Disaster Recovery Today
Provided free of charge as a public service by Adjusters International, Disaster Recovery Today contains knowledge acquired through years of study and field experience. The information contained in its pages has allowed Adjusters International's Disaster Recovery Consulting division to become recognized as specialists in FEMA's public assistance program. We have assisted grantees and applicants with virtually all facets of recovery from planning to close-out, and are pleased to be able to share this expertise.
The key to the success of Disaster Recovery Today is that it is written from a position of advocacy for the applicant. Our team works exclusively on behalf of grantees and applicants, never for FEMA itself. This unique perspective allows us to “tell it like it is” without reservation, and provides you with valuable insights from a non-FEMA perspective.
Disaster Recovery Today summaries:
- A Second Disaster Strikes: Will FEMA Pay Again? Know Your Obtain and Maintain Requirements!
In this, the 11th edition of Disaster Recovery Today, we welcome Dan Ramsey to our editorial board. Here Mr. Ramsey takes an in-depth look at FEMA's Obtain and Maintain requirements...
- Floodplain Management: Sound Techniques to Improve Your Recovery
This issue of Disaster Recover Today, discusses floodplain management and its impact on FEMA reimbursements. With the most common natural disaster in the United States being floods, exhaustive efforts have...
- Mitigation Funding in the FEMA Public Assistance Program
Mitigation is valuable to society in many ways. It creates stronger, safer and more resilient communities and infrastructure. It also has the potential to save lives and lessens the economic...
- Completion, Inspection and Audit What to expect as the grant closes
An organized, well-documented grant management strategy pays off during the final review of the project during closeout and audit, and helps ensure that grant funding remains intact.
- Implementing the Recovery Plan Projection formulation, worksheet development and receipt of funds
This issue of Disaster Recovery Today provides the information to get your organization on track for the funding it requires, and for keeping your project on course in the event...
- Develop a Funding Approach A four-step evaluation process to set the course of project funding
One of the most crucial elements of funding-approach development remains open communication with the state and FEMA, and controlling the stages of Project Worksheet development.
- Develop a Rebuilding Plan Knowing your program and funding options is vital to a successful recovery
When it comes to developing a rebuilding plan an applicant has several options: you can replace the original facility, improve upon it, or direct the money toward another project.
- Determining Eligibility Methods for presenting disaster-related costs to FEMA to obtain eligibility
In the previous issue of Disaster Recovery Today, we discussed the categorization of disaster-related damages. Once damages have been properly categorized, they must also be deemed eligible by FEMA before...
- Categorizing Losses
FEMA defines Emergency Work under Categories A & B and Permanent Work under Categories C through G. It is important to keep these categories in mind from the beginning, as...
- Loss Measurement
The foundation of a successful financial recovery following a catastrophic event is an accurate and timely measurement of loss. From the initial stages of cleanup through the rebuilding process, an...
- Lack of Teamwork Could Be the Real Disaster
Recovery from a major disaster becomes very difficult in the absence of progressive mitigation strategies, a detailed recovery plan and a “disaster team” to implement both. The development of a...