FEDERAL DISASTER RECOVERY COORDINATOR NAMED TO LEAD FEDERAL FAMILY
EFFORTS AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230425/federal-disaster-recovery-coordinator-named-lead-federal-family-efforts]


Release Date: 
September 1, 2017 

WASHINGTON – Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Administrator Brock Long names Michael Byrne, FEMA field operations
directorate assistant administrator, as Federal Disaster Recovery
Coordinator (FDRC) for recovery in the areas impacted by Hurricane
Harvey. Byrne has more than 30 years of experience in disaster
management and recovery program execution, including serving as the
Federal Coordinating Officer for Hurricane Sandy in New York and the
2011 Alabama tornadoes.

Byrne will work under the direction of the Federal Coordinating
Officer Kevin Hannes and State Coordinating Officer/Governor’s
Authorized Representative Nim Kidd, and be responsible for
facilitating disaster recovery coordination and collaboration between
federal, tribal, state, and local governments, the private sector, and
voluntary, faith-based and community organizations. This role will
involve bringing together a team of federal agencies to lead the
complex recovery challenges of Hurricane Harvey, leveraging all
available resources in support of state and local recovery effort.
Areas of focus will include:

	* HOUSING, coordinated by the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT (HUD), to develop adequate, affordable, and accessible
housing solutions for Hurricane Harvey survivors.
	* INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS, coordinated by the U.S. ARMY CORPS OF
ENGINEERS, to efficiently facilitate the restoration of infrastructure
systems and services to support viable, sustainable communities and
improve resilience to, and protection from, future hazards.
	* ECONOMIC RECOVERY, coordinated by the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
to assist with  sustaining or restoring businesses and employment in
the affected area, and developing economic opportunities in these
communities;
	* HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, led by the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES, to support locally led recovery efforts to address
public health, health care facilities and coalitions, and essential
human services;   
	* NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, led by the DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR,
will work with communities wishing to preserve, protect and restore
natural and cultural resources—such as historic structures—during
recovery; and
	* COMMUNITY PLANNING AND CAPACITY BUILDING, coordinated by FEMA, to
facilitate support among a variety of partners for the planning,
capacity, and resilience building capabilities needed by local or
tribal governments following this disaster.

These federal agencies—and the many others who will assist their
efforts— will work together with a singular focus of restoring
functional and resilient communities and local economies throughout
that long term recovery process.

The federal government continues to be focused on protecting the lives
and safety of those in affected areas after Hurricane Harvey.  For
more information about FEMA, the federal response, and resources
available for disaster survivors, visit www.fema.gov/hurricane-harvey
[https://www.fema.gov/hurricane-harvey].

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