Publications
AIC Disaster Response and Recovery – The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works has information on wet recovery of family heirlooms, salvaging water-damaged textiles, and saving photographs after a flood.
An Evaluation of Supercritical Drying and PEG/Freeze Drying of Waterlogged Archaeological Wood (PDF, 9.1MB).
Comparing Mass Drying and Sterilization Protocols [...]

AIA Disaster Assistance Program
ATC-45 Field Manual: Safety Evaluation of Buildings after Wind Storms and Floods
Before and After Disasters: Federal Funding for Cultural Institutions
CDC Index of Printable Hurricane and Flood Materials
CRM Online: Disaster Management
Disaster Management Programs for Historic Sites
Disaster Planning for Florida’s Historic Resources
FEMA: Earthquake Publications and Resources
FEMA: Learn About Types of Disasters
FEMA: National [...]

Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness
CDC: Coping With a Disaster or Traumatic Event
CDC Fact Sheet: Prevent Injury after a Disaster
FEMA: A Guide to the Disaster Declaration Process and Federal Disaster Assistance
FEMA: Featured Resource Records
Heritage Emergency National Task Force: On-line Courses in Emergency Management for Cultural Heritage Responders
Hurricanes: Unleashing Nature’s Fury
Smithsonian: Hurricane [...]

After the Fire: Salvaging the Stores of the Department of Archaeology & Natural History
AIC Disaster Response & Recovery
Archeological Resource Damage Assessment: Legal Basis and Methods
CPP Pocket Response Plan for Collections
Conserve-O-Grams. A series of 11 National Park Service publications covering disaster recovery topics like salvaging water-damaged collections (paper, non-paper archives, textiles, natural history collections), health [...]

Resources on funding before and after a disaster.

Latest Earthquakes in the USA

Earthquake Hazard Program, “Latest Earthquakes in the USA”, USGS.
What You Can Do

Bolt sill plate to foundation
Reinforce crawl space or “cripple” walls under floor joists
Connect rim joists to top plates with metal brackets1

1“What You Can Do”, Structural Engineers Association of Northern California, 25
Jan 2007.
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A Litany of Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Things that Can Happen After the Disaster.
Randy Silverman.

ATC-45 Field Manual: Safety Evaluation of Buildings after Wind Storms and Floods.
Applied Technology
Council (ATC).
The following publications are available for download on the ATC web site:

ATC-45 Rapid Evaluation Safety Assessment Form

ATC-45 Detailed Evaluation Safety Assessment Form

ATC-45 UNSAFE Posting Placard (print [...]

Saving Our Heritage Public Service Announcement (LPB)
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NCPTT Damage Assessment Tools

Detailed Building and Site Condition Assessment. The Detailed Building and
Site Assessment is a three-page form that may be used to make a more intensive
survey [...]

Conserve O Gram 21-01: Health And Safety Hazards Arising From Floods
Conserve O Gram 21-02: An Emergency Cart For Salvaging Water-Damaged Objects
Conserve O Gram 21-03: Salvage Of Water-Damaged Collections: Salvage At A Glance
Conserve O Gram 21-04: Salvage At A Glance, Part I: Paper Based Collections
Conserve O Gram 21-05: Salvage [...]

The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) will continue its highly successful training on the conservation of monuments commonly found in cemeteries with a new workshop focused on the conservation challenges of the New England region. The workshop will be held Oct. 7-9 in New London, Conn.

A Summary of Results from the 2006 and 2007 Field Seasons
Bryan S. Haley
Center for Archaeological Research
University of Mississippi
Introduction
As part of the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) Prospection in Depth Workshop, the University of Mississippi Center for Archaeological Research conducted a geophysical survey of the Whittington (16NA241) and Ailhaud St. Anne Site (16NA529) [...]

Annually NCPTT hosts “Prospection in Depth,” an integrated, holistic professional development workshop fusing GIS, GPS, and geophysical prospection.

Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center.

Funded by NCPTT, Montana Public Television has produced a series of videos that highlights the nation’s underwater archeological treasures and features the preservation work of the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center.

This video examines the importance of preserving the integrity of America’s historic landscapes.

This report outlines the efforts of the SHPO offices of New Mexico and Wyoming to implement a common cultural resource database design.

Infestation by the eastern subterranean termite, Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar), was found throughout the two ground floors of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty National Monument.

This document features a comprehensive historic building code, the first of its kind in the nation.

There are only a handful of laboratories specialized in, and dedicated to, the study and analysis of cultural property.

The resulting images constitute a database for three-dimensional modeling and analysis, museum exhibits, video production, and broadcast journalism.