Field guide to emergency response : a vital tool for cultural institutions

Book

DVD

Field guide to emergency response : a vital tool for cultural institutions / produced by Heritage Preservation in support of the Heritage Emergency National Task Force.

Long, Jane S. (Added Author). Heritage Preservation (Organization), (issuing body,, publisher.). Heritage Emergency National Task Force (U.S.) (Added Author). National Endowment for the Humanities. (Added Author).

Summary:

"Every year across the country, hundreds of museums, libraries, archives, and small historic sites experience emergencies large and small. The Field Guide to Emergency Response can help anyone respond with the best professional step-by-step advice on what to do immediately after a disaster. This handbook explains initial steps to takem, essential response functions, and conditions you are likely to encounter. The instructional DVD illustrates typical problems after a disaster and demonstrates basic salvage techniques" --publisher's description, lower cover.

Record details

Physical Description: ii, 58 pages : illustration ; 23 cm + 1 DVD + 2 forms, folded to 10 x 22 cm + 1 information wheel
Publisher: [Washington, District of Columbia] : Heritage Preservation, [2006]
Copyright: ©2006

Content descriptions

General Note:: Accompanied by: Field guide assessment form, Disaster supplies shopping list, DVD (75 min.), and Emergency response and salvage wheel.

Subtitle from cover.

Field guide team: Jane S. Long, Diane Mossholder, E.D. Tully Rambo, Mary Rogers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-58).
Formatted Contents Note:: What to do first -- The response team -- Top ten problems to expect -- Resources.
Funding Information Note:: "Made possible by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities."
Language Note:: Text in English.