Seattle Heritage Emergency Response Network (SHERN)

The Seattle Heritage Emergency Response Network (SHERN) helps archives, historical societies, libraries, museums, and other heritage organizations in Seattle to respond to emergencies and disasters affecting cultural resources and collections. Members help each other by providing advice, support and/or actual recovery assistance. Membership in the Network constitutes a commitment by an organization to make disaster preparedness and staff training an administrative priority.

SHERN organized in 2010 and had its beginnings in the 2006 Seattle Alliance for Response Forum and WESTPAS workshops. SHERN has adapted the model mutual aid agreement and model mission statement developed by Washington’s Connecting to Collections Work Group on Collaborative Disaster Planning in 2009.

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Spokane Heritage and Emergency Preparedness and Response Division (SHEPARD)

The Spokane Heritage and Emergency Preparedness and Response Division (SHEPARD) is a network of museums, libraries, and other cultural heritage organizations whose goal is to provide a place for support, resources, and emergency response for our local organizations. We serve an array of cultural heritage professionals and institutions within Spokane County in eastern Washington to ensure greater protection and preservation of history within the state of Washington. 

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