Overview
Community Assessment
In a summary discuss the assessment of the community during response and recovery efforts. Determine infrastructures affected and sheltering options provided during response efforts. Your summary must include the following:
- Briefly describe the critical infrastructures and services affected by the disaster. What role did these structures have in the community prior to the disaster?
- What recovery efforts were required to reestablish the infrastructures and services in the aftermath of the disaster? What challenges occurred in rebuilding the communities operations and damaged structures?
- Did the community require evacuation or sheltering during the response and recovery efforts? How prepared was the community to shelter residents and responders of the community?
- What sheltering types were used during recovery? Were they effective in maintaining a safe environment for all members affected?
- Discuss the community's effectiveness in applying an all hazards approach to dealing with the disaster during each phase of emergency management. Discuss additional strategies that could have been employed to better address the disaster.