{"id":225,"date":"2011-06-29T12:08:02","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T16:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macch.org\/?p=225"},"modified":"2011-06-29T12:08:02","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T16:08:02","slug":"macch-sponsors-emergency-preparedness-planning-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.macch.org\/?p=225","title":{"rendered":"MACCH Sponsors Emergency Preparedness Planning Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>Emergency Preparedness Planning for Museums<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Thursday, August 4<\/em><\/div>\n<div>10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.<\/div>\n<div>Central Michigan University<\/div>\n<div>Mt. Pleasant, Michigan<\/div>\n<p>This program is presented by the Michigan Alliance for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage (MAACH) in association with MMA.<\/p>\n<div>Collecting institutions have a responsibility to preserve their  collections for future generations, yet man-made or natural disasters  can place staff and collections at risk. Floods, leaks, power outages,  chemical spills, bomb threats or suspicious objects, pest infestations,  mold, theft or fire can damage collections. \u00c2\u00a0The effective management of  emergency situations can prevent them from becoming disasters.  \u00c2\u00a0Advanced planning can enable institutions of any size or budget to  identify risks and mitigate potential damage to collections.<\/div>\n<div>Topics to be covered include:<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Disaster planning<\/li>\n<li>Risk assessment<\/li>\n<li>Critical incident response plan<\/li>\n<li>Emergency protocols<\/li>\n<li>Response team preparedness<\/li>\n<li>Evaluating and mitigating risks<\/li>\n<li>Prioritizing collections recovery<\/li>\n<li>Case study<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>There will be some hands-on and facilitated breakout sessions, such as  filling out a risk assessment, creating a preparedness plan outline  based on your institution, using the Emergency Response wheel to discuss  responses for different types of collections and a mock disaster  role-playing exercise (time permitting).<\/div>\n<div>\nCost is $50 for members and $75 for non-members. Members &#8212; You must log in before registering to get the member price.<\/div>\n<div>\nIf you wish to register multiple people from the same institution, <a title=\"emergency preparedness form\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganmuseums.org\/Resources\/Documents\/Emergency%20Preparedness%20Planning%20for%20Museums%20Registration%20Form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">please use this form<\/a> and mail or fax to MMA (instructions on form).<\/div>\n<div>\nCost includes light breakfast, boxed lunch and a Heritage Preservation Emergency Response and Salvage wheel.<\/div>\n<div>\nPresenters include Barbara Heller, Director and Conservator of Special  Projects, Detroit Institute of Arts; Katie Nelson, Collections Manager,  Kingman Museum; and Josephine Shea, Curator, Edsel &amp; Eleanor Ford  House.<\/div>\n<div>\nNOTE: We must have a minimum of 12 registrations. \u00c2\u00a0If we receive less  than 12, those who registered and paid will receive a full refund.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emergency Preparedness Planning for Museums Thursday, August 4 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Central Michigan University Mt. Pleasant, Michigan This program is presented by the Michigan Alliance for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage (MAACH) in association with MMA. Collecting institutions &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macch.org\/?p=225\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.macch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.macch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.macch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.macch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.macch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.macch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.macch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.macch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.macch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}