Seminar on disaster preparedness

The Massachusetts Cultural Resources Disaster Planning and
Mitigation Task Force is presenting a one day seminar/conference on
"Protecting Cultural Resources in a Disaster on September 21, 1999
at the Isaac Winslow Hourse in Marshfield, MA (9:30 - 3:00).

Speakers will include Ed Thomas, FEMA; Judy Mcdonough,
Massachusetts Historic Commission; Joe Mzazzeo, National Park
Service; Arthur Dutil, Stockbridge; David Vallee, National Weather
Service; and Richard Wilcox, Stockbridge Police Department.
Registration requests (with a $5 check made out to the Historic
Winslow Houe Association) should be sent to

    Joan Foster
    Project Impact Committee
    Selectmen's Office
    Marshfield Town Hall
    870 Moraine Street
    Marshfield, MA 02050.

Late registrations to Amanda Orsted at 508-820-1447.

Recognizing that cultural resources are usually at the bottom of the
list, even if they make it to the radar screen, in the event of a
community-wide, regional, or state-wide disaster (Catastrophic one),
the Task Force has been working with the Massachusetts Emergency
Management Agency, FEMA, municipalities, and a number of other
state, local, and non-profit organizations to develop institutional
disaster plans and to educate and inform municipal emergency
coordinators on the need to protect cultural resources in the event
of a disaster.  A similar forum was held in Stockbridge, MA last
November and has been extremely successful in getting institutions
and the municipality to work together.

Gregor Trinkaus-Randall
Preservation Specialist
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
648 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02215-2070
617-267-9400, 800-952-7403 (in-state)
Fax: 617-421-9833

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