Develop an implementation plan for your pre-disaster recovery plan actions and implement your pre-disaster recovery plan actions.
This process builds upon the work completed in the previous steps and helps to establish a clear, equitable, and actionable path towards the implementation of pre-disaster recovery planning actions in your community. Developing an implementation plan can be as detailed as you would like. For example, you could create a standalone document highlighting the specific steps your team should take for implementation. Or, your team could work from the tab called “Action Implementation” in the pre-disaster recovery planning workbook. This process helps you identify implementation details (e.g., project lead, funding source, timeframe, etc.) and select action leads and potential supporting partners (which you will have already done using the pre-disaster recovery planning workbook tab called “Strategies and Actions”).
During this phase, you will also need to convene your recovery implementation team. This may be where you further define leadership roles that support recovery procedures and protocols as well as define post-disaster decision-making, policy setting, and operations. You will also need to develop your post-disaster planning structure during this step. This often involves working with local and regional partners to develop a long-term recovery group, specifying coordinator positions, and a variety of other tasks. For more information on this specific process, see Step 4 (pages 49-59) in the guidance provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Pre-Disaster Recovery Planning Guide for Local Governments.
Implementing pre-disaster recovery actions requires dedicated support from a team, some of which you will already be collaborating with as a part of this process. When thinking about the composition of your community resilience implementation team, consider involving the same representative groups including the core planning team, advisory committee, and various community stakeholders; however, it is likely essential to expand your outreach to include additional community groups, businesses, departments, non-profit organizations, non-governmental organizations, and more. To organize details for your implementation team, use the “Implementation Team” tab in the Pre-disaster Recovery Planning Workbook.
Now that you have prioritized actions, developed a timeline for implementation, and put together your implementation team, you are finally ready to take action! You will want to ensure that the implementation of your pre-disaster recovery actions is effective, efficient, and equitable. As you have already determined the priority short-term actions, you can begin to implement them by reaching out to the people, organizations, or departments responsible for implementing them. This can be done by members of your implementation team for more discrete actions, but in some instances, subcommittees may be necessary to address the more complex or long-term actions. You can also organize subcommittees by strategy, and this may provide more opportunities to hear from invested community members.
For more information, reference Step 5 of the Community Readiness and Resilience Toolkit.