1. Assess the situation

2. Notify and assemble the necessary personnel

3. Establish a "command post"

4. Procure and assemble the necessary supplies and personnel

5. Establish security measures

6. Get clearance to enter the building

7. Eliminate hazards

8. Stablize the environment

9. Make a detailed assessment of the damage

10. Develop a detailed plan of action

11. Brief all assembled personnel

1. Pack and remove affected materials

2. Stablize materials

3. Dry materials:

A. Air-drying

B. Freeze-drying

C. Dehumidification

D. Vacuum (thermal) drying or vacuum freeze-drying

1. Perform rehabilitation as needed, through activities such as:

• smokeremoval and deodorization
• fumigation
• reprocessing and copying photographic media
• cleaning, rehousing, and copying magnetic media
• cleaning or phonodiscs

2. Rehabilitage paper-based materials through activities such as:

• rehousing
• cleaning
• repair and/or rebinding
• relabelling, plating, marking

3. Reshelve/refile materials