This issue of Disaster Recovery Today® focuses on categorizing losses using the required FEMA categories. This step is the third in a nine-step process identified by Tidal Basin to respond to a declared disaster.
Following a disaster, categorizing losses must be accurately performed to avoid future conflicts with FEMA. This issue breaks down the categories and describes how each is to be used.
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In the previous issue of Disaster Recovery Today®, the focus was on assessing and documenting losses caused by a disaster. If the event is of such magnitude that federal aid is declared, the losses will need to then be categorized by FEMA categories A through G. These categories are separated into two sections:
Categorizing Losses Emergency Work (Categories A & B) and Permanent Work (Categories C through G).
Distinguishing between Emergency and Permanent Work is important since FEMA considers a Subrecipient’s 1 internal labor (force account) differently depending on which category the costs were incurred under; and in some instances offers an enhanced cost share for Emergency Work.
1 FEMA uses the term“Subrecipient”when referring to the entity responsible for a project.