Implementing the Incident Command System at the Institutional Level

David W. Carmicheal retired in 2024 as Director of the Pennsylvania State Archives. Previously he was the State Archivist of Georgia. From 2005 to 2006 Mr. Carmicheal served as president of the Council of State Archivists (CoSA) during which, in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, he led a nationwide effort to assess the ability of state archives to protect the essential records of government. The report, Safeguarding a Nation’s Identity, provided a state-by-state framework for protecting government records from natural and human-caused disasters. Subsequently he co-led the FEMA-funded, three year effort, Intergovernmental Preparedness for Essential Records, to train state and local government officials in every U.S. state and territory to identify and protect the essential records of government. He is the author of Implementing the Incident Command System at the Institutional Level: A Handbook for Libraries, Museums, Archives, and Other Cultural Institutions (Heritage Preservation and RescuingRecords.com, 2010) and two publications for the Council of State Archivists, Rescuing Family Records: A Disaster Planning Guide, and its companion volume, Rescuing Business Records: A Disaster Planning Guide for Small Businesses.