NATIONAL PARK SERVICE - FPI CONFERENCES ON PUBLIC SAFETY AT HISTORICAL SITES

Balancing Public Safety and Protection of Historic Places   In 2002, the Federal Preservation Institution organized a pair of conferences dedicated to adjusting and adapting methods of cultural resource stewardship in order to better protect these resources from a variety of disasters ranging from the natural to the man-made, and, in particular, against acts of terrorism. These two conferences sought to emphasize that ensuring safety and seeking to preserve our cultural heritage are both attainable, and that fulfillment of one goal need not preclude the fulfillment of the other. The first of these two conferences was held in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, January 22, 2002 at the Washington Capitol Hilton Hotel. The second conference was held on Wednesday, July 24 and Thursday, July 25, 2002 at the Cathedral Hill Hotel, San Francisco, CA. On this site you will find selected papers from both conferences, along with detailed summaries of many of the presentations, as well as list of the experts who participated in the program, and other bibliographic information that relates to the topic. During the Conferences, a set of Standards for security measures at cultural heritage sites were developed.  These are called the "Principles for Development of Security Measures for Historic Places."  Principles for Development of Security Measures for Historic Places First Conference:  "Balancing Public Safety and Protection of Our Nation's Heritage," January 2002, Washington DC. Conference Summary Paper Summaries (1) Info on Principal Speakers (1) Conference Agenda (1) Second Conference: "Security for Our Nation's Historic Landscapes, Buildings, and Collections," July 2002, San Francisco, California Paper Summaries (2) Info on Principal Speakers (2) Conference Agenda (2) Selected Full Papers from both conferences THE TERROR RISK: CAN IT BE MANAGED? by Guy Carpenter, President, Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc. TEDS, WEDS AND BEDS: A PROPERTY OWNER'S RETROFIT OPTIONS, (A Step-by-Step Process) by Marc S. Caspe, P.E., Chief Engineer, McGinnis Chen Associates, LLP, Architects and Engineers (MCA). BALANCING PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF HISTORIC PLACES by Catherine K. Lee, Director of Property Development Division, General Services Administration, Pacific Rim Region, San Francisco, CA. LEARNING ABOUT PROTECTING YOUR COLLECTIONS by Jane S. Long, Director, Heritage Emergency National Task Force. PROTECTING OUR HISTORIC PLACES IN UNCERTAIN TIMES,by Constance Ramirez, Director of FPI, National Park Service. CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION IN TIMES OF WAR AND CIVIL STRIFE by John H. Stubbs, World Monuments Fund. Selected PowerPoint (TM) Presentations from both conferences PowerPoint Presentation: VALUE BASE PLANNING USING VALUE ENGINEERING / VALUE ANALYSIS / VALUE MANAGEMENT From the presentation by: Fred McAuley, Jr. PowerPoint Presentation: BASE ISOLATION AND BLAST LOADING A technical powerpoint show on how BASE ISOLATION works for buildings subjected to earthquakes and also to the impact of blasts from outside of the stucture.  Prepared by Ronald Mayes and Eve Hinman, structural engineers   Guidelines and Standards developed by the Department of Defense UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA (UFC), DoD MINIMUM ANTITERRORISM STANDARDS FOR BUILDINGS by the Department of Defense.(link is to www.tisp.org website for The Infrastructure Security Partnership, a web resource for further information on security.) Bibliography of resources on Emergency Preparedness for Historical Sites BIBLIOGRAPHY ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR HISTORICAL SITES compiled by David Look, Chief, Cultural Resources Team, Pacific Great Basin Support Office National Park Service.