Recovery

What Constitutes Disaster Recovery

2026-03-07T12:57:45-08:00

"What Constitutes Disaster Recovery?" By Jim Mullen Disaster recovery is often messy, complicated. Frequently post disaster news stories circulate about the absence of a satisfactory post-disaster recovery – many lives remain disrupted; economic stability for many survivors is elusive, sometimes for years. The news cycle, and government attention, wanes far too soon, while people still are hurting. And it is not uncommon for resentment to persist because the recovery mission appears to have been shortchanged. While a local emergency manager in Seattle I asked a federal official – “when is post-disaster recovery achieved,” and “who decides?” His answer: “when there is no [...]

What Constitutes Disaster Recovery2026-03-07T12:57:45-08:00

After the Wildfire – Recovery and Reclamation of Land Tips

2024-04-05T17:48:51-07:00

After the Wildfire – Recovery and Reclamation of Land Tips By Nancy Aird As the population builds out into rural areas, the chances of wildfire impacting your life increases with damage possible away from the direct wildfire. The severity of the fire impacts not only the vegetation we see, but the soil structure and microbial community beneath. Slopes damaged by wildfire are prone to accelerated soil erosion, floods, and landslides (debris flow) from damaged vegetation and roots that protected the soil. Evaluation of burn conditions on the land after a fire often uses 3 definitions to describe how the soil [...]

After the Wildfire – Recovery and Reclamation of Land Tips2024-04-05T17:48:51-07:00

Recovery in Advance – May 2022

2022-06-21T23:14:04-07:00

Recovery in Advance by Jim Mullen Emergency Management, Once Removed Emergency Management Once Removed periodically has cited the need for a systematic recovery process to enable appropriate and comprehensive restoration of the social equilibrium following a major or catastrophic disaster.    No matter how much assistance pours in after the fact, and no matter how long the attention span of the nation fixates on a region’s issues, it ultimately will be the advance planning and actions of the “home team” that determines if recovery and restoration meet community expectations. With your indulgence, I shall once more make the case I first [...]

Recovery in Advance – May 20222022-06-21T23:14:04-07:00
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