ESF 14 Overview:Long Term Community Recovery

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FEMA Region VRecovery Division, Public Assistance Branch

Fred Kaehler and Don SimkoApril 2011

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Help create a shared understanding of the problems facing communities.

Facilitate an inclusive community-wide dialogue that launches a strategic recovery road map.

Assist with coordinating State, Federal agencies, private sector organizations and non-profits to achieve optimal recovery.

LTCR program goals;

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The LTCR program expands the recovery effort beyond the traditional FEMA recovery programs:

“Coordinating and synchronizing”

ESF 14 Activation;

Generally for a catastrophic event, or locally catastrophic event that overwhelms the communities ability to recover.

When the FCO or State sees the need, ESF14 is activated.

Team of FEMA and other federal personnel with specialized backgrounds (e.g. community planning, development, infrastructure).

2008: ESF 14 responded with assistance to 11 of the 75 federal declarations that year.

A recent example from within our region;

Gays Mills, WI

Aug 07 and June 08: 2 record floods within 1 year!

New construction on the high ground

Bolivar Peninsula, Texas following Hurricane Ike;

Short video clip;

County Emergency Managers

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•Have residents been displaced and will they return?

•Will all local business return?

•Do you need to rebuild to pre-disaster conditions?

•Involve community and local business in planning.

•You may play a role in others catastrophic recovery.

Recovery

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Remember that there are other federal agencies and other sources of funding both public and private.

Questions?

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