#ARCSchat returned on November 10, at 1:00 p.m. ET, to set aflame our current assumptions about fire and to illuminate all that we misunderstand about fire preparation.
The panel fanning the flames included:
-Michael Kilby, Associate Director for Fire Protection at the Smithsonian -Betsy Severance, Head Registrar at the Getty
-Jared Yax, Firefighter and Collections Curator and Off-Site Facilities Manager at the Tri-Cities Historical Museum, Grand Haven, Michigan.
Additionally, we will feature guest host Rebecca Kennedy, an independent registrar in Washington, D.C., chair of the ARCS Emergency Programming Subcommittee, and collections emergency specialist.
Useful Resources:
-C2C Care Webinar Fire Protection Strategies for Collections & Museums: https://www.connectingtocollections.o...
-NFPA Codes Free Access: https://www.nfpa.org/Codes-and-Standa... -Research on portable fire extinguishing agents: https://www.nfpa.org/-/media/Files/Ne...
-Smithsonian Institution Archives Facing our Fears: https://siarchives.si.edu/blog/facing...