Iowa Conservation and Preservation Consortium

The Iowa Conservation and Preservation Consortium, in partnership with the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, the Iowa Museum Association, and the State Library of Iowa, will develop a formal, coordinated emergency response plan at the local and state level. The project activities include surveying institutional preparedness and knowledge of resources, geo-referencing location of cultural repositories, raising awareness of the need for disaster response plans, developing a strategy for establishing "first responders," and developing a simple, broadly applicable disaster response planning tool.