RESOURCES: Historic Preservation and Disaster Planning/Preparedness

The Florida Division of Historical Resources, Deparment of State, Division of Emergency Management, Department of Community Affairs, in collaboration with 1000 Friends of Florida, recently produced the new publication Disaster Planning for Florida's Historic Resources with Case Studies. The well illustrated manual "identifies a number of steps that can be taken to prepare for a disaster to minimize its impacts on historic resources. The underlying concept is to have accessible, accurate information about the location of historic resources and a framework for ensuring that information is available to emergency personnel trying to plan disaster mitigation, as well as those in the field dealing with response and recovery."

In addition to an introduction, chapters include:

-- Historic Preservation and Emergency Management: An Overview
-- Enhancing the Local Historic Preservation Process
-- Integrating Historic Preservation into Local Emergency Management
-- Community Case Studies (Apalachicola, Nassau County, Palm Beach County, Sarasota County)
-- Appendix