ESF 14 Overview: Long Term Community Recovery 1 FEMA Region V Recovery Division, Public Assistance Branch Fred Kaehler and Don Simko April 2011

2  Help create a shared understanding of the problems facing communities.  Facilitate an inclusive community-wide dialogue that launches a strategic recovery road map.  Assist with coordinating State, Federal agencies, private sector organizations and non-profits to achieve optimal recovery. LTCR program goals;

3 The LTCR program expands the recovery effort beyond the traditional FEMA recovery programs: “Coordinating and synchronizing”

ESF 14 Activation;  Generally for a catastrophic event, or locally catastrophic event that overwhelms the communities ability to recover.  When the FCO or State sees the need, ESF14 is activated.  Team of FEMA and other federal personnel with specialized backgrounds (e.g. community planning, development, infrastructure). 2008: ESF 14 responded with assistance to 11 of the 75 federal declarations that year.

A recent example from within our region; Gays Mills, WI Aug 07 and June 08: 2 record floods within 1 year! New construction on the high ground

Bolivar Peninsula, Texas following Hurricane Ike;

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County Emergency Managers 8 Have residents been displaced and will they return? Will all local business return? Do you need to rebuild to pre-disaster conditions? Involve community and local business in planning. You may play a role in others catastrophic recovery.

Recovery 9 Remember that there are other federal agencies and other sources of funding both public and private.

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