ABSTRACT
Explain the value of predisaster recovery planning • Describe key principles of an effective planning process • Outline the main elements of a pre-or postdisaster recovery plan • Understand why planning is considered to be a process • Identify a list of stakeholders that should participate in the recovery-• planning process Name the key federal partners and other organizations available to • support recovery efforts and planning Illustrate reasons why recovery planning should be linked to other • phases, particularly mitigation
Introduction In 1997, the twin communities of Grand Forks, North Dakota, and East Grand Forks, Minnesota, suffered massive damage to the entire area . Whole neighborhoods were lost to flooding, and the historic downtown of Grand Forks suffered additional damage when a massive fire broke out . Ten years later, a rebuilt community learned lessons clearly relevant to this chapter:
“Successful disaster management results from good advance planning, training and partnership building, ongoing communication and the ability to work through issues as a team” (Grand Forks 2007) .
