NCPTT’s Andrew Ferrell recently completed a detail in Texas to assist FEMA with recovery efforts related to Hurricane Ike.

NCPTT workshop examines environmental adaptation in the built environment

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 [...]

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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
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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 [...]

Hurricane Katrina and its massive destruction drew attention to the commonplace markers on the landscape that create sense of place for a community.

NCPTT sponsored the colloquium “Wind, Flood and Heritage Recovery” as part of the APTI pre-conference activities.

NCPTT recently provided a daylong consultation with David Patterson and Brett Smith of Sipapu Cemetery Services.

NCPTT’s Architecture and Engineering program has entered a cooperative agreement with the New Jersey Institute of Technology to implement a teacher and administrator training to show how to replicate the High School for the Preservation Arts in Brooklyn.

Every year, hundreds of museums, libraries, archives and historic sites across the country experience emergencies large and small. In most cases, staff and volunteers are unprepared.

Andy Ferrell once again represented NCPTT at Saving Places 2006, the annual conference of Colorado Preservation, Inc.

NCPTT worked in conjunction with the American Institute for Conservation to produce the workshop series, “After the Storm: Recovery of Wet Collections,” which was held in March.