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Disaster Response & Recovery Guides

Tip Sheets

Members of the National Heritage Responders have developed these brief Tip Sheets to help collecting institutions respond to and recover from events. Topics include smoke and soot, mold, drying wet collections and buildings, health and safety, and more.

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Recovery Videos

Wet Recovery
- Video: Health and Safety Considerations for Wet Salvage (3:14)
- Video: Dealing with Water
- Video: Dealing with Mud
- Video: Dealing with Mold
- Video: Salvage of Wet Framed Photographs (12:29)
- Video: How to Salvage Wet Clothing (9:18)
- Video: How to Salvage Wet Quilts (12:38)
- Video: How to Salvage Taxidermy Mounts (11:13)
Get advice for saving your personal photographs, textiles, papers, and more with Heritage Emergency National Task Force's Save Your Family Treasures

Guides and Information

File	Type	Size	Uploaded on	Download
Emergency! If You're First...	PDF	3.97 MB	11 Feb, 2019	Download
Salvaging Water-Damaged Textiles	PDF	2.13 MB	21 Mar, 2019	Download
Saving Photographs After the Flood	PDF	2.12 MB	21 Mar, 2019	Download
Tips for the Care of Water-Damaged Family Heirlooms and Other Valuables	PDF	2.13 MB	21 Mar, 2019	Download

Emergency CAP

Apply for an Emergency Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) assessment if you are an eligible museum. For more information, visit www.culturalheritage.org/emergency-cap or email CAP@culturalheritage.org.

Related Publications in Our Store

Field Guide to Emergency Response. Follow the award-winning Field Guide in its step-by-step instructions tailored to the scope of your emergency: what to do first, whom to call, how to prevent further damage.
Emergency Response and Salvage Wheel. The award-winning wheel has essential information to help you cope quickly and effectively when disaster strikes.
Working with Emergency Responders Poster provides advice to staff at museums, libraries, and archives on how to interact with responders before, during, and after an emergency.

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