Regional Disaster Resilience Initiative Focusing on Recovery and Restoration

Human resilience is the capacity to effectively influence and adapt to change. 2

Regional Disaster Resilience Initiative  Bring together cross-jurisdictional stakeholders to jointly:  Understand our region’s current capacity to quickly and effectively recover and rebuild from a major disaster  Baseline assessment/gap analysis  Identify actions that can be taken to improve our recovery capacity and address gaps  Action Plan 3

FEMA Disaster Recovery Continuum Pre-disaster recovery planning Mitigation planning Resilience building Disaster preparedness exercises Emergency services and Mass care and shelter Debris removal of primary trans. Routes Establish temporary infrastructure Interim housing Initiate debris removal Plan infrastr. repair Est. recovery one-stop shops inform community of opportunities to build back stronger Develop permanent housing solutions Rebuild infrastr. to meet future needs Implement economic revitalization strategies Facilitate funding for business rebuilding Implement mitigation strategies Reestablish disrupted healthcare services

Where We Are Today 1.Housing and Business Recovery Workshop—November 1, Infrastructure Interdependencies Workshop I—January 31, Resilience Survey 4.Gap analysis of current resilience capacities and needs underway 5.Draft list of priority recovery issues that require regional coordination or cross-jurisdictional collaboration

Interdependencies Workshop I Outcomes  Current understanding of infrastructure interdependencies is very limited.  Collaboration among infrastructure sectors, other essential service providers, and the broader stakeholders on disaster preparedness and recovery efforts is limited, but growing.  No regional disaster recovery framework or process currently exists for operational and financial decision-making post-disaster.  Regional situational awareness during recovery is essential for decision- making.  Stakeholders with years of experience focusing on disaster response find it challenging to look beyond the immediate post-disaster period. Full workshop summary available online 6

Presentations today  Dependencies and interdependencies that your organization or sector has with other infrastructures and service/goods providers with focus on those that are of greatest concern  Examples of what your organization or sector is doing to address these interdependencies  Priority gaps your organization or sector faces related to gaining information and awareness on, and mitigating potential interdependencies-related impacts affecting disaster recovery  Actions or activities that should be undertaken to address these gaps 7

Questions? Contact Danielle Hutchings, ABAG Earthquake and Hazards Program Coordinator 8