8Moving Beyond Immediate Needs: Damage Assessment, Disaster Declarations, and Debris Removal
What You’ll Learn in This Chapter
- How to transition from response to recovery.
- The importance of damage assessment.
- The purpose and benefit of federal disaster declarations.
- When a federal declaration is expected to be issued.
- The likelihood of debris resulting from disaster.
- The difficulty of dealing with disaster debris.
After Studying This Chapter, You’ll Be Able To
- Identify disaster impacts that hinder resilience.
- Compare types and methods of damage assessments.
- Understand the factors that determine federal declarations.
- Initiate the disaster declaration process.
- Differentiate between emergency and disaster declarations.
- Explain the challenges created by disaster debris.
Goals and Outcomes
- Predict and overcome damage assessment challenges.
- Implement damage assessment procedures to ensure accuracy.
- Issue disaster declarations at the local level.
- Request assistance according to federal requirements.
- Manage debris operations according to regulations.
- Collaborate with partners to meet intermediate goals.
INTRODUCTION
To promote disaster resilience, you will not only have to address immediate response needs but begin to think about recovery issues. One of the most ...
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