Recover

We provide services to help individuals and communities to recover. The four key impacts that a community and individuals will need to recover from following an emergency are illustrated in the diagram below. 

Recovery groups consider each of these areas identified and specialist teams if necessary are established to address these particular areas.

Humanitarian Assistance – Including health

• Physical Impacts (including individuals' health, housing, financial needs).
• Psychological impacts.
• Deaths.
• Community displacement.

Economic

• Economic and business recovery.

Infrastructure

• Disruption to daily life (e.g. educational establishments, welfare services, transport system).
• Disruption to utilities / essential services.
• Damage to residential properties and security of empty buildings.

Environmental

• Pollution and decontamination.
• Waste.
• Natural resources and habitats.

A Recovery Coordinating Group will be established and agree objectives, targets and milestones for the recovery effort.

The wider community will be involved in setting these objectives. Suggested targets / milestones will include some of the following:

• Demands on public services returned to normal levels (including health).
• Fully functioning utilities.
• Transport infrastructure is running normally.
• Local businesses are trading normally.
• Tourism in the area has been re-established.
• Public confidence returns.
• Communities / people returning to their homes.