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3. The County may not have the resources and capabilities to engage in recovery <br />operations, thus relying heavily on the state and local government for assistance. <br />4. Dependant on the scope and nature of the disaster, federal resources /funds may be <br />available to for public and/or private assistance. <br />5. Dependent on the scope and nature of the disaster, the County may request both a state <br />and Presidential Disaster Declaration in order to qualify for federal assistance. <br />III. CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS <br />A. General <br />1. Immediately following a disaster, initial response activities are focused on life safety and <br />protecting property and infrastructure. During the hours following an incident or event, it is <br />also critical to consider the both the short-term and long -term impacts. In many cases the <br />County begins the recovery process concurrently with response operations. It's important to <br />consider recovery as early in the disaster as possible because state and federal <br />funding/assistance is dependent on proper emergency declaration(s), Preliminary Damage <br />Assessment (PDA) findings, and incident/event documentation. <br />2. The County is responsible for leading the recovery process, but in many cases requires <br />assistance from surrounding jurisdictions, the state, federal government, and private sector <br />partners. <br />3. The recovery process is split into two categories, short-term and long -term. However, <br />some activities can occur in both and concurrently. In many cases there is no clear <br />distinction between when short -term recovery ends and long -term recovery begins. <br />Short -term recovery focuses on restoring critical lifelines and infrastructure such as <br />utilities, roads, the economy and services that the public relies on for their <br />immediate needs. Short -term recovery typically occurs in the hours and days <br />following an incident or event. <br />Long -term recovery builds on the activities taking place during short-term recovery, <br />and focuses on the resumption of full services, larger -scale repairs and restoration, <br />economic recovery, and maintaining all functions of the business of government. <br />Long -term recovery usually takes into consideration mitigation activities in order to <br />try to reduce or eliminate the impacts of a similar incident/event occurring in the <br />future. Long -term recovery takes place in the days, weeks, months, and even years <br />following the incident/event. Long -term recovery can often occur after the EOC has <br />been closed. <br />Cabarrus County EOP — Annex R — Recovery <br />W <br />Attachment number 17 <br />F -6 Page 367 <br />