Yes, there is one somewhere.  Now having said that I'm stymied if I can
remember where it came from other than from a museum consultant in New York
State.  It was basically a template that hit all the major topics and issues
you need in a disaster preparedness plan and you just fill in the blanks.
Well of course it's never as easy as just filling in the blanks.  I'm sure
someone else remembers who was selling this software.  We bought a copy
three or four years ago, paid for by our insurance reserve because it was
seen as a good tool to help avoid future losses - I think it was $100 or so.
We used it as a basic layout, but then went from their on our own.  So in
retrospect, maybe it isn't what you're looking for.  Good luck.



   At 11:42 PM 7/17/97 +0100, you wrote:
>In article <v01530506afeadd3d27de@[204.249.102.59]>, Jeffory Morris
><[log in to unmask]> writes
>>Hello everyone:
>>
>>Better yet, is there software to assist in the preparing and maintenance of
>>a museum and archives disaster preparedness plan?
>>
>>If there is such an animal, is it available for the Mac?
>>
>I'm just wondering what such software would calculate/do.  I do see what
>having another museum's disaster preparedness plan (and preferably lots
>of them) in front of one can do.  Do you mean software that prompts for
>things like 'what are the priority objects to rescue?' and 'where are
>the back-up discs stored?'?
>
>I do like the name 'disaster preparedness plan': far better than our
>'Disaster Plan'!
>--
>Pat Reynolds
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>Keeper of Social History, Buckinghamshire County Museum
>   "It might look a bit messy now, but just you come back in 500 years time"
>   (T. Prattchet)
>
>
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