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Topic: Community Resilience

Planning Fire-Resilient Counties in the Wildland-Urban Interface

Monday, March 18, 2013

Published by National Association of Counties(NACo) this publication is a guide to wildfire risk and mitigation. With nearly 80,000 wildfires occurring during one year in 2008 it is important now more than ever that county and local planners work in ...

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Topic: Business Financing & Counseling

SBA’s Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Plan (DPRP)

Thursday, February 21, 2013

The Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Plan (DPRP) replaces the Small Business Administration’s Disaster Recovery Plan in its entirety. While the DPRP represents a new document to meet the requirements of Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) 8, ...

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Topic: Community Disaster Planning

Louisiana Speaks: Long-term Community Recovery Planning

Friday, February 15, 2013

Louisiana Speaks: Long-term Community Recovery Planning tool provides pre- and post-disaster planning resources for the folks in Southern Louisiana and beyond. Many resources can be adapted for areas throughout the nation.

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Topic: Community Disaster Planning

Survey of Local Governments in San Francisco Bay Area

Friday, February 15, 2013

This survey of local governments in San Francisco Bay Area has a business recovery chapter, which looks at how land use and the economy are tied together, demonstrating the need to plan for where businesses will build back and disaster preparedness.

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