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resiliency planning as part of their everyday work, so it is even more important that government at all levels incentivizes and
supports that work, such as the State of California’s Outsmart Disaster initiative’s Business Resilience Challenge. This is one
example of a program focused on providing businesses with the resources they need to adequately prepare for and recover from
all types of disasters.
Figure 1.2. Recovery Continuum — Description of Activities by Phase
Preparedness
Short-Term
Pre-Disaster
Recovery Planning
Examples include:
Pre-disaster
recovery planning
Mitigation Planning
and implementation
Community
capacity and
resilience-building
Conducting disaster
preparedness
exercises
Partnership building
Articulating
protocols in disaster
plans for services to
meet the emotional
and health care
needs of adults and
children
Days
Disaster
Ongoing
Short-Term Recovery
Examples include:
Intermediate
Long-Term
Weeks-Months
Intermediate Recovery
Examples include:
Months-Years
Long-Term Recovery
Examples include:
Mass Care/Sheltering
→ Provide integrated mass
care and emergency services
Housing
→ Provide accessible interim
housing solutions
Housing
→ Develop permanent
housing solutions
Debris
→ Clear primary
transportation routes
Debris/Infrastructure
→ Initiate debri removal
→ Plan immediate
infrastructure repair and
restoration
Debris/Infrastructure
→ Rebuild infrastructure
to meet future community
needs
Business
→ Establish temporary or
interim infrastructure to
support business reopenings
→ Reestablish cash flow
Emotional/Psychological
→ Identify adults and
children who benefit from
counseling or behavioral
health services and begin
treatment
Public Health and
Health Care
→ Provide emergency and
temporary medical care
and establish appropriate
surveillance protocols
Mitigation Activities
→ Assess and understand
risks and vulnerabilities
Size and Scope of Disaster
and Recovery Efforts
National Disaster Revovery
Framework (NDRF)
National Response
Framework (NRF)
Business
→ Support reestablishment
of businesses where
appropriate
→ Support establishment of
business recovery one-stop
centers
Emotional/Psychological
→ Engage support networks
for ongoing care
Public Health and
Health Care
→ ensure continuity of care
through temporary facilities
Mitigation Activities
→ Inform community
members of opportunities to
build back stronger
Business
→ Implement economic
revitalization strategies
→ Facilitate funding to
business rebuilding
Emotional/Psychological
→ Follow-up for oingoing
counseling, behavioral
health, and case
management services
Public Health and
Health Care
→ Reestablishment of
disrupted health care
facilities
Mitigation Activities
→ Implement mitigation
strategies
Source: https://www.fema.gov/pdf/recoveryframework/ndrf.pdf
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