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Response and Recovery!Š2000

Updated: 3 March 2003

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Introduction

When a disaster or emergency occurs, local, State, and Federal governments as well as voluntary agencies respond immediately. This collective response follows and step-by-step process that has been developed and revised through legislation and through lessons learned in previous disasters. Step 1: A disaster or emergency occurs Step 2: Local and State governments activate their Emergency Response Plans and Emergency Operations Centers. (The State may request a Presidential Disaster Declaration after these steps are taken.) The Declaration Process: Step 1 - Joint FEMA/State Preliminary Damage Assessment: This involves and inspection of the area to document the impact of the event and to make an initial estimate of the dollar amount of the damage. Step 2- The Governor's request for assistance. This request by law must declare that State and local resources are inadequte. (It must also include a damage estimate and describe assistance being requested). Step 3 - FEMA's recommendation to the President regarding the request. Step 4- The Presidential Declaration: The President decides whether to declare that a major disaster exists thereby making assistance under the Stafford Act.

County Census Data Bases: Choose State, County, then Tables. Enter retrival matrices - P3, P5, P9, P10, P13, P16, P29, P60, P69, P80, P80A, P86, P90, P91, P92, P107, P107A, P108, H3, H4, H5, H20, H21, H23, H24, H25, H25A, H30, H43, H43A, H44, H51, H52, H52A, H55, H58, H61, H61A, H64

FEMA PUBLIC AFFAIRS & JOINT OPERATIONS CENTER (JIC)

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FEMA Media
FEMA Radio Network (FRN)
MEDIA LINKS (American Journalism Review)
Disaster Relief News
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Disaster Assistance Information. Individual Assistance is available through the FEMA Teleregistration number, 1-800-462-9029 or TTY 1-800-462-7585. To establish eligibility for assistance individuals must call Some types of assistance available are: grants, loans, tax relief, unemployment benefits, legal assistance, help from voluntary agencies and more. For those who have registered additional information and assistance can be recieved at FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers or through information in the FEMA Disaster Recovery Times

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LOCAL RESPONSE

The "Four Pillars" (Academia, Business, Government, and Volunteers) Resources for Community Response: Selected resources from the Virtual Library have been linked to the four categories below. The resource URLs are not all inclusive and resources from the affected geographical areas will have to be generated on a case by case basis. Webtools in the Table of Contents can assist in specific searches for resources needed for an effective response. ("Click" on the category you want for the available URLs from the Virtual Library)

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