Press Release
February 10, 2025
Contact: Jennifer Frazee
Fort Gibson Historic Site, Oklahoma Historical Society
Office: 918-478-4088
fortgibson@history.ok.gov
www.okhistory.org/fortgibson
Director of Fort Gibson Historic Site Completes HEART Program at Smithsonian Institution
FORT GIBSON, Okla. — Jennifer Frazee, director of Fort Gibson Historic Site and an employee of the Oklahoma Historical Society, was awarded a certificate for the completion of the Heritage Emergency and Response Training (HEART) program held December 9-13, 2024, at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
Organized by the Heritage Emergency National Task Force, the training prepares cultural stewards, first responders, and emergency managers to work together to address emergencies and disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, or floods that affect cultural institutions and historic sites. The sessions offered realistic, hands-on training in the Incident Command System, risk and damage assessment, disaster planning, health and safety, emergency evacuation and salvage of museum objects, and working with the media.
Selected through a competitive nationwide application process, the 25 participants from 19 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Marianas Islands came from a wide variety of museum specialties and library, archives, and emergency management fields.
The Heritage Emergency National Task Force is a public-private partnership of the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative and FEMA’s Office of Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation. Its members comprise over 60 federal agencies and national service organizations dedicated to protecting our nation’s cultural heritage from the damaging effects of natural disasters and other emergencies.
For more information, please call 918-478-4088. The Fort Gibson Historic Site is located at 803 N. Garrison Ave. in Fort Gibson.
The Fort Gibson Historic Site is a division of the Oklahoma Historical Society. The mission of the Oklahoma Historical Society is to collect, preserve and share the history and culture of the state of Oklahoma and its people. Founded in 1893 by members of the Territorial Press Association, the OHS maintains museums, historic sites and affiliates across the state. Through its research archives, exhibits, educational programs and publications the OHS chronicles the rich history of Oklahoma. For more information about the OHS, please visit www.okhistory.org.
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Editor’s Note: Photos of the Fort Gibson Historic Site are available upon request.
