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NCPTT’s Andrew Ferrell recently completed a detail in Texas to assist FEMA with recovery efforts related to Hurricane Ike.

Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness
CDC: Coping With a Disaster or Traumatic Event
CDC Fact Sheet: Prevent Injury after a Disaster
FEMA: A Guide to the Disaster Declaration Process and Federal Disaster Assistance
FEMA: Featured Resource Records
Heritage Emergency National Task Force: On-line Courses in Emergency Management for Cultural Heritage Responders
Hurricanes: Unleashing Nature’s Fury
Smithsonian: Hurricane [...]

On May 8, 2007 NCPTT’s David W. Morgan attended the annual government-to-government consultation meeting held at Marksville, Louisiana.

Within days of Katrina, NCPTT was helping FEMA with its damage survey.
At FEMA’s request, the Center took the lead to produce a Rapid Building and
Site Condition Assessment tool and database that FEMA could use to evaluate
flood-damaged historic buildings in New Orleans and surrounding parishes.
Rapid Cemetery Condition Assessment and Detailed Building and Site Condition
Assessment forms and [...]

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated major portions of the Gulf Coast.

In response to Hurricane Katrina, NCPTT offered technical assistance and guidance to those in charge of preserving the cultural resources of the Gulf Coast region. At the invitation of FEMA, two NCPTT staff members
were embedded in the Joint Field Office (JFO) preservation task force. NCPTT Architecture and Engineering Chief, Andrew Ferrell joined [...]