Katrina and Cultural Heritage: Lessons Applied from the 2005 Hurricane Season
Welcome to the LAIR the Lessons Applied Information Room. Lessons Applied is an initiative of Heritage Preservation. Through five issue panels, members of the Heritage Emergency National Task Force and invited experts are developing solutions to problems that Hurricane Katrina brought to light. The LAIR is available to all members of the National Task Force and Lessons Applied Panels. Posted are profiles of the five panels, notes from panel meetings, and other information related to the Lessons Applied initiative. Material will be added periodically and by request to taskforce@heritagepreservation.org.
All documents are in Microsoft Word unless otherwise noted.
Preparedness | First Responders | Ensure Informed, Coordinated, and Expedient Response | Funding | Collaboration
General Documents
Lessons Applied Interim Report
Task Force Member Reports (PDF; activities during hurricane season 2005)
Panel 1: Preparedness
February 8 conference call notes
Panel 2: First Responders
March 23 conference call notes
February 20 conference call notes
January 4 conference call notes
November 28 conference call notes
Panel 3: Ensure Informed, Coordinated, and Expedient Response
April 13 conference call notes
February 13 conference call notes
February 6 conference call notes
January 23 conference call notes
December 19 conference call notes
Panel 4: Funding
October 30 and November 17 conference call and December 4 meeting notes
Panel 5: Collaboration
March 30 conference call notes