[Nhcoll-l] Disaster Response/Emergency Preparedness Kits

[Judith Price]

Don't forget garbage bags (not just to hold all those paper towels), and some bags or other containers to temporarily hold any specimens whose original containment has been broken or damaged in the event.

Judith

On May 20, 2015, at 9:54 AM, Pellegrini, Rodrigo <Rodrigo.Pellegrini at sos.nj.gov> wrote:

> Greetings,
>  
> 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.
> Gaylord archival offers a general kit that can be used for reference here: 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=AwIF-g&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=da97n_80D2wCSJvtHJf6R_t85CE3QkqVQFUsDNZp2Jk&s=vXWFxFxmdCh4KODW3WR2wl41Silo-bo77l6LmM0DtVo&e= 
>  
> 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.
> 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.
> I’m inclined to add a couple of Tyvek suits for the kit to be kept in the wet collections room.
> 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.
> Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
> Regards,
>  
> Rod Pellegrini
> Bureau of Natural History
> New Jersey State Museum
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