Cooperative disaster preparedness

I am interested in the concept of communal disaster
supplies--sharing salvage and recovery supplies between museums.
While this is a common recommendation in disaster preparedness, I
would like to hear from people who have actually set up a system.
Advice about what works and what doesn't would be much appreciated.
Specifically, I would like to know:

    *   where are the communal supplies located? (i.e., in a
        separate storage facility; in participating institutions)

    *   how is the initiative financed?

    *   how is it maintained? (who is responsible for re-stocking
        supplies, etc.)

The only example I have heard of is Artlab Australia. Are there
other examples of communal supplies out there?

Audrey Yardley-Jones
Conservation Co-ordinator
Museums Alberta
9829 - 103 Street
Edmonton, AB
Canada  T5K 0X9
780-424-2657, extension 225
Fax: 780-425-1679


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