AGENCY TESTIMONY
Post-flood recovery operations and damage assessment
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The testimony details the city's approach to post-flood recovery operations and damage assessment, highlighting the transition from emergency response to recovery and the tools used to gather information on flood impacts.
- Describes the activation of key operations such as sheltering, reception centers, and community outreach
- Introduces the Report Damage Tool and revamped 311 severe weather question tool for collecting damage information
- Explains how collected data can be used to request state and federal recovery aid, including FEMA's Individual Assistance or Small Business Administration declarations
Heather Roiter
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We will concurrently activate other key operations, such as sheltering, reception centers, damage assessment, or community outreach while tracking restoration.
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The report damage tool was newly launched last hurricane season along with revamping the 3 11 severe weather question tool.
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These link callers to direct services when reporting damage from the event.
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These tools collect information, such as building damage that could be used to request state and federal recovery aid or 3 one one service requests related to the storm, such as backup sewers, structural damage to buildings, and heat and hot water complaints.
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Both tools can be activated in anticipation of incoming weather and amplified through all our social media channels, notify NYC, strengthening communities network, elected officials, and community boards, and further amplified by city hall and other agency partners.
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The numbers received from this tool, along with the report to the EOC aid, aid in triggering recovery operations, such as activating our damage assessment working group, muck out support, sheltering, or debris cleanup.
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If impacts are severe enough, they can meet the threshold to have New York state request FEMA's individual assistance or for residents or a Small Business Administration declaration, which provides low interest loans to renters, homeowners, and nonprofits and business owners to help with the recovery, repair, and other losses.
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In both instances, state and federal representatives and or SBA will then send representatives to assess damage and determine if the event meets the threshold for the declaration.