Recovering from Disaster A Summary of the October 17, 2007 Workshop of the Disasters Roundtable (2008) / Chapter Skim
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Session II: Some Key Disaster Recovery Issues
Session II: Some Key Disaster Recovery Issues
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Walke noted that only about 100 staff members in the 10 FEMA regions work on public assistance, and that such a small staff creates a major challenge for the agency following disasters as large as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which require sustained activity over a year or more. According to Walke, about 50 presidential disaster declarations are made each year that result in FEMA providing disaster assistance, and on average about $2.6 billion a year is made available to disaster struck communities for coping with the impacts of disasters, most frequently floods.
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Barbera concluded by stressing the importance of government and community focusing upon restoration of the healthcare delivery system post-disaster, and that economic assistance to both public and private healthcare providers will likely provide major benefits in promoting rapid and complete community recovery. Pre-Disaster Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery Laurie Johnson, an independent urban planning consultant, began her joint presentation with fellow planner Robert Olshansky by discussing the evolution of pre-disaster planning for post-disaster recovery in the U.S.
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