Individual Assistance Preliminary Damage Assessment PDA 1

Individual Assistance Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA) 1

Disaster Recovery Branch Ohio Emergency Management Agency Individual Assistance Staff Libby Wiegel, (614) 889 -7177, lwiegel Brigitte Bouska, (614) 799 -3671, bbouska Branch Chief Greg Keller, (614) 799 -3669 Note: All emails end with @dps. state. oh. us 2

DISASTER SEQUENCE OF EVENTS Disaster occurs --Floods, tornadoes, severe storms Local/ State response -- Search and Rescue, emergency aid, damage assessment Joint Damage Assessment -- FEMA and other federal agencies on site. Objectives: 1. ) to verify the governor’s listing of problems and needs. 2. ) to collect mgt data for response effort if declared Governor’s Request and -- 1. Must implement State Emergency Plan; -- 2. Must have disaster-caused needs beyond state and local capabilities ; --3. Must commit reasonable expenditure of state local funds; 3

DISASTER SEQUENCE OF EVENTS Governor’s Request (cont. ) Officer FEMA Regional recommendation --4. Must designate State Coordinating -- Disaster caused needs -- Available resources to meet needs is Stafford Act FEMA National HQ --Makes recommendation to White House -- Communicates decision back through FEMA Emergency Declaration or Major Disaster Declaration or denial of request. 4

DAMAGE ASSESSMENT What is it? “The systematic process of determining and appraising the extent of loss, suffering and/or harm to a community. ” 5

LOCAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT Determines damage and disruption from the event. Answers: Who, What, When, Where, How Must be: 1. ) Rapid 2. ) Detailed 3. ) Accurate 6

INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE (IA) ASSESSMENT n Primary residences n Businesses impacted n IA Team will visit impacted areas to view these damages 7

Local IA Damage Assessment Why Do It? The purpose of an IA damage assessment is to: Develop an information base needed to request Federal Assistance Identifies resource needs Fulfills mandatory Federal regulatory requirements for FEMA and SBA Keeps the media informed Keeps the public informed Identify hazard mitigation opportunities 8

LOCAL IA PDA The local IA PDA must be completed prior to a joint federal, state, and local IA PDA. As a member of the local IA damage assessment team, your mission is to: 1. 2. 3. Quantify primary homes and businesses impacted by the event. Record information regarding the severity and magnitude of the event. Identify 25 homes and/or businesses that have more than 40% uninsured loss equal or greater than the value of the structure. Answers the question: How bad is it? 9

IA FACTORS Concentration of Damages Concentration demonstrates greater impact Scattered impact may not meet minimum criteria of 25 primary residences/businesses 10

SPECIAL/UNIQUE NEEDS POPULATIONS Types of Special or Unique Needs: Low income Elderly Unemployed Appalachian Language/Ethnic Physically or mentally challenged 11

INSURANCE Type Dependant on cause of damage i. e. homeowners vs. flood Amount of Coverage Sources of Information Disaster Survivor Local Floodplain Manager Department of Insurance Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) 12

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) ONLY SBA can issue an Agency-only declaration. Only the Governor may submit a written request. 13

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) ONLY Request must certify uninsured private damages meet SBA declaration criteria. SBA Agency-only declaration criteria: Twenty-five primary residences/ businesses with major damage or destroyed Uninsured loss (40%) 14

IA DEGREE OF DAMAGE Destroyed Unlivable; unrepairable Major Unlivable; extensive repairs Minor Livable; repairable with non-life threatening damage Affected Livable; repairable with cosmetic damage 15

IA ASSESSMENT DEGREES OF DAMAGE 16

IA ASSESSMENT DEGREES OF DAMAGE 17

IA ASSESSMENT DEGREES OF DAMAGE 18

IA ASSESSMENT DEGREES OF DAMAGE 19

LOCAL IA DAMAGE ASSESSMENT Getting Started Before you leave the office Map it out Decide on a route Consider Where are your calls coming from? Where have there been rescues? What areas are the media reporting? 20

LOCAL IA DAMAGE ASSESSMENT Recording the Damage Tips for determining depth of water: Look for the waterline • Is it above or below the door knob? • < 4 ft. • Consider your height compared to waterline • Look for mud and silt; or debris line in shrubbery 21

LOCAL IA DAMAGE ASSESSMENT Recording the Damage Talking to storm survivors: Dialog: “Did you have any water? ” “How much? ” “First floor or basement? ” “Any flood/homeowner’s insurance? ” “How about your neighbors? ” 22

LOCAL IA DAMAGE ASSESSMENT Recording the Damage Based on the 4 Degrees of Damage: View the damage Select the applicable degree MAKE A JUDGMENT CALL! Summarize and forward to the State 23

JOINT LOCAL/STATE/FEMA/ SBA PDA IA PDA Team composition: Joint federal, state, local team to view individual/private damages 24

WHAT WILL THE JOINT IA PDA TEAM(S) NEED? • IA teams will meet briefly with EMA Director/local officials for introductions, brief synopsis of event, and to discuss details and location of damage. • Determine route. Most heavily impacted areas should be viewed first. Be prepared to show all damages. 25

QUESTIONS? 26