G205: Recovery from Disaster: The Local Community Role

This course provides an introduction to disaster recovery principles and includes current recovery practices and policies as outlined in the National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF). Case studies and activities are included in the course to support participant learning. Access to and use of a variety of resources for recovery planning are taught in the course, including a FEMA online Community Recovery Management Toolkit (CRMT) and a Resource Library associated with the Recovery Pre-Disaster Planning Guide for Local Governments (RPPG-L) that contains links to model plans, templates, tools, lessons learned, best practices, and a range of supplemental reference materials and related pre-disaster planning and disaster recovery resources.

Students must bring an electronic device for access to materials in class. 

Prerequisites:

ICS 100 is a suggested prerequisite.

IS-2900: National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF) Overview is strongly recommended, but not required.

How to Register: https://covlc.virginia.gov/