Recovery is an essential part of disaster management.

Recovery is an essential part of disaster management.

The original DB question Recovery is an essential part of disaster management. However, it is not well supported. I am an elected official that sees far more value in response assets than recovery needs. Change my mind on the need for recovery. What role does community and economic development play in recovery? Discussion Board Replies to a classmates posts Please response to at least two of classmates post. Classmate’s post posted 2 days ago (last edited 18 hours ago) Week 4 DB Faisal Alasmari COLLAPSE First of all, recovery is the phase of reset all damages and apply efforts to rebuild the community structures by build shelters or using other undamaged and safe places to provide health and humanity services. Recovery functions usually start within the response process of any disaster. Therefore, an efficient recovery process concurrent with a good standard of response activity. In such of hurricane event, assuming that the response effort was outstanding and proudly succeeded, all response efforts need to be continued by a well-managed recovery plan. For example, all evacuated victims and displaced people need to be hosted in wellmaintained shelters. Thus, human assets who spent time and exerts in evacuation and rescue during response missions require mental and physical relief. Based on the National Academies of Sciences, “After a while, the gung-ho attitude of “we are all in this together” will wear off. People will be tired, and they will need physical and emotional support. We have to enhance more resources and capabilities in the recovery phase to avoiding long-term processes after each disaster. Moreover, The primary target for recovery is to restore the affected community’s live. Without recovery, response efforts will be resulting in an ample lesion. In my opinion, recovery reflects the principle of Live’s stabilization on disaster aftermath. Based on Coppola, “Several different activities may (and should) be initiated during the planning period. Thus, the essential of recovery plans and functions lies to facilitate any constraints that might hinder the streamlined response process. Some community’s roles in the recovery phase are focusing on mitigation plans to avoid any obstacles that might affect the recovery process during a disaster. Concentrate on the vulnerabilities of each community and devising strategies to avoid those may be one of the plans to preserve the society’s economy and preserve its savings. Some communities analyze the infrastructure of their economy annually to see how their economy is growing. If there is any stagnation in the process of economic growth, investigate the issues, and make plans to avoid any deficiencies in the resources needed for the recovery phase. According to Megan McConville “Prior disasters, some communities are grasping the opportunity to think creatively about economic development, strengthening entrepreneurship programs, retraining the workforce, and taking an asset-based approach that lays the groundwork for long-term wealth creation.” On the other hand, The Economic Development Administration, which is one branch of the U.S Department of Commerce, is a curial supportive hand for communities in recovery and resilience game. The EDA plays as a coordinator between the federal agencies and the local and states governments to provide the necessary support for whole community resilience. “The EDA, part of the U.S Department of Commerce, plays a vital role in supporting economic recovery and resilience. Under the National Disaster Recovery Framework, a FEMA established a guide for coordinating disaster planning and recovery efforts at all levels of government, EDA has been tasked with serving as the coordinating agency for the Department of Commerce for the Economic Recovery Support Function,” Megan said. References Coppola, D. (2015). Introduction to International Disaster Management (3rd ed.). Oxford, England;: Butterworth-Heinemann. Lessons from the Storm: Case Studies on Economic Recovery and Resilience. (n.d.). Retrieved from Introduction-to-International-Disaster-Management.pdf National Academies of Sciences. (2017, August 6). Strengthening the Disaster Resilience of the Academic Biomedical Research Community: Protecting the Nation’s Investment. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK464149/ Classmate’s Post 1 day ago week 4 Haifa-Mohammed Alhazmi COLLAPSE Disaster recovery is a complex and challenging process that involves all sectors of a community, but it’s a critical part of handling any serious emergency situation is in the management of the Disaster Recovery Phase. Recovery is an action taken to return a community to normal or near-normal conditions, including the restoration of basic services and the repair of physical, social and economic damages. As you are an elected official I agree with you how the value in the response assets is important, but I argue with you about it’s more value than recovery. First of all, if we look at our course name we will found it talk about humanitarian aid. this is the first point, during we are response to any disaster, the humanitarian aid lies in providing medical services, food, and provide a decent life for those affected. During any disaster all agencies intervene in response, but after responding, Who is responsible to restore the normal life for those affected. Community and economic development play a significant role in recovery. For example, the National Response Framework (NRF) is the response actions as well as the short-term recovery activities that immediately follow or overlap those actions, these short-term activities such as life-saving, lifesustaining, property protection and other measures intended to neutralize the immediate threat to life, environment and property, as well as to stabilize the community. To achieve success in the recovery process must be as sequential activities to achieve the benefit to the community. The activities are described by phases: 1- pre-disaster preparedness such as Pre-disaster recovery planning, community capacity- and resilience-building and conducting disaster preparedness exercises. 2- Short-term recovery such as mass Care/sheltering, clear primary transportation routes and establish temporary or interim infrastructure to support business reopenings. 3Intermediate recovery such as provide accessible interim housing solutions and plan immediate infrastructure repair and restoration. 4- Long-term recovery such as develop permanent housing solutions, rebuild infrastructure to meet future community needs and implement economic revitalization strategies Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (September 2011) National Disaster Recovery Framework. Retrieved from: https://www.fema.gov/pdf/recoveryframework/ndrf.pdf Malcolm E. Baird, Ph.D., P.E, (January 2010) The Recovery Phase of Emergency Management. Retrieved from: https://www.memphis.edu/ifti/pdfs/cait_recovery_phase.pdf Classmate’s Post 2 days ago D/B Wael Alotaibi COLLAPSE Recovery is an essential part of disaster management. It mostly involves providing the necessary support, such as monetary aid, unemployment assistance, and reimbursement to rebuild public facilities such as schools, hospitals, and roads, (Homeland Security, 2018). Failure to provide recovery assistance leaves affected people vulnerable to future problems, such as diseases, lack of education, and rise in crime rates (Catholic Relief Service, 2019). For that reason, building recovery capacity is crucial for federal, state, and local governments. Responding without working on recovery will lead to a situation, whereby affected communities rely on the government for continued support. Such a scenario would lead to overwhelming government resources. Recovery seeks to avoid such a scenario. Disasters often lead to massive destruction of community and economic infrastructures. Consequently, community and economic development enable affected communities to rebuild necessary facilities while developing new opportunities that could establish sustainable and economically viable communities (U.S. Economic Development Administration, 2019). In particular, community and economic development help affected people to restore business activities, rebuild schools, roads, hospitals, and other essential facilities, revive agriculture, and clear debris (U.S. Economic Development Administration, 2019). These forms of recovery are necessary to enable communities to become self-reliant in the future instead of depending on support from the government and other groups. References Catholic Relief Service. (2019). Emergency responses & recovery. Retrieved from https://www.crs.org/get-involved/advocate/public-policy/emergency-response-recovery Homeland Security. (2018, September 7). Disaster response and recovery. Retrieved from https://www.dhs.gov/disaster-response-and-recovery U.S. Economic Development Administration. (2019). EDA and disaster recovery. Retrieved from https://www.eda.gov/disaster-recovery/ Classmates Post 2 days ago week 4 Tracy Lam COLLAPSE Recovery is definitely an essential aspect of disaster management because it is the process in which countries, communities, families, and individuals repair, reconstruct, or regain what they’ve lost (Coppola, 2015). As recovery helps to rebuild, it is also beneficial in identifying the hazards and risks that led to the damage (Coppola, 2015). Recognizing these hazards and risks can promote change to build resiliency and help a community become better prepared so that future disasters will not require as many resources to repair (Coppola, 2015). Recovery can be an expensive and long-term endeavor but it is necessary because recovery for everything happens all at once. A community that does not have a recovery plan and does not begin recovery once a disaster hits can cause even more damage as business, government, important infrastructure, and etc. could continue to struggle to provide the necessary services that a community needs to rebuild. It can take years to rebuild so the recovery process needs to begin right away to at least start the short-term processes that will start recovery and help people get back to a semblance of normal. Funds from resources such as grants, recovery aid, and insurance will be beneficial in beginning recovery but it is important to keep in mind that certain recovery efforts have priority and there needs to be a balance between addressing the needs of citizens and the needs of businesses. Coppola, D.P. (2015). Introduction to international disaster management (3rd ed.). Waltham, MA: Elsevier Recovery in Disaster Management A disaster is a very serious distraction of how the community or the society functions on a normal basis. Disaster mostly involves great impacts from economics, material or environment which is above the ability of the affected society to deal with using its available resources. Disaster management refers to the organization and management of the methods used to deal with various aspects of emergencies. This happens in a specific way of preparedness, response and recovery so as to reduce the impact of the occurring disasters (Saban, 2016). Recovery refers to the process of getting back to normality after the occurrence of a disaster. For recovery to be effective, there has to be a plan that is integrated and multidisciplinary. It also requires management of the consequences and the involvement of the community. Disaster recovery is often overlooked and many people misunderstand, but technically, it is very important. The community plays different roles in the process of recovery. The recovery in social life relates to the emotions of human beings, their physical, social and mental health. The community helps with offering assistance to reconnect with family members and friends. Social recovery enables people to manage self-recovery by accessing important information and services that offer practical assistance means which includes emotional and financial help for the individuals who might be having high vulnerability to disasters. It also helps people to maintain a balance in their daily lives and help them cope and accept what happened. The economy development focuses on reducing the effects of the disasters on the businesses of the individuals. The economic system helps the affected to rise again from the tragedies by enabling them to create opportunities that help them source for financial support. It offers support to the small agencies in the recovery process. These small agencies might be stuck, but the economic development assist in making the recovery plan (Phillips, 2015). References Saban, L. I. (2016). International disaster management ethics. SUNY Press. Phillips, B. D. (2015). Disaster recovery. CRC press.

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