Alliance for Response
Ideas for Forum Follow-up and
Cooperative Network Projects

Create a local mentoring plan to help smaller institutions prepare for disasters.
Build an online clearinghouse with information on local disaster resources, training, and vendors. example
Develop a regional disaster supply cache. example
Design a model mutual aid agreement for cultural heritage institutions. example
Create a master database of cultural institutions in the area in order to improve communications.

Sponsor “table top” training exercises adapted for museums and libraries. example
Host a disaster plan writing clinic.
Design online educational resources about protecting cultural heritage.
Hold a fire safety program on performance-based planning and museum, library, and historic house fire codes.
Adapt CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) training for cultural institutions and historic sites.
Sponsor disaster training sessions for cultural heritage institutions that include a practice drill.

Gain a “seat” for cultural heritage at the municipal Emergency Operations Center.
Designate official liaisons from local cultural institutions to the city emergency management agency.
Include cultural institutions in the local emergency access communications system.
Form a statewide committee to formulate a plan to address the needs of cultural institutions in emergency preparedness, response, and recovery. example

Form a "speaker's bureau" to spread the word about Alliance for Response.
Produce a short video on collaborating with first responders.
Develop a local e-mail list that serves both cultural heritage members and emergency responders.

Develop a cultural SWAT team composed of emergency response and preservation experts to aid institutions in the event of major disasters.