ISO 11799

ISO 11799:2003(E)
Annex C
(informative)
Disaster preparedness
It is recommended that contingency plans to meet the disaster threat should include the following:
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liaison with the emergency fire services so that they understand the special concern archives and libraries
have for water damage to their collections;
a plan or an outline of the building;
location details of the rare and most important items in the collections, and where any concentration of
such material may be;
contact telephone numbers for the Disaster Coordination Officer;
contact telephone numbers for conservation expertise, a conservator working with, or for, the institution;
contact telephone numbers for a person qualified to advise on the salvage of damaged archive or library
materials;
names and telephone numbers of staff who can be contacted outside normal working hours;
telephone numbers of institutions who may be sympathetic and able to provide additional manpower in an
emergency, e.g. neighbouring institutions, militia;
telephone numbers of companies and institutions able to provide containers suitable for carrying and
freezing damaged materials;
telephone numbers of companies and institutions able to provide deep freezing facilities;
telephone numbers of companies and institutions able to supply dehumidifying equipment;
telephone numbers of companies offering wrapping materials.
This list is not exhaustive.
For further information, see references [7] to [10] in the Bibliography.
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