Readying for Recovery: Strategies to Support Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning

As we close on another record setting, billion-dollar disaster year,1 it is important to take time and reflect on lessons learned so that we can collectively enhance future preparedness efforts. In looking back on pivotal after-action reports of 2017 and 2018, common reoccurring themes from the past emerge: communications, coordination, resource needs and availability.

However, new themes are ever-present as well - and they focus on the need to pre-plan for whole-community recovery efforts. In concert with the National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF), and state and local guidelines for pre-disaster recovery planning, communities nationwide should be taking time to plan for recovery.

In this issue of Disaster Recovery Today, Christina Crue, Tidal Basin's Senior Director of Preparedness and Mitigation, focuses on strategies to support whole community pre-disaster recovery planning, as well as obstacles and best practices to plan for such recovery.