Preparedness Tools

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Preparing for Emergencies

Assessing risk and creating planning resources are key elements of ensuring collections are safe or can be recovered in the event of an emergency. To aid in this effort, we have created and consolidated resources to help collecting institutions create disaster plans and build preparedness. 

Risk Evaluation and Planning Program

The REPP Program was developed as a toolkit to help institutions identify and prepare for risks to their site(s).

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Emergency Planning Tools

Find materials to aid in developing an emergency plan for your institution.

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Getting Ready in Indian Country

Emergency Preparedness and Response for Native American Cultural Resources

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Toolkit for Tribal Cultural Institutions

Tool kit for Tribal cultural institutions to help build stronger emergency response plans.

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Climate Resilience Resources

Explore resources to help prepare for and mitigate climate-related environmental hazards.

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For additional information on using hazard maps to create emergency plans, watch From Hazard Maps to Action Plans, a webinar with Madeline Cooper and presented by the Texas Collections Emergency Resource Alliance (TX-CERA - the TX Alliance for Response Network) with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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