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-esp onse &egi ns as soon as a disas ter Recovery e!en t -eco!ery operations pro!ide for &asic needs and occu restore the community' There are t+o components rs' in the reco!ery phase' During the first phase( -esp infrastructure is e,amined( and repairs are onse conducted to restore +ater( po+er( communication is and other utilities' The second phase includes
returning to normal functions and addressing future least 01 hours post$disaster' disasters' The process of reco!ery can take months or possi&ility years to accomplish depending upon the Mitigation or Risk Reduction e!ent' n e,ample +ould &e the de!elopment of a post$ Mitigation is the act of reducing or eliminating disaster reco!ery plan' future loss of life and2or property( and2or in3uries resulting from hazards through short and long$term Preparedness acti!ities' Mitigation strategies may range in scope and size4 ho+e!er( no matter the size( effecti!e .reparedness refers to acti!ities( programs( and mitigation acti!ities ha!e the potential to reduce systems de!eloped in ad!ance of a disaster designed to the !ulnera&ility and2or e,posure to risk and &uild and enhance capa&ilities at an indi!idual( impact of disasters' E,ample mitigation acti!ities &usiness( community( state and federal le!el to support for flooding include ac*uiring( ele!ating( or the response to and reco!ery from disasters' E,ample relocating structures4 for seismic include &uilding strategies might include de!eloping a+areness and code( retrofitting &uildings or infrastructure and outreach campaigns and training targeted to non$structurally retrofitting la&s and offices4 and indi!iduals and &usinesses on personal and for +ind or +inter storms include under grounding professional responsi&ility to &e self sufficient for at po+er lines and tree replacement programs' Andre LeDuc January 20, 2006
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a frame+ork for prioritizing and restoring these functions after a disaster' The &usiness continuity plan outlines ho+ the go!ernment or &usiness +ill maintain critical operation during and e!ent and restore &usiness functions after the disaster e!ent'
)n a perfect +orld the four phases +ould &e gi!en e*ual attention( integrated( and updated as the community or the risks change' The reality is that +ith limited funding and competing issues most communities ha!e de!eloped different components "e'g' emergency operations plan and procedures and a mitigation plan% rather than a complete suite of plans( strategies( or a system' systems approach to risk reduction could offer communities a coordinated support net+ork aimed at &uilding local capacity to address risk reduction in a holistic and sustaina&le fashion' This type of colla&orati!e structure +ould generate mitigation acti!ity that could not &e as effecti!ely accomplished &y any single group or entity +orking independently' The systems approach to risk reduction is &ased upon &uilding local capacity &y pro!iding communities +ith deli!ery systems for resources( training( and technical support'
Andre LeDuc