Writing Your Disaster Plan
Short Plan: NN/LM recommends that all libraries create a response plan based on the Pocket Response Plan (PReP) that was developed by the Council of State Archivists (CoSA). This is a one-page plan that can be kept in a purse or a wallet, so no matter where you are you will be able to manage a response. Click on the link below for a template of the plan.
Service Continuity PReP: Template recommended by NN/LM.
(To order Tyvek mini-sleeves to hold PRePs, visit the CoSA site at http://www.statearchivists.org/shop/prep-buy.htm)
SAMPLE DISASTER PLANS
Long Plan: following are disaster plans from several institutions who have agreed to share them here on the NN/LM Emergency Preparedness & Response Toolkit (many thanks to all of you). Please feel free to adapt them to your needs.
Resource libraries:
Loyola University Health Sciences Library Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Manual
University of Utah ER Flip Chart
University of Virginia Claude Moore Health Sciences Library Emergency Preparedness & Response Plan If you would like this plan in Microsoft Word, please contact Susan Yowell at syowell@virginia.edu.
Hospital libraries:
Virginia Mason Hospital and Medical Center (Seattle, WA): many thank to Mary Beth Simieli, librarian, for permission to share these documents.
10-Step Service Continuity Sheet
San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center: many thanks to Joy Graham at SFGH and the emergency response coordinator at her hospital for sharing their emergency response plan. It’s a very nice example of providing the most-needed information in a concise format.
Emergency Response Table Template: Use this as a template for developing your own emergency response table.
Do you have a completed emergency preparedness and response plan or PReP that you’d be willing to share with us? If so, please send to: Susan Yowell at syowell@virginia.edu, or Dan Wilson at danwilson@virginia.edu. Remove any possibly sensitive/confidential information first!
