This document discusses cultural heritage emergency preparedness and disaster planning. It outlines several incidents of fires, floods, theft and other disasters at cultural heritage sites. The purpose is to implement proactive policies to minimize risks through prevention, increasing protection abilities, and raising emergency preparedness. The project approach involves collaboration between heritage organizations, security experts, and emergency services to develop customized emergency and disaster plans. The plans prepare organizations to respond effectively to potential incidents and calamities by establishing procedures, contact lists, training, and networking with emergency responders. The goal is to avoid small incidents growing into larger disasters and consequential losses through organized, prepared responses.

1. Cultural heritage emergency preparedness and disaster planning Leon Smets

2. Project: Network appoach to security for collection managing institutions/organisations in Flanders About safety of people and premises … (sécurité)

3. ..and security of the premises, collections, files and capital assets (protection)

4. Nivelles 1989 arson

5. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum Theft with burglary May 2003

6. Yorkshire, flood June 2007

7. Galmaarden May 2008 fire (arson?)

8. Tournai February 2008 hold-up

9. Perpignan September 2007 looting

10. Bourges October 2008 fire (arson?)

11. Weimar, Anna-Amalia library roof repairs September 2004

12. Dresden, Zwinger Flood August 2002

13. Iowa, Ice House Museum flood, June 2008

14. Steyl (Nl), Museum of the Civic Guard April 2008 fire (arson)

42. Mechelen (Malines), collection emergency team

43. www.faronet.be [email_address]

44. www.museum-security.org