The National Center for Preservation Technology and Training has assembled a number of articles detailing the needs of your specific type of historic site.
Guidelines on Flood Adaptation for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings
The Heritage Emergency National Task Force (HENTF), a partnership between FEMA and the Smithsonian Institution, has a number of fact sheets to help the public recover treasured family belongings that might have been damaged by the storm:
After the Flood: Advice for Salvaging Damaged Family Treasures
Salvaging Water-Damaged Family Valuables and Heirlooms
This fact sheet is also available in a few other languages. See the HENTF page in the FEMA Media Library.
Additional resources can be found on HENTF’s website:
Resources for the Public and Historic Property Owners
HENTF can help provide technical assistance to impacted cultural institutions and arts organizations before a major disaster is declared. If you know of an institution that suffered damage, please email lori.foley@fema.dhs.gov. Knowing who has been impacted assists in “situational awareness” so HENTF can better understand the full impact of the storm on cultural and historic resources and be ready to direct cultural stewards to specific resources for response and recovery. If a major disaster is declared for your state, HENTF wants to be able to direct them to apply for federal funding via FEMA’s Public Assistance Program.’s Public Assistance Program.
For more information, contact Paige Thomas at 334-230-2643 or Paige.Thomas@ahc.alabama.gov.