Disaster Recovery and Clean Up You Don’t Have to Do It Alone

Mike Carroll City of Orlando Solid Waste Division Manager

Should You Prepare for Disaster Recovery? –If you are within 200 miles of the Southeast coast (from the Potomac River to Texas) –If you are in a flood prone area –If you are in an area that has had tornados or severe thunderstorms –If you are in an area that has ice storms –If you are near an active fault line –If you have a danger of wildfires –If you have the potential for man-made disaster

Do You Need Help Preparing? Are you sure you know how big a job you are facing? Are you sure you know how big a job you are facing? Can you clean it all up in less than 2 weeks? Can you clean it all up in less than 2 weeks? Can you pay for the clean up and disposal without help? Can you pay for the clean up and disposal without help?

What Kind of Help? Planning Planning Training exercises Training exercises Debris removal Debris removal Monitoring Monitoring FEMA reimbursement assistance FEMA reimbursement assistance

Who Can Help? Other jurisdictions Other jurisdictions Disaster recovery contractors Disaster recovery contractors Consulting firms Consulting firms Your annual contractors Your annual contractors State emergency management offices State emergency management offices Federal Government Federal Government –FEMA –US Corps of Engineers

Other Jurisdictions State Departments State Departments –DOT, Forestry, etc. Other Cities/Counties Other Cities/Counties –Were they hit? –Do they have excess capacity –Do you have excess staff to support them?

Disaster Recovery Contractors Preposition before the disaster Preposition before the disaster Select with a RFP not a bid Select with a RFP not a bid They have a lot of capacity and experience They have a lot of capacity and experience They will train with you They will train with you

Consulting Firms Planning before disaster Planning before disaster Monitoring of clean up & disposal Monitoring of clean up & disposal Reimbursement assistance Reimbursement assistance They will train with you They will train with you

Annual Contractors Can provide clean up services Can provide clean up services –street sweepers, tree removal, etc. Selected competitively Selected competitively You know their work You know their work They know your city They know your city

State Emergency Management Offices Training for events Training for events Unmet needs Unmet needs Experience in the documentation process Experience in the documentation process

US Corps of Engineers At the request of State EOC Federal Government runs the job –Their pace & priorities No monitoring No cash flow issues

Federal Government FEMA (Training & Funding) FEMA (Training & Funding) –Incident Command Structure –Debris Management Course –Money goes to the State Federal Highway Administration Federal Highway Administration –State and Federal aid roads

Recipe for Disaster Recovery Plan for disaster recovery Plan for disaster recovery Select and train a Debris Manager Select and train a Debris Manager Create a Debris Management FOC Create a Debris Management FOC Preposition your help Preposition your help Train for disasters Train for disasters Repeat as needed Repeat as needed

Orlando’s Plan Debris Manager & FOC Debris Manager & FOC Debris contractors in place Debris contractors in place –DRC, Inc –Phillips & Jordan –Crowder-Gulf –Ashbritt Prepositioned monitoring firm Prepositioned monitoring firm –Beck Disaster Recovery Two training exercises per year Two training exercises per year

This Matters Because ? You want your community restored You want life to be normal again You don’t want this to cost more than it has to If you do a good job, YOU can be proud of it for the rest of your life

Thank You and Be Prepared! Mike Carroll 1028 S Woods Ave, Orlando, FL