RESOURCES IN CENTRAL TEXAS
Documents, photographs, and heirlooms that have been damaged in a fire are often salvageable after sustaining water damage. Wet documents can often be handled with care without causing further damage.
The following is a list of resources for dealing with materials after a disaster.
- American Institute for Conservation
Disaster Response and Recovery: If you're first
This site gives a summary of things to consider when first responding to a disaster and some basic tips on salvaging materials.
http://www.conservationus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=596 - American Institute for Conservation
Disaster Response & Recovery Guides and Information
This links to some basic guides for dealing with water damaged objects, textiles and photographs.
http://www.conservationus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=593 - guides - WAAC Salvage at a Glance chart
The link to the chart is highlighted and can be downloaded as a PDF. The chart gives the best drying methods for paper documents, books, parchment, paper artworks, paintings, sound and video recordings, and photographs.
http://cool.conservation-us.org/waac/ttl/ - Heritage Preservation
Resources for Response and Recovery
The tab labeled "Respond to an Emergency" provides links to instructions for recovering various materials. The streaming video "Coping with Water Damage" offers practical information about handling wet books.
http://www.heritagepreservation.org/programs/TFRespRecover.html - Northeast Document Conservation Center
Preservation Leaflets
There is a series of webpages that give clear, easy to follow, instructions for recovering a variety of types of materials when they are wet.
http://www.nedcc.org/resources/leaflets.list.php - Conservation On-Line
Disaster Preparedness and Response
This site offers links to many other disaster response resources.
http://cool.conservation-us.org/bytopic/disasters/