Disaster Response and Recovery
General Information Resources by Type of Damage Resources by Type of Material
Disaster Recovery Services and Supplies
Disaster Aid
Other Organizations and Agencies for Disaster Resources
Water
Fire
- Fire often completely destroys materials; items not destroyed suffer from smoke and soot damage, which is very expensive to rehabilitate. Effective fire suppression systems are essential to minimizing damage caused by fires.
- LYRASIS: Protecting Your Institution from Wildfires (pdf, by Mike Trinkley, Chicora Foundation)
- Fire Protection During Alterations and Renovations, page 46 (pdf, by Deborah Freeland, Arthur J. Gallagher and Company, taken from Under Construction: Preservation and Collections Care Issues during Building Projects and Renovations, proceedings from a SOLINET conference, May 30, 2003)
- Video, Soot. (Heritage Preservation)
- The Fire at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, Part 1: Salvage, Initial Response, and the Implications for Disaster Planning (by Sarah Spafford-Ricci & Fiona Graham, Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, Vol. 39, Number 1, Article 2)
- The Fire at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, Part 2: Removal of Soot from Artifacts and Recovery of the Building (by Sarah Spafford-Ricci & Fiona Graham, Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, Vol. 39, Number 1, Article 3)
- First Aid for Fire Damaged Audio Visual Material (National Film and Sound Archive, Australia)
Mold
Pests

Art
Audiovisual Materials
Book/Paper
Photographs
Textiles
Serials

Services
Need a Conservator?
National Disaster Recovery Vendors
Supplies
- REACT PAK - a compact, convenient collection of disaster recovery supplies
- RESCUBE - lightweight containers for transporting water-soaked library materials; they fold flat, are reusable, and hold a cubic foot of material
- Disaster Caches (Kansas Historical Society)
