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Links for Disaster Prevention & Emergency Planning

Assistance for businesses & families	drying & Restoration companies	Publications	Library & Archives Groups

Organizations that offer help and assistance to businesses and families

FEMA - Response and Recovery		www.fema.gov/r-n-r
Red Cross - Business & Industry Guide: Preparing Your Business For the Unthinkable		www.redcross.org/services/disaster/beprepared/busi_industry.html

Companies for hire to dry your building and contents

BMS-Cat		www.bmscat.com
Belfor USA (formerly DRS and Document Reprocessors)		www.belfor.com
Munters Moisture Control Services		www.munters.com
ServPro - cleaning and building drying		www.servpro.com
Strohl Systems - for Computers and data		www.strohlsystems.com

Publications and organizations to consult

The Disaster Mitigation Planning Assistance Website (Michigan State University Libraries, Center for Great Lakes Culture & California Preservation Program)		matrix.msu.edu/~disaster/index.php
AIC - American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artist Works		aic.stanford.edu
Canadian Conservation Institute		www.cci-icc.gc.ca
Conservation Center for Art and Historical Artifacts		www.ccaha.org
Disaster Recovery Journal		www.drj.com
California Preservation Clearinghouse - Disaster Response		cpc.stanford.edu/disasters/index.html
Protext - supplies for libraries & businesses		www.protext.net
VidiPax - magnetic (audio & video) tape restoration and transfer		www.vidipax.com
Contingency Planning & Management		www.contingencyplanning.com/index.cfm
National Park Service		www.cr.nps.gov/museum/publications/primer/primintro.html
Crisis Management International		cmiatl.com/index.html
Indoor Environmental Standards Organization		www.iestandards.org


Library and Archives Groups with Disaster Response Information

Image Permanence Institute - info about film and photographs		www.rit.edu/~661www1/sub_pages/frameset2.html

International Centre for the Study of Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property		www.iccrom.org

Northeast Document Conservation Center - Disaster Assistance		www.nedcc.org/welcome/disaster.htm

National Archives - disaster response		www.nara.gov/arch/faqs/aboutdis.html

National Archives - Emergency Salvage of Flood Damaged Family Papers		palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/disasters/primer/narafam.html

Louise Knapp "It sucks, but that's a good thing" Wired News Sept 30, 2003		www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,60614-2,00.html

Links for Disaster Prevention &

Emergency Planning

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