This Collections template has been produced by our Conservation Development Officer, Helena, to provide a suggested layout and content of an emergency plan for your museum.

Adapt this document to correspond to your own guidelines, working practices, logo and policies.

If you have any questions about our Collections resources or cannot find something specific you are looking for, then please get in touch.

June 2019

[This is a template. Adapt this document to correspond to your own guidelines, working practices, logo and policies.]

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[museum name and address]

 

EMERGENCY PLAN

No:  …  of    … copies

Date: ­­­   /    /

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Location :      This book is kept in……

This Plan contains confidential information. Please Keep It Safe.

 

FIRST CONTACTS

Position Name Address Phone Mobile
         
         
         
         
 

USEFUL NUMBERS

Contact Organisation Reference Phone Mobile
  Police      
  Electricity      
  Gas      
  Water      
  Insurance      
  Electrician      
  Plumber      
  Glazier      
  Locksmith      

CONTENTS

  Page

Introduction

 
Key Holders  
Staff Contacts  
Plans of the museum premises  
What to do in case of:  
    Accident or Illness  
    Assault  
    Missing Person  
    Vandalism  
    Theft/Burglary  
    Gas Leak  
    Oil Leak  
    Fire  
    Flood/ Water leak  
    Storm damage  
    Bomb Threat  
   
Resources – In the museum  
    First Aid – where it is, what’s in it  
    Emergencies Kit – where it is, what’s in it, how to use it  
    Museum documentation – where all copies are  
   
Resources – Outside the museum  
    Council  
    Transport  
    Storage  
   
Organisations  
   
Dealing with the Aftermath  
   
   
   
   
   
   

Introduction

[museum context for readers]

Key Holders

Name Address Comments Phone Mobile
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         

Staff Contacts

Name Address Skill Phone Mobile
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
   
 
   

Plans of the museum premises

 

[museum premises plans]

 

[Include doors, windows, lifts, stairs and escalators, valves and stopcocks, fuse boxes, electrical sockets, fire equipment, hazards, trapdoors, vents, first aid equipment, emergency stores, radiators, etc. Anything that could be useful or harmful.

Include all buildings which house objects from the collection.]

 

What to do in case of

Accident/Illness

 

 

Assault

 

 

Missing Person

 

 

Vandalism

 

 

Theft/Burglary

 

 

Gas Leak

 

 

Oil Leak

 

 

Fire

 

 

Flood/ Water leak

 

 

Storm damage

 

 

Security Risk (e.g. broken window or door )

 

 

Bomb Threat

 

Vehicle Crash
Resources

 

Within the museum:

 

First Aid Kit  [where it is, what’s in it]

 

Emergencies Kit  [where it is, what’s in it, how to use it]

 

Outside the museum:

 

Council

 

Transport

 

Storage

 

Organisations

Name What they can provide Who to contact
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

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