The Accreditation Standard requires museums to have a clear and workable emergency plan, which applies to the workforce, to visitors and to collections.
This ten-step guide from the South West Federation of Museums and Galleries enables museums to follow a process to either review and refresh an existing emergency plan or to start planning one for the first time. You can find further guidance to help you plan for emergencies on their website.
Click the link on the right-hand side to download this resource as a DOC file.