ALIA is promoting planning and preparation for the upcoming disaster season, there are also resources on the BlueShield Australia website. ALIA will be closely monitoring the disaster season and will be providing information on how libraries are impacted.
ALIA has several free resources which library staff can use to prepare including:
- ALIA Disaster Management for Libraries. Part One – Guide
- ALIA Disaster Management for Libraries. Part Two - Disaster Plan Template and checklist
- ALIA Disaster Scenarios for Staff Training Sessions
Other useful Resources and links
ALIA is a founder member of Blue Shield Australia, a network of committees of dedicated individuals across the world that is: ‘committed to the protection of the world’s cultural property, and is concerned with the protection of cultural and natural heritage, tangible and intangible, in the event of armed conflict, natural- or human-made disaster’.
The Blue Shield website has useful resources from its members and affiliated organisations. These resources include the following:
- Heritage Toolkit (including links to a Rapid Assessment Form for Fire Impacted Heritage Places) from the Australia International Council on Monuments and Sites
- Conservation advice: Cleaning Soot Damaged Objects and Fire damaged memorabilia: advice for bushfire victims (both from the Australian War Memorial
- Disaster preparedness at the National Library of Australia
The full list of resources can be seen on the Blue Shield Australia website
Each State and Territory has its own fire and emergency services with resources available
- ACT Emergency Services Agency
- NSW Rural Fire Service
- QLD Rural Fire Service
- South Australian Country Fire Service
- NT Police, Fire & Emergency Services
- Tasmania Fire Service
- Country Fire Authority (Victoria)
- Department of Fire & Emergency Services (Western Australia)
This page is accurate as of 13 October 2020 and will be updated as needed