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FEMA is hosting a webinar on August 27th at 12pm EDT that will cover how non-traditional facilities serve communities during disasters: Join FEMA Region II this month to learn about the role non-traditional facilities like libraries and senior centers play in emergencies. These public facilities in our communities can be powerful resources during disasters and … Continue reading Free webinar: Non-Traditional Facilities and Emergencies

Several staff members were also stranded in the flooded Village for a few days. After the hurricane, the bridge was moved about 100 yards to its present location in the Village. This image was taken on August 23, 1955. #ThrowbackThursday #TBT pic.twitter.com/OTRLILInXb— OldSturbridgeVillage (@oldsturbridge) August 22, 2019 err typos! hit *by* hurricanes.— Andrew Robb (@anosro) … Continue reading 1955 flooding at Old Sturbridge Village and Hurricane plans

Dear Colleagues, It is with heavy hearts that the COSTEP MA Executive Board shares the news of the passing of Gregor Trinkaus-Randall last Friday, August 16th. Gregor was pivotal to the inception of COSTEP MA and served as one of the group's first co-chairs until last year. While the full range of his influence and … Continue reading Gregor Trinkaus-Randall

COSTEP MA invites your registration to a special symposium this September 10th on disaster resilience and emergency preparedness for cultural heritage organizations. The event will be hosted by the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) at their Headquarters in Framingham (400 Worcester Road (Route 9 East), Framingham, MA 01702). The half-day symposium program includes two exciting … Continue reading COSTEP MA Resilience Symposium 2019: Program Information and Registration

On August 28th at 2p, the following free webinar comes from Instructor Sarah Levin-Lederer and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine: Get ready for September and National Preparedness Month with NLM disaster health information and other emergency preparedness resources for community educators, families, friends and caregivers. Resources for special populations and those with special … Continue reading Free Webinar: Disaster Health Information Resources from National Network of Libraries of Medicine

Tune in to a free webinar hosted by Connecting to Collections Care on identifying and reducing fire risks to your collections called "Don't Fan the Flames." It's scheduled for August 21, 2019, 2p. https://www.connectingtocollections.org/fires/ BIO: Presented by Donia Conn, Assistant Professor of Practice for the Simmons University School of Library and Information Science and independent … Continue reading Free Webinar on Reducing Fire Risks to Cultural Heritage Institutions

In 1988, Carole Turchan, the paper conservator of the Chicago Historical Society, published a recap of a tremendous flooding incident that affected her institution. View toward the museum. Burst water main. Check out her article, The Chicago Historical Society Flood: Recovery Analysis Two Years Later for details about the recovery. My takeaways from the article: … Continue reading What we can learn from the 1986 Chicago Historical Society flooding

Some fascinating details on how the National Archives in Washington, DC, prevented flooding in their facility using a floating wall. Read how the National Archives' floating flood wall helped dodge disaster from epic rainfall from the Washington Post on July 11.

The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) will host a special COSTEP MA Symposium on September 10, 2019, from 10a to 2p in the Operations Room of their Headquarters in Framingham. Please join us for this FREE event presenting emerging best practices in Planning, Mitigation, and Response from colleagues in the Cultural Heritage and Emergency Response … Continue reading Join us for a Special COSTEP MA Symposium