE&s=_4zd-sQllPDqPqXpdBDQ5IK-gjAVLKsR5_PBIHaImYk&e=" target="_blank">
http://www.gaylord.com/Environmental-Control/Emergency-Preparedness/Response-Kits/LifeSecure%26%23174%3B-Collection-Protection-Kit/p/52135</a><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">Included are things like light sticks, a plastic tarp, vinyl ponchos, safety goggles, latex and heavy-duty rubber gloves, rolls of contractor plastic
(3 mil polyethylene), sponges, a mop, a bucket, flashlight, batteries, dust masks, rubber boots, caution tape, duct tape, box cutter, paper towels, note pad, pencils, china marker, triage tags, a collection protection instruction sheet and a self-adhesive
document pouch.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">Would you include anything else? While I’m looking for things specific to NH collections, any suggestions for additional items to include in the
kit would be welcome.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">I’m inclined to add a couple of Tyvek suits for the kit to be kept in the wet collections room.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">The New Jersey State Museum houses collections that expand the gamut of Natural History—anything from traditional taxidermy, osteology, paleontology,
bird and mammal study skins, oology, malacology, geology, etc. We even have a large chest freezer in which we keep carcasses to be eventually processed into taxidermy, skins, and/or skeletons. About the only thing we don’t have is deep freeze collections like
tissue samples. Our wet collection is mostly alcohol with some specimens in formalin and an even smaller percentage in other solutions.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">Thank you in advance for any suggestions.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">Rod Pellegrini<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">Bureau of Natural History<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">New Jersey State Museum<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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