Recovery Mission Area

Definition of Mission Area:

Recovery includes those capabilities necessary to assist communities affected by an incident in development, coordination, and execution of service- and site-restoration plans.

Planning Core Capability Target:

  1. Establish tiered, integrated leadership, and inclusive coordinating organizations that operate with a unity of effort and are supported by sufficient assessment and analysis to provide defined structure and decision-making processes for recovery activities.
  2. Define the path and timeline for recovery leadership to achieve the jurisdiction’s objectives that effectively coordinate and use appropriate Federal, State, and Local assistance, as well as nongovernmental and private-sector resources. This plan is to be implemented within the established timeline.

Planning Considerations:

  1. The ability of a community to accelerate the recovery process begins with its effort in pre-disaster preparedness.
  2. Remember that after an incident, recovery is more than the restoration of a community’s physical structures.
  3. Successful recovery requires informed and coordinated leadership throughout the whole community during all phases of the recovery process.
  4. Successful recovery takes into account the linkages between recovery of individuals, families, and communities and addresses the full range of physical, programmatic, communications, psychological, and emotional needs of the community.
  5. Remember to plan for:
    • Persons with access and functional needs
    • Animals and pets
    • Private-sector and community involvement
    • Hard-to-reach or otherwise isolated areas and territories
    • Needs of response and recovery personnel

Other Core Capabilities:

In addition to planning, the other core capabilities of the recovery mission area are:

  • Public Information and Warning
  • Operational Coordination
  • Economic Recovery
  • Health and Social Services
  • Housing
  • Infrastructure Systems
  • Natural and Cultural Resources

For additional information on each of these core capabilities, review the National Preparedness Goal available on the resources page.