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April 11, 2007 | Volume 1, Issue 15

THIS WEEK'S FEATURE

Art's-Way planning new, expanded facility following fire
Less than three months after losing several laboratories in a fire that completely destroyed a building at its Monona, Iowa site, Art's-Way Manufacturing Co. is planning a brand new, larger facility, company officials say.

On January 19, a massive fire destroyed a building housing offices, a production area and laboratories at Art's-Way Scientific in Monona. No one was injured and important servers and computer files were recovered undamaged. The building and most of its contents, however, were not so lucky.

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IN THE MAGAZINE

Disaster Planning
There are many points to consider when developing a disaster plan for your animal facility.

If you are reading this article, it is likely that you were entrusted with the task of devising a disaster plan for your facility. I can relate, as the task to develop such a plan that worked for all of the animal care units at the University of Michigan's decentralized facilities fell to me not long ago. I was handed a large box with plans from other facilities, reference material on remediation, three ring binders from conferences on disaster planning, books, the list went on and on. Being diligent, I immediately began reviewing all of these documents, and what I found didn't really help me in creating a plan for my institution...

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