Washington Restoration Framework

The Washington Restoration Framework (WRF) contains the partnerships and organizational structures necessary to successfully manage recovery from natural disasters. The WRF explains the local, state and tribal roles in the recovery process and acts as a guide for how the state organizes for recovery based on existing roles and authorities.

The WRF clarifies the state’s role in the recovery process and allows local jurisdictions and tribes to develop and update their recovery plans or frameworks in a way that improves integration and coordination across multiple levels of government. Our partners in this project include the state departments of Commerce, Health, Agriculture, Archaeology and Historic Preservation, Social and Health Services, Ecology and other state, local, federal and voluntary organizations.

The framework incorporates flexibility and scalability to address different disaster types and magnitudes. Following the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF) as a guiding tool, the WRF contains eight Recovery Support Function (RSFs).