Guidelines for Manuscripts Repositories for preparing the Disaster Management Plan for the Prevention of Manuscripts
Range of activities designed to control over the disaster and emergency situations through strong system of storage, so as to restrict the damage Disaster Management deals with situations before, during and after the disaster.
1. Natural disaster
Rain and wind storms, floods, biological agents (micro-organisms, insect of infestation) Earthquakes
2. Manmade disaster
Acts of war and terrorism, Water (broken pipes, leaking roofs, blocked drains fire extinguishing) fires, explosions, power failures.
Liquid chemical spills
Building deficiencies (structure, design, environment, maintenance)
3. Accidental disaster
Smoking, laboratories
4. Intentional disaster
Vandalism, arson and Bomb attack
Natural disasters cannot be prevented, but measures can be taken to eliminate or reduce the possibility of trouble.Regardless of the many forms a disaster may take, the actual damage to collection is usually caused by fire or water.Even when they are no the initial factor, fires and floods almost invariably occur as secondary causes of library and archive disasters.
Disaster plan
This usually involves four phases:
1. Prevention
2. Preparedness
3. Response
4. Recovery
1 . Prevention
Identify and minimize the risk posed by the building, its equipment and fittings, and the natural hazards of the area.Carry out a building inspection and other factors which constitute a potential hazard.
Establish routine housekeeping and maintenance measure to withstand disaster in buildings and surrounding areas.
Install automatic fire detection and extinguishing systems, and water-sensing alarms, smoke detector, dust detector of air curtain.
2. Preparedness
3. Response
Director, National Mission for Manuscripts
3rd Floor, Hotel Janpath Building, Janpath
New Delhi 110001.
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4. Recovery