Essential Records for Families - Safeguarding the records that protect your family’s health, identity, and financial resources  Records and Disasters: Executive Briefing for Georgia Officials (PowerPoint Presentation, 25 MB download) Ten Strategies for Protecting Government's Essential Operating Records (the pdf) Disaster Preparedness Planning—Advice for government officials, records management officers, and other records custodians on identifying potential dangers to records and preparing a disaster plan. Emergency Response Tips for Wet or Damaged Objects—Tips for handling wet books, documents, photographs, glass, leather, metals, paintings, etc. Mitigating Potential Hazards to Materials and Individuals Following a Disaster—Includes links to health assistance and information and disaster preparedness and prevention. Resources to Aid in Salvaging Personal Belongings—Links to organizations which can help you with advice on salvaging your belongings after a disaster. Responding to a Mold Outbreak Selected Sources for Recovery - Vendor List

Fillable Forms For your Archives' Disaster Plan

These forms are formatted so that they may be completed electronically and printed out for ease of use on inclusion in a disaster plan. If you have the full version of Abobe Acrobat®, you can save the completed form for future editing.

Disaster Prevention and Safety Checklist-  This checklist will aid institutions in conducting building inspections for safety and disaster readiness.

Emergency Supplies stockpile Checklist- Maintaining a stockpile of emergency supplies is essential to a quick response.

Offsite Equipment and Services- Keep track of contact information for services and supplies your archives might need in the event of a disaster.

Disaster Preparedness Information

These sites have lots of useful information, including checklists, tips and resources, to help you in the event of a disaster, with an emphasis on preserving and recovering your important records and treasures.

Ready Georgia, the statewide dimension of Ready America
Aimed at motivating Georgians to take action to prepare for a disaster.

Flood Recovery Booklet from the Northeast Iowa Library Service Area
Comprehensive information for the public from evacuation through recovery.

Saving Nebraska’s Treasures, from NET, Nebraska’s PBS & NPR Stations
Great site with general preservation tips and videos.

Home Movie Recovery, from AMIA (Association of Moving Image Archivists) Hurricane Relief
What to do about your home movie damage

Disaster Resources for the Public, part of Heritage Emergency National Task Force
A website with disaster resources for the public in case of hurricane