Recipient and Applicant Interaction with FEMA Field Staff

The role of FEMA, specifically its field staff, the Recipient, and the Applicant ensures that all parties interact with one another to assist the Applicant in receiving their Public Assistance Grant.

The Recipient and Applicant interact with the field staff throughout the Public Assistance process. The key interactions are:

Disaster Overview Briefing (Recipient only)
Exploratory Call
Recovery Scoping Meeting
Site inspection
Document collection
Review of projects
Recovery Transition Meeting

All actions throughout the process can be tracked with Grants Portal.

The Site Inspector and the Applicant conduct the site inspection of a washout of a road.