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The following documents outline steps to assist in disaster recovery. We have listed them under the names of the publishers – you can visit their websites for further information and updates. Please let us know if you have any others that we can share.

Australia International Council on Monuments and Sites (AICOMOS) 

• Heritage Toolkit  (including links to a Rapid Assessment Form for Fire Impacted Heritage Places)

Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (AIDR)

• Australian Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub 
• Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030. Australian Journal of Emergency Management, Volume 30 Number 3, July 2015, pp 9-10.

Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM)

• Disaster Planning Resources – AICCM
• Disaster Preparedness Calendar
• How can you salvage precious belongings? – Contact a Conservator 
• Salvaging fire-damaged possessions
• Salvaging water-damaged materials
• Salvaging mould-damaged materials
• Be prepared: guidelines for small museums for writing a disaster preparedness plan

Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)

• Disaster preparation and planning
  • ALIA disaster management for libraries. Part one – guide (2nd ed. 2019)
  • ALIA disaster management for libraries. Part two – disaster plan template (2nd ed. 2019)
  • ALIA Disaster Scenarios for Staff Training (2019)

Australian Red Cross (ARC)

• Disaster relief and recovery

Australian War Memorial (AWM)

• Conservation advice: Cleaning Soot Damaged Objects
• Fire damaged memorabilia: advice for bushfire victims

Heritage Collections Council

• Be prepared: guidelines for small museums for writing a disaster preparedness plan

International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)

• First aid to cultural heritage in times of crisis brochure
• First aid to cultural heritage in times of crisis handbook and toolkit

National Archives of Australia (NAA)

• Recovering fire-damaged records
• Recovering flood-damaged records
• Preserving information
• Disaster preparedness manual for Commonwealth agencies

National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA)

Audiovisual materials – guides

• First aid for fire damage
• First aid for water damage

New South Wales State Archives and Records

• Disaster management overview
• Recovery checklist

Pacific Regional Branch – International Council on Archives (PARBICA)

• Recordkeeping for good governance toolkit

State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW)

• Preservation – Smoke and Odour Removal

State Library of Queensland (SLQ)

• Salvaging damaged collections 

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)

• Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction