cultural & historic resources in colorado:2012 wildfires & beyond

8/12/2019 Cultural & Historic Resources in Colorado:2012 Wildfires & Beyond

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Scott BaldwinMitigation Specialist, Colorado Office of Emergency Management

Leslie A. WilliamsAssistant Professor, Auraria Library, University of Colorado Denver

2013 Emergency Management ConferenceColorado Emergency Management Association

Loveland, ColoradoFebruary 26-28, 2013


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Who Are We?Leslie A. Williams

Leslie A. Williams


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Local Fire

Architect

Emergency Management

Private Consultant

Archives

Academic Library

Historic Preservation

Cultural Resources Non Profit

Museum

Government

Higher Education

Public Library


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Improve the State of Colorados emergency response and recovery

support to Cultural & Historic Resources (CHR) throughout the state bydeveloping plans, training, and process improvement methods in a

collaborative and inclusive environment.

Snowmastodon Discovery

October 14, 2010

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Mitigation

Encourage greater participation ofC&H resources into local mitigationplanning

Support local risk assessments ofcollections and facilities with firstresponders

Preparedness

Facilitate C&H resource managersparticipation in local disasterexercising

Develop more robust programmaticagreements between State HistoricPreservation Office (SHPO) and FEMAto ensure quicker recovery of theseresources post disaster


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Response

Develop MOUs within CHRcommunity to provide assistance andexpertise to locally affected resources

Create state mission sets for theallocation of resources to assist withthe protection and recovery of C&Hresources statewide

Recovery

Ensure damaged facilities andcollections are included in localdamage assessments


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The Cultural and Historic Task Force will be the primarycoordination point for Cultural and Historic resource protectionand recovery during disaster events. The Task Force will

coordinate initial response and protection of these sites andcollections during an emergency, working with local

preservationists, state and federal officials, as well as those

coordinating response to the incident, such as the IncidentManagement Team.


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High Park FireMovement of containment line to protect C&Hresources during emergency operations

Waldo Canyon Fire

Determining available resources and sites to assistwith the evacuation of collections

Wetmore Fire

Provided real time location of fire perimeter inrelation to C&H resources, included locationinformation to damage assessment team


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It is the ultimate goal

of the Cultural & Historic

Resources Task Force

to become a fully operational unit,

capable of providing assistanceand expertise during response

and recovery phases

to CHR resources statewide.


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Thank You!

Scott Baldwin

[email protected]

Leslie A. Williams

[email protected]

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