California Alliance for ResponseCalifornia Alliance for ResponseChallenges to Emergency Response at Cultural CentersChallenges to Emergency Response at Cultural Centers

Balboa Park, San DiegoBalboa Park, San Diego

Thursday, September 21, 2006 Thursday, September 21, 2006

Emergency Management

California Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS)

Federal National Incident Management System (NIMS)

Incident Command System (ICS)

All hazards approachAll hazards approachNaturally Naturally OccurringOccurring

Human InducedHuman Induced

IntentionalIntentional UnintentionalUnintentionalFireFire TheftTheft Software/Hardware Software/Hardware

failurefailure

EarthquakeEarthquake Workplace ViolenceWorkplace Violence Power failurePower failure

Flood/TsunamiFlood/Tsunami Bomb ThreatBomb Threat Human errorHuman error

EpidemicEpidemic Fire/ArsonFire/Arson Gas outageGas outage

Power FailurePower Failure Fraud/Fraud/EmbezzlementEmbezzlement

Water outageWater outage

High WindsHigh Winds Cyber crimeCyber crime HVAC system failureHVAC system failure

SnowstormSnowstorm TerrorismTerrorism Accidental damage Accidental damage to assetsto assets

• Leading cause of fire in libraries is arson (40%) followed by electrical (20%) & other equipment (16%)

• Leading cause of fire in museums is electrical (25%), followed by arson (18%) & other equipment (19%)

National Fire Protection Association. NFPA Code 909: Protection of Cultural Resources Properties - Museums, Libraries, and Places of Worship, 2005

Why Arson?Why Arson?

Coordinating media interaction

Media response Media response

Risk of contradicting Risk of contradicting statementsstatements

Need for Joint Need for Joint Information CentersInformation Centers

What we want to communicateWhat we want to communicate

Who, what, where, Who, what, where, when, why, howwhen, why, how

Life safety Life safety

What to doWhat to do

Where to goWhere to go

Where NOT to goWhere NOT to go

How and when we will How and when we will provide updatesprovide updates