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Streamlining – The Need: Costs Saved and Lessons Learned
Facilitating Disaster Preparedness, Response & Recovery
Mutual value of Public-Private Coordination.
• Disaster preparedness
• Planning
• Response
• Recovery
Existing cooperation and Increase Collaboration.
Traditional Model-
Designers Solve Problems
Regulators Review and Approve
Understanding the roles, responsibilities, and
authorities.
• Local
• County
• State
• Federal
• Private sector (traditionally regulated)
The Critical Role of Building Departments
• Damage assessment inspections
• Authorizing utility reconnections
• Plan reviews for more complex reconstructions
• Issuing permits
• Field inspections of reconstruction.
A New Form of Mutual Aid…
First Responders Role Critical-Event Specific
Building Department-Leadership- Comprehensive Coordination
Identify and EliminateOut-Dated and Conflicting
Regulations
• Slowed Response
• Duplication of Effort
The Most Powerful Tool
Current – Contemporary – Effective -
Performance Based – Uniform
State of the art Standards
Regulations!
Greater Uniformity in Codes and Administration
• Enforcement Processes Expedited
• Availability of Public and Private Response From Outside the Disaster Region
Streamlining - Well Staffed, Funded and Trained Building
Departments
Effective and Efficient Code Enforcement
Advantage to the Municipality
ISO…
Insurance Services Office, Inc.
Codes, Staff and Training all play a critical role in the ranking of a municipality…those same benefits are directly translated to the property owners.
Identify and Eliminate Areas of Conflict/Overlap
• Statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations…
• Impact on disaster response and recovery.
• Keep in place to protect health, welfare and life safety during disaster response and recovery.
• Can be suspended for a reasonable period of time during recovery