Economic Development Recovery and Resiliency Playbook - Flipbook - Page 77
• Critical Infrastructure — The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) defines Critical Infrastructure as the
16 infrastructure sectors “whose assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or virtual, are considered so vital to
the United States that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating efect on security, national economic
security, national public health or safety, or any combination thereof.”95 The 16 Critical Infrastructure sectors are:
1.
Chemical
2.
Commercial Facilities
3.
Communications
4.
Critical Manufacturing
5.
Dams
6.
Defense Industrial Base
7.
Emergency Services
8.
Energy
9.
Financial Services
10. Food and Agriculture
11. Government Facilities
12. Health Care and Public Health
13. Information Technology
14. Nuclear Reactors, Materials, and Waste
15. Transportation Systems
16. Water and Wastewater
Communities should identify their own local Critical Infrastructure and develop plans for ensuring that these systems
can continue uninterrupted during a disaster; this can include upgrading equipment, conducting structural and
nonstructural retrofits, adding additional layers of security, or building redundancies into operations.
• Commercial infrastructure — The disaster resilience of commercial infrastructure is ofen the key to a successful
economic recovery. Commercial infrastructure includes a variety of community services such as grocery stores, shopping
centers, phone and internet service providers, equipment inspection, and repair companies. Taking steps to expedite the
recovery process can reduce the impact from a disaster because commercial infrastructure is the backbone of economic
recovery. Critical Infrastructure is also dependent on many aspects of commercial infrastructure, such as pipelines,
power grids, the supply chain, etc., so the two need to work collaboratively to increase overall community resiliency.
• Residential infrastructure — Building resilience in the residential community is essential to overall community resilience.
This includes actions the community can take to make their homes more resilient to disasters, such as structural
and nonstructural retrofits, creating defensible space to wildfire risks, maintaining vegetation in adherence with best
practices, and ensuring all new construction or renovations follow the latest building codes. Increasing the resilience
in residential infrastructure can lessen the impact of a disaster on residents and can support an accelerated recovery,
returning the community back to normal post disaster.
Community considerations. Increasing community preparedness is a key factor in community resilience. A variety of public
education and outreach resources can be used in a community to prepare the public for the hazards they could face. Educating
the public increases the likelihood of individuals taking the steps necessary to be personally prepared. This supports a smoother
recovery process and increases overall resilience to future disasters. Some examples of community outreach resources include
the following.
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