Master Supply List

From the "Field Guide to Emergency Response: A Vital Tool for Cultural Institutions"
by Heritage Preservation.

• Salvage Supply Center
  • General Supplies
  • Object Salvage and Handling
  • Packing/Labeling
• Command Center
• First Aid/Rest Station

• General Supplies:

  • Batteries, chargers
  • Chairs and tables
  • Communication devices (e.g., cell phones or walkie-talkies)
  • Door wedges
  • Fans and dehumidifiers
  • Flashlights and emergency lighting
  • Garbage bags
  • Garden hose with adjustable spray attachment
  • Generator
  • Scissors, utility knives, extra blades
  • Scrub brushes
  • Temperature/humidity monitor
  • Wet-dry vacuum
  
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• Object Salvage and Handling:

  • Absorbent materials: white towels, paper towels, blotting paper, rags, etc.
  • Air bulbs and/or canned air
  • Brushes, soft, natural bristle
  • Buckets
  • Carts
  • Cheesecloth
  • Clothesline or nylon rope
  • Cotton swabs
  • Dollies
  • Freezer bags, large and small
  • Freezer or waxed paper, or polyester film
  • Gloves, disposable latex or nitril
  • Hair dryers (use COOL setting only)
  • Pallets
  • Plastic clips or plastic clothespins
  • Plastic trays, photo trays, or shallow dishpans
  • Plywood, Plexiglas, or other rigid supports
  • Polyethylene sheeting or plastic tarps
  • Screening, fine mesh, plastic or fiberglass
  • Sponges, regular and soot
  • Vacuum cleaner with HEPA filter
  • Water, preferably distilled
  
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• Packing/Labeling:

  • Adhesive labels for boxes
  • Cameras, still or video, and supplies
  • Crates, plastic or cardboard
  • Marker, waterproof
  • Office supplies (general)
  • Packing material (e.g., blank newsprint or bubble wrap)
  • Tags for labeling objects
  • Tape recorder
  • Tape, packing or duct

• Badges/badge materials
• Batteries, chargers
• Cameras, still or video, and supplies
• Cash and credit cards
• Caution tape rolls
• Chairs and tables
• Communications devices (e.g., cell phones or walkie-talkies)
• Computer, printer, fax machine
• Extension cords (heavy-duty)
• Fans and dehumidifiers
• Flashlights and emergency Lighting
• Generator
• Ground fault circuit interrupter (or surge protector)
• Megaphone/bullhorn
• Paper, general office supplies
• Plywood, plastic sheeting, or tarps (to cover broken windows and doors)
• Poster board and markers
• Pumps, mops & buckets
• Radio (weather, AM/FM)
• Tape recorder
• Tape, duct and masking

• Batteries, chargers
• Chairs and tables
• Communications devices (e.g., cell phones or walkie-talkies)
• Eye protection/safety glasses
• Fans
• First aid kits, eyewash kits
• Flashlights and emergency lighting
• Folding cots, blankets
• Food and snacks, non-perishable
• Garbage bags
• Gloves, rubber, disposable, latex or nitrile
• N95 masks
• NIOSH-compliant respirators for lead
• Plastic plates, cups, utensils
• Portable toilets or substitute
• Protective clothing (hard hats, rubber boots, safety-toed boots, disposable overalls, plastic aprons, leather gloves)
• Sanitary supplies, including anti-microbial soap, alcohol hand wash, disposable wipes, and toilet paper
• Water, drinking, three days supply (at least one gallon/person/day)