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Who are Disaster Scope’s clients?
We serve local agencies such as cities, counties, school districts, special districts; state agencies such as state departments and emergency management agencies; federal emergency management agencies; and certain private non-profit institutions such as universities, hospitals, private schools and water districts.
What is Preparedness / Response Planning?
Preparedness and response planning involves the development of a comprehensive plan that incorporates best practices and procedures from the incident management arena into a unified structure and format. Preparedness/response planning forms the basis of how the local jurisdiction interacts both internally and with external agencies from local, state and federal governments in the aftermath of a disaster or emergency.
What is Hazard Mitigation?
Hazard Mitigation is defined as any sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to life and property from a hazard event.
What is Mitigation Planning?
The purpose of mitigation planning is to systematically identify policies, actions, and tools that can be used to implement those actions. Mitigation planning has four steps: organizing resources, assessing risks, developing a mitigation plan, and implementing the plan and monitoring progress.
What is Recovery Planning?
Recovery planning involves the development of systems and procedures to facilitate the recovery process following a declared disaster or emergency. Typically, plans include damage surveys and inspections, repair planning and estimation, financial information tracking and repair project management.
What is Public Assistance?
Public Assistance provides supplemental Federal disaster grant assistance for the repair, replacement, or restoration of disaster-damaged, publicly owned facilities and the facilities of certain Private Non-Profit (PNP) organizations. The Federal share of assistance is not less than 75% of the eligible cost for emergency measures and permanent restoration. The State determines how the non-Federal share (up to 25%) is split with the applicants.
How do you apply for Public Assistance?
Applicants must complete and submit a Request for Public Assistance form (FEMA Form 90-49) to the State within 30 days following the designation of the area in which the damage is located. In addition, a List of Projects is required describing the disaster damage, locations and estimated repair costs.
What is Resilience?
Resilience, according to Webster’s dictionary, is the act of leaping or springing back, or rebounding after bending, stretching, or being compressed. In disaster recovery terms, it’s the ability to not only withstand the pressures and stresses of a disaster event, but to be flexible and strong enough to recover as quickly and completely as possible after the disaster. This includes both the physical “brick and mortar” components of recovery as well as the human relational aspects.
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