NDRF
The National Disaster Recovery Framework
is a way that we as a nation,
and at all levels, community,
tribal, state, federal
can start to think differently about recovery.
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NDRF is...
planning for the future
making plans before disaster happens
connecting people  and resources
involving the whole community
realizing that everyone is an emergency manager.
Disasters impact communities in a number
of ways. and oftentimes
forever change the local footprint,
infrastructure and economy
of the areas affected.
Recent disasters have underscored the challenges
communities face as they work to restore quality
of life, rebuild infrastructure
and revitalize social, economic 
and environmental vitality.
More than ever, 
members of the Emergency
Management community agree,
In order to address these challenges
a greater focus is needed
on disaster recovery issues
especially over the longer term
after response efforts have ended.
In an effort to address these challenges and
revolutionize how we all perceive disaster
recovery. Teams of federal, state, and 
local community
partners developed the National Disaster 
Recovery Framework or NDRF.
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NDRF is more than an acronym or a concept.
For all citizen in NDRF 
represents a frame of mind,
an innovative way of thinking about,
preparing for and 
recovering from disasters.
No matter if your federal, state, or local
official, business owner, community leader,
member of a faith-based 
organization or tribal
community you are at risk of being
impacted by disasters. The NDRF 
requires that all of us
no matter what our background gather
at the table of Emergency Management
Each of us has a role in helping our 
communities recover from disasters.
NDRF is not descriptive 
how we plan organize
and identify recovery resources 
but it is the guide
it's your communities roadmap of
things to consider, 
partners to integrate,
and policy decisions that may assist 
the disaster impaced community
in recovering more quickly. 
I think the NDRF pieces
will be really important because they'll
give us the framework 
when we first get started.
It should speed it up.
Disasters do occur, 
we all have vulnerabilities,
be it tornado, hurricanes, 
flooding even
ice storms that can 
disrupt your electrical. It is
to go through a good mitigation planning
process that can identify those threats.
And then to think of 
what are your capabilities
and what are your limitations.
know when you going to need to call 
and reach out for help.
And know how to do 
that ahead of time.
and make those relationships ahead of 
time so that when
the unthinkable does occur you are
as prepared as you can possibly be.
With the input from hundreds of
citizens, emergency management officials
community, tribal, non-profit 
and private sector partners.
the NDRF was created with one
goal in mind to build a more resilient nation.
The great thing about the framework 
that 's coming out
the Recovery Support Functions we
are bringing in local 
government at this point in time
bringing them to the table.
In the past we always emphasized
state government, federal
government and disasters are local
recovery is local and this framework
that is coming out
bringing all these people together
in these workgroups is a great idea
and we will probably be implementing
it in Iowa here shortly.
Bottom line it takes 
a whole community
of individuals organizations and
professionals to help our 
communities and economy
withstand and rapidly 
recover from disasters.
I had a comment from one of the people on the
Citizens Advisory Recovery Team 
one of the co-chairs who said I
wish that someone had come to us
early on to explain all of the resources
and possibilities we have because
I think all of us are a 
little shell shocked at the time
we are trying to figure it out 
because it is all uncharted territory
for the survivors of a disaster.
Essentially the NDRF does two 
things it creates and it connects.
The NDRF provides guidance
or creates a road map for
communities helping them to
engage in pre- and post-disaster
planning. It encourages
communities to ask questions
identify barriers and generate
dialogue around the disaster
questions what would we do
if or where would go from here.
Secondly, the NDRF 
establishes Recovery
Support Functions or RSF's
which are six groups of
Federal Agencies that aid
in problem solving and facilitate
access to resources. 
The NDRF connects this family of
agencies with a variiety of 
state tribal communities
and non-governmental partners
to enhance the coordination of resources
and assistance required 
for disaster recovery.
The importance of the Recovery
Support Functions is really three-fold
First,the coordinating structure
and organization of the RSF's
is designed to readily align
with the recovery elements of an impacted
state, tribal, and local governments
and the private and volunteer sectors.
Secondly, those assigned to the RSF's
intentionally and deliberately coordinate
with local, tribal, and state officials to
identify and clarify their vision for
recovery which in turn helps prioritize
the application of federal resources.
Thirdly, the use of
RSF's as outline in the National 
Disaster Recovery Framework
helps to unify and focus the
expertise resources and capabilities
of the people and programs across
the federal government to meet the needs of
disasters survivors and their communities.
The National Disaster Recovery
Framework represents a challenge
a call to action requiring all of us
to think beyond our traditional means
and modes of disaster recovery planning.
Given the importance of the National
Disaster Recory Framework to our nation's
larger goal of supporting individuals
families, communities, and states
as effectively as possible,
the NDRF will be an evolving blueprint
an ever improving roadmap 
for disaster recovery.
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I think for Joplin the NDRF is a framework
truly the F portion of that
word that we can use to develop
our plan because it puts all of the
needs that we need to consider in one spot.
It's really important that the whole
community is involved when there's a
disaster and we do practice 
that, but it's a
method of making 
sure that everyone is included.
NDRF is uhm  is the backbone
and the guiding path of how
to pre-plan how to build relationships
and how to be better
prepared for catastrophic events.
Long term recovery 
and economic growth.
An opportunity to 
bring stakeholders together
and to dialogue about disaster issues.
It's a framework for the communities
businesses to look at 
and consider as they work
through the recovery process so
they may need to focus 
on all of the core capabilities or they
may need focus only
on a few of them
based on whatever type
of disaster they are dealing with.
A really wonderful opportunity
to open doors for people
with accessability have
an access to all come together.

Is very important for us
to begin thinking and talking about
I would also say it's a new born baby
as far as I am concerned.
They need something to pull out
and go to and   OK
This is what my next step is. This is what
I should be doing. this is where I can go
for help. And also it gives the people
that provide those services
a chance to come together beforehand
get to know each other and
therefore work better together.
We can put a focus on recovery 
make sure that we are
giving it it's due attention, because it
is the recovery process 
that really presses
the re-set button for the community
and allows them to 
establish where they want
to be as they move forward 
following a disaster.
It is only the first step. It is a baby step
there's a lot more that needs to happen
We get the word and continue
 to grow it and to realize
the concepts and how we can them
work best for those disaster survivors
and those communities 
impacted by disaster.
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