It is to the utmost benefit that the Applicant understand what occurs on the FEMA side during the site inspection process, namely, the tasks of the FEMA Site Inspector. Their primary responsibility is facilitating the site inspection process and filling out the category-specific Site Inspection Report.

At the start of the inspection, the Site Inspector will review the Site Inspection Work Order with the Applicant and introduce any additional FEMA personnel and their role during the process. Additional staff may include:

• Recipient staff
• Technical specialists (e.g., Environmental and Historic Preservation, Mitigation, and Insurance Specialists from the Consolidated Resource Center)

The Site Inspector and additional FEMA personnel will then work with the Applicant to validate the various damages identified on the Work Order as they go about the site inspection. The Site Inspector will capture all incident-related damage information for the Site Inspection Report. This information includes:

• Description of the facility
• Exact dimensions of the damage, including the specific materials and the size/capacity/model of the damaged components
• Cause of damage, confirmation that the incident caused the damages and the damages occurred during the incident period

Additionally, if newly identified damages are identified. The Site Inspector can add a note for the PDMG to have further discussions with Applicant about it.