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7 Federal authorities that guide recovery include national strategies, federal statutes, regulations, executive orders, and presidential directives. The National Strategy for Homeland Security and Emergency Management drives all of the subsequent national directives, initiatives, and common approaches for incident management, response, recovery, and resilience.
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8 a pre-event recovery planning Guide for transportation National Incident Management System The NIMS provides a systematic, proactive approach to guide departments and agencies at all levels of government, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector to work seamlessly to prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents, regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity, in order to reduce the loss of life and property and harm to the environment. Under NIMS, a series of Emergency Support Functions (ESFs)
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Federal Strategies and Initiatives 9 ESF #14 includes the coordination of national long-term recovery strategies and plans with other relevant federal departments and agencies that have independent authorities and responsibilities for addressing key issues regarding catastrophic incidents. These may include contaminated debris management, decontamination and environmental restoration, and restoration of public facilities and infrastructure.
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10 a pre-event recovery planning Guide for transportation There are four critical elements of the National Preparedness Guidelines (DHS 2007)
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Federal Strategies and Initiatives 11 Establish clear leadership, coordination, and decision-making structures at local, state and tribal levels. Develop pre-disaster partnerships to ensure engagement of all potential resources through the following methods: • Identifying and engaging stakeholders including, but not limited to, the general public, community leaders, faith-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, and private-sector entities.
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