Recovery and Mitigation 101

Dean A. Messing

The FEMA PROJECT IMPACT designation is an honor that any community should strive to achieve. This designation, not only brings federal funding, but also brings the right types of people and groups together to address the problems, and their potential solutions, that the community would not normally think of, or even try to remedy.

This program will hopefully help develop successful solutions and make your community more disaster resistant.

How to design and develop a PROJECT IMPACT community.

  1. Introduction:

    2. The presentation will describe how to design and develop a program that will be successful in obtaining a PROJECT IMPACT designation

  2. Steps involved in the design
  3. Who should be involved
  4. Solving the problems of the community with suggestions for the proposed program.
  5. Making your community "Disaster Resistant" by working to achieve the PROJECT IMPACT designation

 

Recovery and Mitigation 101

Damage Assessments have requirements that are needed at various stages of a disaster. There is preliminary damage estimates needed early on, after the disaster. More in depth damage estimates are needed before the Federal government becomes involved. Federal and State damage assessment Teams are sent out to further inspect and estimate the amount of damages incurred. If a Federal declaration is issued, then further estimates are completed in order to determine the type and amount of aid that will be given, and to whom.

Damage assessments are a very important part of getting the proper aid available after the disaster.

Reporting requirements related to various Stages of a Disaster:

  1. Introduction

    2. The presentation will describe what is required after a disaster

  2. When damage assessments are needed
  3. Types of damage assessments that are required
  4. Who does these assessments
  5. Obtaining the proper designation and aid through proper damage assessments