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Northwest Florida FloodingThe Invisible Disaster
The Role of Long Term Recovery Organizations in
Disaster Recovery
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Washington and Walton County Recovery
DR 4138
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Washington CountyJuly Flood Event
Washington Co. Population: 25,000
FEMA PA Declaration no IA Declaration from FEMA, leaves county residents
without any Federal Assistance
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Washington County received over 40 inches of rain in a six week period. When the rain began in July of 2013, every county road
was impacted.
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Invisible Disaster
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Volunteers from the West Florida Baptist Association and local Volunteer Fire personnel began tarping roofs as
heavy rains continued.
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Local resources were immediately overwhelmed
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Emergency Management received 115 requests for home repairs,
residents expecting FEMA assistance
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Washington County, City of Vernonpopulation 757
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Volunteer Firefighters unloading donated supplies from the
Southern Baptist Association
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Waste Water Treatment Facility
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Waste Water Treatment Facility
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City of Vernon infrastructure damage
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Dawkins St. (main storm water drainage for City of Vernon)
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Dawkins St. (main storm water drainage for City of Vernon)
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Dawkins St. After the flood
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Misunderstanding of the Emergency Procedures
FEMA PA Declaration challenges
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Walton CountyPopulation 50,324
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This summer, Walton County received over 40 inches of rain in six weeks. At least 36 homes were damaged, as well as dozens of roads and
other infrastructure .
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Map of Damaged Homes
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FEMA PA Declaration made. No IA Declaration from FEMA, leaves county residents without any
Federal Assistance
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Walton Co. Fire Rescue personnel tarp storm damaged roofs.
Local small business provided Web site design and hosting.
211 engaged to assist with information and referrals
Presentations to civic clubs to raise awareness and involvement.
Walton County utilized local connections and resources
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No State Declaration for disasters ( difficult to prove this actually happened when applying for grants)
Simple task, such as receiving tarps from State EM becomes a difficult process. EM had to rely on FLVOAD and Volunteer Florida to arrange the tarp delivery
Difficult to show the impact on the community (financial, emotional toll on individuals)
Local community is not aware of the amount of homes damaged and the impact on the affected population.
Invisible Disaster Challenges
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Catholic Charities of Florida Emergency Services reached out initially to Washington Co. then Walton Co. Emergency Management, to offer long term recovery assistance.
Washington and Walton Co. E.M.s organized a meeting in their respective counties with local faith based and non-profit organizations establishing the Long Term Recovery Organization (LTRO) for each county.
Without FEMA IA Declaration Disaster Recovery Falls Entirely Upon the Community.
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The Washington and Walton County Long Term Recovery Organization will provide spiritual, emotional, physical and financial resources to those affected by disasters, regardless of race, gender, creed, color, sexual orientation, disability or religious preference.
We aim to accomplish these goals by engaging the faith-based, non-profit and local community leaders in to a coordinated disaster recovery entity; utilizing case management to ensure the most vulnerable populations receive the assistance they need, and assist them with their own recovery.
LTRO Mission Statement
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Emergency Management provides leadership, contacts, meeting place, administrative help, too many others to list!
CC of Fla: helping organize Long Term Disaster Recovery CCNWFL: Provides case management services Hammers and Hearts: Coordinating Volunteer Mission Teams and
Construction/Repairs UMC of Al and W FL: providing volunteer mission teams for damaged
home construction/repair United Church of Christ: Grants for Washington and Walton
Counties. United way of West Florida: Fiscal Agent, donor and resource
(Washington Co.) United Way of Okaloosa-Walton : Fiscal Agent, donor and resource Salvation Army supplies shower trailer, American Red Cross: support to mission teams 211 – information clearinghouse TCO Inc. – website design/hosting and support
LTRO a true community partnership
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Have you identified local resources for disaster recovery?
A list of partners? Are you sure your partners have the capacity and
the ability to respond and be part of long term recovery
Do you know the difference between case workers and case managers?
Have you identified local or statewide agencies who are able to do case management?
Do you know who your local, state and national partners are?
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Organized, Cooperative, Coordinated Disaster Recovery
Executive Committee Established Fiscal Agent Established Case Management of Individuals Reporting Loss Repair and Construction Estimates were
Completed Volunteer Mission Teams were Scheduled
(challenge) Housing for Mission Teams Identified
(challenge) Mapping and Data Base of Damaged Homes
Created
LTRO Accomplishments
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Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida received $10K grant for disaster recovery in Washington and Bay Counties. $5K was dedicated to repair and rebuild homes.
UMC of Alabama/West Florida matched the $5K United Church of Christ also matched the $5K United Way of Northwest Fla. also matched the
$5K Washington Co. LTRO with the help of
Volunteer Mission Teams’ extra funding, repaired or rebuilt 42 homes to date.
LTRO Accomplishments Cont.
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History of disasters shows; most LTRO’s take up to a year to actually organize, put systems and procedures in place before a single home repair is done.
Washington and Walton Counties were able to identify local resources (human and financial) who were interested more in helping people than their own agenda.
How long would it take to stand up a LTRO in your community? Are mechanisms in place at this time?
LTRO time factor
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Next Steps: Turning the LTRO into a COAD
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LTRO established before COAD in response to the disaster.
Speedy establishment of the LTRO became a necessity to help the community.
How many LTROs are still operating? How many COADs/Local Coalitions are
currently active? Who is the fiscal agent or potential fiscal
agent?
Working backwards
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Identified non-profits and faith based organizations who are reliable and able to respond to community needs.
A resource list of state and national relief and recovery organizations for EMs to use after future disasters
Need for credentialing of ESF 15, 17, 18 Develop a response strategy to engage non-
profits and faith-based organizations
The LTROs have provided EMs new resources for future disaster response and recovery
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Identified churches who are willing to house volunteers
Identified other resources to house and feed volunteers
Identified future partners Created new relationships in the private and
non-profit sectors
Other benefits of the LTRO
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Include non-profit and faith-based organizations in exercises
Engage and encourage Civic Clubs, businesses, churches etc. to join the COAD
Schedule Regular meetings
Keeping the LTRO alive by creating a COAD
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Washington Co EM, Lynne Abel 850-638-6203 [email protected]
City of Vernon, Michelle Cook 850-866-7210 [email protected] Walton Co. EM, Russell Beaty 850-892-8065 [email protected] Florida Catholic Conf., Gabe Tischler 850-
443-2996 [email protected]
Thank you