The EvacuPacket is an emergency organizer for your home, boat, or small business. It provides guidance to select and digitize photographs, important papers, and memorabilia that you want to protect and use after an unforeseen event or share with future generations.
The EvacuPacket is an idea that stems from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. As a consultant for the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), Steve Shulman, president and founder of Our Heritage Vault, Inc., coordinated the museum community’s early response to the storm. The project provided volunteer assistance and initial assessments to museums, historical societies, and other cultural venues through eight self-contained teams of museum professionals and conservators educated and trained in the remediation of damaged materials.
As individuals learned about this work in Mississippi and Louisiana, several asked, “What can you do for me? I have photographs that look ruined.” While museums have insurance that is specific to restoring their collections, a homeowner’s insurance covers catastrophic damage and may not have sufficient funds to pay for the restoration of art and photographs unless they have special coverage for those items. Spending decisions become far too easy when one’s home is destroyed and job is lost. It means that family memorabilia becomes trash.
The EvacuPacket in combination with Our Heritage Vault.com offers protection to individuals, families, and small businesses. It provides guidance for scanning and digitally collecting photographs and documents that matter, the ones that help tell a family’s story or keep a business operating after a disaster.
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