Comprehensive Disaster Management Planning Guide

World Challenges

Our world continues to face a wide variety of natural and human-induced disasters, including earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, volcanoes, fires, and wildfires. These events pose significant threats to our irreplaceable cultural heritage and the built environment.

Our Holistic Approach

We view Disaster Risk Management as a four-phase process:

Build a thorough understanding of goals and functional objectives
Identify credible hazards
Understand the site/structure's unique characteristics and significance of collections
Undertake risk assessments to understand the vulnerability and susceptibility to damage
Develop prevention and mitigation measures to appropriately address these

Emergency Preparedness

Develop emergency evacuation plans and procedures
Create and train emergency response teams
Conduct drills and simulations
Establish relationships with local emergency responders
Identify and locate appropriate emergency response and recovery resources

Disaster Response

Develop comprehensive disaster response plans including:
- Search and rescue protocols
- Salvage procedures for heritage sites, collections, and artifacts
- Preliminary damage assessment methodologies
- Immediate protection and stabilization techniques

Disaster Recovery and Building Back Better

Plan for detailed damage and structural assessments
Develop protocols for treatment of collections and damaged heritage sites
Outline repair, restoration, retrofitting, and rehabilitation activities
Create a roadmap for site re-occupancy

Services and Deliverables

Services

Hazard/Risk Assessments
Disaster Risk Management Planning
Emergency Access and Egress Assessments
Emergency Drills Design and Implementation
Emergency Response Equipment Planning
Disaster Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Planning