Emergency Response/Disaster Assistance Phone Numbers for Libraries, Archives, Museums, Galleries, Performing Arts Spaces

Updated 6/5/2024

For help with water damage and mold to books and other library materials, call either LYRASIS Disaster Assistance (1–504–300–9478) or (1–855–245–8303) NEDCC 24 / 7 Collections Emergency Phone Assistance Northeast Document Conservation Center.

Reprinted in 2016 and back available for purchase is the Emergency Response and Salvage (ERS) Wheel at $10/wheel (1–9) and $5/wheel (10+).

Emergency Response and Salvage Wheel

Also see the multimedia resources by the NIEHS (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) for its Worker Training Program (WTP), which includes links to ePub training tools, videos, webinars and podcasts on site-specific hazards.

Subscribe to the Public Twitter List, FEDERAL HEALTH AGENCIES: US FEDERAL HEALTH AGENCIES WITH INFO ON DISASTERS, PROTECTION FROM INFECTION OF COVID19 & MONKEYPOX, which includes various Twitter accounts of the CDC, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and of Ready.gov.

Enable Emergency Alerts, as instructed at Ready.gov.

See FEMA Mobile Products for full details, updated November 2, 2023.