The "Ready-Or Not": Cultural Heritage Disaster Preparedness Project provides free emergency preparedness services to California organizations that care for cultural and historic resources (e.g., archives, libraries, museums, and tribal nations).
Working one-on-one with staff and volunteers at participating organizations, a team of California-based emergency preparedness consultants provide the following services through 2026.
-WEBINARS-
NEW On-Demand Disaster Plan Writing Course
The course features short videos with step-by-step instructional available through the NEDCC Training Hub.
https://www.nedcc.org/assessments-and-consultations/ready-or-not-cultural-heritage-disaster-preparedness-project/training#ondemand
NEW California Online Training for Emergency Preparedness & Wet Salvage (FREE)
Apr 7-28, 2-3:30 pm EDT (4 sessions)
This four-week online training is offered to individuals affiliated with cultural heritage organizations in California who are unable to attend one of the in-person wet salvage workshops. The web course will introduce key concepts of disaster recovery including risk assessment, preparedness, response procedures, and recovery actions.
https://www.nedcc.org/event-template/?eventtemplate=85-california-online-training-for-emergency-preparedness-wet-salvage
-IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS-
"Ready-Or Not" California Wet Salvage Workshop (FREE)
24 Apr - Chico, CA, 9-4 pm PDT
This in-person workshop will introduce key concepts of disaster recovery including risk assessment, preparedness, response procedures, and recovery actions. Participants will leave having talked through two disaster scenarios with their peers and having practiced wet salvage techniques.
https://www.nedcc.org/event-template/?eventtemplate=88-california-wet-salvage-workshop-chico
-ON-SITE ASSESSMENTS AND DISASTER PLAN WRITING (FREE)-
Assessments
Our team of emergency preparedness consultants based in California conduct free, on-site emergency preparedness assessments and deliver a summary report that documents the organization's current state of emergency preparedness..
Plan Writing
An emergency preparedness consultant works with you one-on-one to gather information to write or update your organization's disaster plan, big or small. We can produce a one-page document for your internal use, a complex plan that integrates with a larger municipal or campus emergency plan, or anything in between. Let us help you check "Disaster Plan" off of your to-do list!
https://www.nedcc.org/assessments-and-consultations/ready-or-not-cultural-heritage-disaster-preparedness-project/consultations
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Kindly,
Ryn Marchese
Northeast Document Conservation Center
Marketing Manager
rmarchese@nedcc.org------------------------------