Bi-Annual Meeting State Preservation Plan Advisory Committee
History Colorado October 23, 2013 Denver, Colorado
Bi-Annual MeetingState Preservation Plan Advisory
CommitteeHistory ColoradoOctober 23, 2013Denver, Colorado
Leslie A. WilliamsAssistant ProfessorAuraria LibraryUniversity
of Colorado DenverPreparing Colorados Cultural & Historic
Resources for DisastersOverviewDefinition of Cultural &
Historic ResourcesCultural and historic resources are culturally
significant items, such as objects, documents, public records,
manuscripts, maps, photographs, books, artifacts, artworks,
buildings, structures, burial sites, sacred sites, cemeteries, and
animals. Items often have artistic, educational, historic, legal,
scientific, or social significance. Cultural and historic resources
often represent an aspect of a cultural system that is valued by or
significantly representative of a culture or that contains
significance information about a culture and are preserved or
appropriate for preservation and used as an extension of human
memory.-Adopted by the Colorado Cultural & Historic Resources
Task Force, October 2012
Lower North Fork FireStarted: March 26,
2012themountainmail.comCultural & Historic ResourcesItems May
Include:Non-Living & Living SpecimensTangible Items &
Intangible Cultural PracticesPhysical &Digital
ManifestationsIndividual Objects & CollectionsInstitutional
Records & Finding Aids
Often Located In:Libraries, Museums & ArchivesEducational
InstitutionsHistorical SocietiesHistoric Properties &
SitesArchaeological SitesPerforming Arts ComplexesReligious
CentersLocal, State & National ParksGovernmentBotanic
GardensAquariums & Zoos
Unique Often IrreplaceableLimited SupplyRequire Security
MeasuresRequire Inventory ControlRequire Environmental Monitoring
& ControlOnce Damaged, Rarely Can Be Returned to Original
Condition
Snowmastodon DiscoveryOctober 14, 2010dmns.org(Williams et al.,
2013)Important for:Cultural IdentityHistoric & Scientific
Knowledge Economic VitalityCommunity RevitalizationHeritage
Tourism
4Disaster Cycle
pre.drp.org5Institutional PreparednessKey ElementsRisk
AssessmentsMitigation ActivitiesDisaster Plan Supply CacheStaff
TrainingTabletop Exercises
WESTPAS (westpas.org)Heritage Preservation
(http://www.heritagepreservation.org/)Connecting to Collections
Online Community
(http://www.connectingtocollections.org/all-topics/prepare-respond-emergencies/)
Resources6Beyond Institutional Preparedness:Plugging Into
Emergency Management System
www.fema.gov/multiagency-coordination-systems7Beyond
Institutional Preparedness: Why Plug Into the Emergency Management
System?Recognize highest priorities include:Life safetyProperty
protectionPrimary home dwellingsPublic infrastructurePrivate
enterprise
Acknowledge cultural and historic resources fall below these on
the priority list.
Imperative that we take responsibility for ourselves and
collaborate with emergency management.
Then great things will happen.(Williams et al., 2013)
Peter BradySalina, ColoradoSeptember 20138Beyond Institutional
Preparedness: Colorado Cultural and Historic Resources
AllianceMultiagency Coordination Group
Formed in January 2012
Strong Partnership Between Collections, Historic Preservation,
& Emergency Management
Local, State, & Federal Partners
Network of 136+ Individuals Around Colorado & Beyond
Mission & Goals Focus on 4 Pillars of Emergency
Management
Leading the nation
Little Church in the PinesSalina, ColoradoSeptember 2013Peter
Brady9Beyond Institutional Preparedness: Colorado Cultural and
Historic Resources AllianceEmergency Operations Center (EOC)
Team
Identifies cultural and historic resources in jeopardy
Communicates location to Incident Command for protective
measures
Coordinates assistance by drawing upon institutional resources
and technical expertise
Little Church in the PinesSalina, ColoradoSeptember 2013Peter
Brady10State Operations PlanRoles and responsibilities during
disastersActivation levels of State EOCCurrently 17 Emergency
Support Functions (ESFs) DefinedESF11d Cultural & Historic
Resources - DraftBlack Forest FireEl Paso County, ColoradoJune
2013
Associated Press11State Mitigation Plan
dhsem.state.co.usHazards identification and risk assessmentState
capabilities assessmentMitigation Strategies12State Recovery
PlanDamage assessmentCurrently 14 Recovery Support Functions
(RSFs)RSF 10 Historic & Cultural Resources - Draft
AAron OntiverozWest Fork Fire ComplexJune 201313State
Preservation PlanGoal A: Preserving the Places that MatterGoal B:
Strengthening and Connecting the Colorado Preservation NetworkGoal
C: Shaping the Preservation MessageGoal D: Publicizing the Benefits
of PreservationGoal E: Weaving Preservation Throughout Education
Goal F: Advancing Preservation Practices
What do you think?
14ReferencesWilliams, Leslie A. 2013. "Disaster Preparedness."
Association of Northern Front Range Museums's Bi-Annual Meeting,
Denver, Colorado.Williams, Leslie A., and Scott Baldwin. 2013.
"Preservation Emergencies: When to Speak Up and Who to Call."
Saving Places, Denver, Colorado.Williams, Leslie A., Scott Baldwin,
Karen Larkin, Mary Rupp, and Carl Stewart. 2013. "Colorado's
Cultural & Historic Resources Under Fire: The Summer of 2012."
Best Practices in Emergency Management Higher Education,
Chattanooga, Tennessee.Thank you!
Leslie A. [email protected]
Williams, Leslie A., Scott Baldwin, Karin Larkin, Mary Rupp, and
Carl Stewart. 2013. Colorado's Cultural and Historic Resources
Under Fire: The Summer of 2012. In Best Practices in Emergency
Management Higher Education. Chattanooga, TN.