Damage assessment operations manual: a guide to assessing damage and impact
14 November 2018
Source
Federal Emergency Management Agency

Publication Year
2016
Number of pages
121 p.
FEMA's Damage Assessment Operations Manual is intended to expedite decision-making and the delivery of assistance by defining national standards for assessing damage and clearly outlining the information considered when evaluating requests for a major disaster declaration.
To support its objective, this manual aims to achieve three goals:
- Promote accuracy by clearly defining the information and documentation that should be collected to assess damage and support requests for Stafford Act assistance;
- Promote consistency by standardizing the criteria used to assess damage to residential homes and offering clear guidance on assessing damage to infrastructure;
- Promote efficiency by empowering emergency management at all levels with the structure and information needed to streamline damage assessment efforts.
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