DISASTER Preparedness WORKSHOP
Saturday, October 25
Kansas City, MO
During the AMM / MPMA Joint Museum Conference
This workshop will be taught by conservators and will include public health
and FEMA officials.
Topics will include ones not always offered: infectious diseases and how to
get your museum back up and running again.
When You Least Expect It:
A Disaster & Emergency Preparedness Workshop
This one-day workshop will provide participants with an in-depth overview of
how to prepare for a disaster through disaster planning, post-disaster
response, and recovery procedures. It will cover many aspects of disaster response in
the critical 48 hours after a disaster occurs.
The workshop will focus on:
identifying hazards,
developing a disaster plan
risk assessment
response and recovery
health and safety
insurance
disaster response equipment
working with FEMA and local first responders
setting up a disaster response team
using a disaster preparedness plan
identifying local resources
It will also cover critical topics often left out of disaster workshops:
how to work with the media
how to prevent infectious disease outbreaks
how to deal with stress among employees.
Who should attend: The workshop is intended for any one who is a potential
member of a museum's disaster team or any museum professional who wants to
learn more about this important topic. A full workshop agenda is available on the
AMM and MPMA Web sites.
Presenters: This workshop is co-presented by the Gerald R. Ford Conservation
Center, Omaha, NE, and the Midwest Art Conservation Center, Minneapolis, MN,
with help from FEMA and local health emergency resources in Kansas City.
To sign up, contact MPMA at [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]) or call
us at 303-979-9358
MPMA's Annual Conference -
Meeting in the Middle - in 2008 is in Kansas City, MO. Mark your calendars
now since this is a LATE OCTOBER Date.
The conference is scheduled for October 21-25, 2008, at the Hotel Phillips in
Kansas City, Missouri. MPMA will collaborate with the Association of Midwest
Museums Association. The conference will be Twice the Size! Twice the Fun!
MPMA: A Ten-state museum network
MPMA is the professional service provider to museums in ten states: Colorado,
Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota,
Texas and Wyoming.
For more information _Click here: Mountain-Plains Museums Association (MPMA)_
(http://www.mpma.net/)
Mountain-Plains Museums Association
7110 West David Drive
Littleton, Colorado 80128-5404
303-979-9358 / fax 303-979-3553 _http://www.mpma.net/_ (http://www.mpma.net/)
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