The corner stone to an effective community recovery strategy is a sound management plan that is supported by community leaders, elected officials, and disaster management professionals. Purely developing a management plan is not enough; it must be formalized and recognized by multiple parties. Furthermore, the management plan must balance many of the common controls of any success program effort: 1) ability to meet projected schedules, 2) control budgets, 3) operate within a defined magnitude or scope, and 4) achieve pre-determined community recovery performance objectives. The common operations of a community recovery strategy include:
- Coordinate Disaster Recovery Operations
- Access Community Impacts
- Post-Disaster Outreach and Awareness
- Analyze Recovery Alternatives
- Identify Hazard Mitigation Opportunities
- Develop Disaster Recovery Funding Strategy
- Facilitate Autonomous Decision-Making
- Track and Report Community Recovery Projects
- Measure Community Recovery Progress
