From: Michele Pagan <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Workshop on fire recovery

Holy Smokes, the House Is On Fire!
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Washington DC
October 30,2001

The Washington Conservation Guild is once again offering our unique and popular disaster 
workshop, formerly known as "Burn, Baby, Burn". This year we are focusing on fire recovery 
in historic houses.  We will set up a 12 foot by 12 foot room to recreate an interior of an 
historic house and will set it on fire.  To add to the realism, no sprinklers will be used during 
the suppression phase.  After the fire has been extinguished and the room has cooled, 
participants will develop a plan of attack, and will salvage what's left.  

This is a one day workshop that runs from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm and will include lectures on 
the nature of fires and fire suppression systems, methods of developing disaster recovery 
plans and real life experiences in disaster recovery in the wake of a fire.  The afternoon 
session will focus on experiencing the aftermath of a fire.  This will be a wet, dirty, smelly 
and psychologically action-packed several hours.  Participants are therefore asked to wear 
comfortable clothing and shoes they don't mind getting wet. Many participants in the past 
have brought clean dry clothes to change into at the end of the day.  

This workshop is ideal for anyone responsible for the care of historic collections.  The 
workshop takes place at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, just north of 
Washington DC, and is supported by the American Institute for Conservation. Registration 
for WCG members is $150 and for non-WCG members, $180. Registration for non-
members includes a one year membership in WCG. For more information and registration 
forms, at <URL:http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/wcg>  

Contributions from personal collections to burn as part of the demonstration are being 
solicited at this point.  

Please contact Michele Pagan if you have items to donate, or if you need to request 
registration form though the mail by calling Michele at 202-546-5439, or writing her at 
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