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Disaster Preparedness in Montgomery County
Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County Seminar
November 19, 2012
Agenda
9:30a Welcome and Introductions
9:40a Introduction to Disaster Planning
10:00a Recovery Planning in Montgomery County
10:30a Resources for Arts Organizations
10:50a Questions
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County Seminar
Welcome and Introductions
• Hagerty Consulting – Katie Freeman, Senior Managing Associate
and Recovery Planner
INTRODUCTION TO DISASTER PLANNING
Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County Seminar
Introduction to Disaster PlanningUniversity of Iowa Museum of Art was damaged in June 2008 flooding
Employees evacuated most of the 12,4000 items in the art museum’s collection
To date, the Museum has not re-occupied the pre-disaster structure
http://uima.uiowa.edu/about/
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/arts/design/university-of-iowa-museum-of-art-after-the-flood.html
Introduction to Disaster Planning
At 525, the gallerist Andrew Kreps stood in the basement, water to his shins, and pointed a flashlight around what looked like an abandoned mine shaft. “It’s beyond comprehension,” he said, dazed. “It’s an epic loss of stuff.” At D’Amelio Gallery next door, hundreds of dyed, odd-shaped pieces of velvet, part of a large installation, were drying out on cardboard flats, salvaged from the basement. “Half our storage is down there,” Chris D’Amelio told a claims adjuster from Dewitt Stern Fine Art Insurance who had stopped by. “It’s a pretty bad situation.” The adjuster told him to “make a list of everything, the stuff that’s gone, the stuff that’s okay.”
http://nymag.com/news/features/hurricane-sandy-art-galleries-2012-11/
Introduction to Disaster Planning
Foundations, including the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and the Lambent Foundation are supporting artists and organizations following Hurricane Sandy with grant funds tied to disaster damage
http://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=118&Itemid=107/
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/16/foundations-pledge-to-help-artists-after-sandy/
Introduction to Disaster Planning
Disaster Response
Typically focuses on those actions taken immediately following a disaster to save lives, protect the public and
property
Short term time period (e.g. first 72 hours
following an incident)
Disaster Recovery
Typically focuses on developing structures and identifying priority actions to return a community to a
post-disaster, or better, condition
Long term time period (e.g. months to years following
an incident)
Introduction to Disaster PlanningDisaster
Response Examples
WMATA Train Collision
Structural Fire
Flooding Along the Potomac
River
Disaster Recovery Examples
Derecho
Tornado
Hurricane
Introduction to Disaster Planning
Preparedness
Examples include: •Recovery Planning•Hazard Mitigation Planning•Trainings and Workshops
Short-Term Recovery
Examples include: •Clearing Primary Transportation Routes of Debris •Providing Sheltering to Displaced Households
Intermediate Recovery
Examples include: •Providing Accessible Housing Solutions•Develop Immediate Infrastructure Restoration Plan
Long-Term Recovery
Examples include: •Redevelop Housing and Develop Permanent Housing •Facilitate Funding to Business Rebuilding
RECOVERY PLANNING IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
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Recovery Planning in Montgomery County
Why Plan for Recovery?Enhances the ability of the
community to meet post-disaster needs
Builds community resilience
Promotes sustainability and
reduces vulnerability
Unique challenges presented
Early decisions made by jurisdictions have
cascading effects
Recovery Planning in Montgomery County
Form a Planning Team
Situation and Threat Analysis
Determine Goals and Objectives
Plan Development
Write the Plan
Communication and Training
Recovery Planning in Montgomery County
1. Recovery Support Functions are linked
2. Engagement of the recovery support function will depend on the need of the incident
RECOVERY SUPPORT FUNCTIONS
RSF 1: Community
Planning and Capacity Building
RSF 2: Economic
RSF 3: Health, Youth, and
Social ServicesRSF 4: Housing RSF 5:
Infrastructure
RSF 6: Natural and Cultural Resources
RSF 7: County Essential Services
Recovery Planning in Montgomery County
• Addresses long-term environmental and cultural resource recovery needs
• Coordinates departments and agencies to preserve, protect, conserve, rehabilitate, recover and restore natural and cultural resources
Natural and Cultural Resources
Recovery Planning in Montgomery County
• Purpose: To coordinate local efforts with State and Federal recovery programs designed to support the return of the community’s cultural and historic assets and structures to pre-disaster or improved condition. This group will ensure County cultural and historic assets and structures are monitored, and any issues addressed. Cultural and historic assets include historic sites, public art, libraries, and other sites of cultural importance whether publically or privately owned.
Natural and Cultural Resources
Recovery Planning in Montgomery County
• Pre-disaster Objectives: – Develop a consolidated inventory of area cultural resources – Identify relevant State and Federal programs to facilitate recovery – Identify and streamline permitting processes specific to cultural
resources – Identify opportunities to leverage mutual aid for cultural resources
• Short-Term Recovery Objectives: – Conduct a damage assessment of area cultural resources – Ensure permitting processes incorporate considerations for area cultural
resources – Advocate for recovery actions that rehabilitate and restore cultural
assets
Natural and Cultural Resources
Recovery Planning in Montgomery County
• Intermediate and Long-Term Recovery Objectives: – Coordinate with public and private partners for the permanent
restoration and/or reconstruction of cultural/ historical assets– Prioritize restoration of high-impact cultural assets– Ensure mitigation measures are considered and incorporated
Natural and Cultural Resources
Recovery Planning in Montgomery County
Recovery Planning Timeline April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan
Core Planning Team Kick-Off and Orientation
Draft Outline and Data Requirements Convene Workgroup Sessions
Develop Plan
Provide Plan for Review Conduct Two Training Sessions
Finalize and Deliver Recovery Plan
RESOURCES FOR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS
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Resources for Arts Organizations
• Do you have a priority list for objects to be saved? – Where will they be relocated?– Who has access to these areas?
• Do you have a computerized collection management system?– If so do you retain a computerized back-up collection records off site?– If not computerized, do you have a duplicate set of records, photographs,
etc.?– If so, are they available within 24 hours notice?
• Do you have a written emergency manual?– If so, has every member of the staff read it?
• Is your insurance up to date?• Does all staff know how to handle objects in the event of an
emergency?• How will you maintain security during a disaster?Detroit Institute for the Arts
http://www.dia.org/art/disaster-and-conservation-resources.aspx
Resources for Arts Organizations
• Institute of Museum and Library Services
– Grants are available for five broad types of conservation activities including surveys (general, detailed condition, or environmental), training, research, treatment, and environmental improvements. Collections may be nonliving, natural history, living plants, or living animals.
– Awards are limited to $150,000. Exceptional projects can be awarded up to $250,000. An institution may submit one application each fiscal year. Applicants may also receive up to $10,000 to develop an educational component that directly relates to their project.
http://www.nea.gov/pub/DisasterRecovery.pdf
Resources for Arts Organizations
• National Endowment for the Arts– Extraordinary Action grants
may be awarded to replace costumes, sets, props, or supplies; restore damaged art collections; or help support arts programs that will allow the affected organization and community to address the disaster.
– Grant amounts are up to $30,000.
http://www.nea.gov/pub/DisasterRecovery.pdf
Resources for Arts Organizations
• Small Business Administration– Loan assistance is available to
nonprofit organizations such as art museums, historical societies, churches, and private universities to fund repairs or replacement of disaster-damaged real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory, and other assets. Only uninsured or uncompensated disaster-related losses are eligible for loans.
– The maximum disaster loan available is $1.5 million.
http://www.nea.gov/pub/DisasterRecovery.pdf