CAMP: Resilience Toolkit

The mission of the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions (NAPC) is to build strong local preservation programs through education, advocacy, and training. As part of the directive, NAPC started the Commission Assistance and Mentoring Program (CAMP®) to provide training and support for local preservation commissions that are high-quality, engaging, and informative. Engaged in presentations, hands-on exercises, group discussion, and networking opportunities, attendees have the opportunity to learn, grow, and form a network of professions with aligned goals.

As many communities begin to see the challenges of climate change grow nearer, it is imperative to provide tools to adapt, mitigate, plan, recover, fund, and thrive in a time of uncertainty. Resilience and Disaster Planning topics have been incorporated into the CAMP curriculum for the first time in 2021. This toolkit provides the tools every commissioner, staff member, policymaker, and community member should have on their toolbelt. The resources are collected from a wide range of sources including federal, non-profit, and local governments, and also includes other languages where available. This toolkit is intended to be a dynamic resource that will continue to grow as we search for and develop a new information and practices.

The goal of the Guidelines on Flood Adaptation for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings is to provide information about how to adapt historic buildings to be more resilient. This builds from the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation so the new Guidelines meets the standards. Resilience has different means, but for the purpose of this document it means the capacity of a historic property to withstand and recover from a flood event.

The Guidelines should not be used alone, but in tandem with other Federal, State, and local guidelines available to maintain the highest standards for the ongoing stewardship of valued historic resources. Much like the Standards, the Guidelines are written to inlcude a brief description, as well as "Recommended" and "Not Recommended" actions to pursue. This document addresses planning, temporary methods, landscape adaptations, utility protection, dry and wet floodproofing, elevation, relocation, and more.