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National Disaster Recovery FrameworkAPPENDIX B:RECOMMENDED ROLES AND ACTIVITIES.INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES RECOMMENDED ROLES AND ACTIVITIES.INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES PRE-DISASTER CHECKLIST.• Mitigate home vulnerabilities by adding hurricane shutters, bracing cripple walls,anchoring bookshelves, maintaining a defensible firebreak around the house and pruningoverhanging tree limbs among other strategies.• Develop an individual/family disaster preparedness and recovery plan, seeking assistancefrom service providers as necessary. See www.ready.g o v.• Participate in ongoing community-wide planning initiatives, including those specificallyfocused on pre-disaster disaster preparedness, recovery and mitigation.• Provide community input on potential community disaster risks, potential impacts, andrecovery planning through the use of voting, comment, organized efforts and othermeans. Community input should consider building codes, flood plain management,proposed developments and environmental and natural resources rule making initiatives.• Purchase and maintain an appropriate and adequate level of hazard and flood insurance.• Assist others in obtaining planning guidance and tools.• Maintain supplies of food, water and battery-powered communications devices.Table 24.INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES POST-DISASTER CHECKLIST.• Implement individual and family recovery plans.• Reach out to others who may need assistance.• Participate in post-disaster community recovery planning if possible.• Establish metrics to evaluate recovery progress and achievement of disaster recoveryobjectives for individuals and families.• Rebuild safer and stronger.Table 25.APPENDICESPage 89