The City of Surrey Archives and Surrey Museum propose to offer a two-day Disaster Response workshop on either July 11-12 or July 18-19, 2003, if sufficient interest is shown to justify commitment. Fraser/Spafford Ricci Art & Archival Conservation Inc., who recently gave a very successful workshop for the AABC’s Fraser Valley Regional Group, will lead the Workshop. Participation will be limited to 30. Cost per participant, including lunch, will be $150 + GST.

The two-day format provides for an overview of disaster preparedness on the first day, including a disaster case study (The Royal Saskatchewan Museum fire), the prevention & recovery planning process, how to respond to a disaster, procedures for salvage and recovery from water and fire damage, and how to work as a disaster recovery team.

Day two will take the form of a mock disaster, allowing participants to experience the discovery of a problem, group response, the formulation of an action plan, assignment of roles, work space set-up, and the application of salvage, recovery & stabilization techniques.

The workshop is aimed primarily at those responsible for collections, and it is hoped that participants will become disaster recovery resources both for their own and neighbouring institutions.

Please notify interest to pnjohnson@city.surrey.bc.ca, with preference for dates, by April 30. If sufficient interest is shown, responding institutions will be asked to make a firm commitment in May. Lack of interest will be notified to the list as a whole.

Peter Johnson
City of Surrey Archives
6022 176th Street
Surrey, B.C.
V3S 4E8

Tel: 604-502-6459
Fax: 604-502-6457
pnjohnson@city.surrey.bc.ca

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