Disaster planning

9.1 Lancashire Archives maintains a service-specific Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response Plan, which sits within Lancashire County Council's corporate plans and the Libraries, Museums, Culture and Archives plan. This ensures protection of the buildings, archive collections and staff as well as the most appropriate response to recover archival holdings and make provision for business continuity and recovery in the event of an emergency. The plan has provision for staff training and testing.

9.2 Lancashire County Council subscribes to Harwell Document Restoration Services as a Priority User. Harwell will provide recovery and emergency salvage services in the event of a disaster.

9.3 Disaster and recovery materials and equipment are located in the Conservation workshop in a designated 'Disaster Bag'. Items that should be contained in the bag are listed on a card in the front of the bag. Plastic sheeting is located in the Conservation workshop in a floor-level, brown plastic crate marked 'Emergency Plastic Sheeting'. All items are checked and monitored annually to ensure they are replaced after use or expiry.