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to manage the recovery of a specific event when a declaration is terminated and specific Terms of Referenceadopted.6.4 RECOVERY PROCESSESThe following methods and actions guide the achievement of recovery objectives and provide a systematic way oforganising tasks and activities both before and after activation.1. Damage and needs assessment: Contribute to the longer-term recovery measures and process effectivelyestablishes the priorities for the whole recovery process.2. Facilitation of Government Assistance: Most central government involvement and assistance during therecovery phase of an emergency is delivered through a variety of normal government agency functions, e.g.Work and Income NZ; Child Youth and Family; Housing NZ. To assist with access, “One Stop Shops” can be setup in accessible locations or alternatively a “Mobile Task Force” can be organised. Work and Income NZnormally organises this facility. Government also may approve and fund schemes such as Enhanced Task ForceGreen to be used for helping clean up and repair damage.3. Public information and communication: Community recovery will occur more quickly if individualsunderstand the process of recovery and actively participate in the process.4. Information management and reporting: Reporting maintains accountability and transparency, keeps thewider community informed, gains support and assistance and records an account of recovery efforts andfinancial commitments.5. Professional development, training and exercising: Recovery training arrangements and requirements willbe incorporated into the Professional Development Strategy and includes a needs analysis relating to staff,training and available management systems. The Group Recovery Plan will also be tested through regularexercising at the National and Group level. See section 4.3 for more detail on training and exercises.6. Financial Arrangements: Government policy on the reimbursement of local government expenditure forrecovery activities is set out in section 26 of the National CDEM Plan. Cash donations are the preferredsource of aid and Mayoral Relief Funds should be set up to collect and distribute this aid.7. Exit Strategy: The exit strategy outlines the handover responsibilities for the Recovery Manager, the recoveryoffice, the task groups and the public information management and any support teams. Withdrawal of formalrecovery structures from the impacted community must be planned and staged and the responsibility ofoutstanding tasks and actions must be assigned and acknowledged.8. Review and improvement: The Group will hold appropriate and timely debriefs and reviews following anemergency, including the recovery process. Debriefs will be done both internally within the Group andexternally with key stakeholders to allow for learning and improvement to occur.9. Support from other regions: Recovery can be a protracted and lengthy process that draws upon local andregional resources. A prolonged recovery phase may require additional resources which can be sourced fromother CDEM Groups; this is coordinated through the National Recovery Manager.6.5 RECOVERY OBJECTIVES, METHODS AND TOOLS.The CDEM Group will undertake the following methods to achieve the three agreed objectives:OBJECTIVE 4a:Current Status:Method, Toolsand ActionsStrengthen recovery capability and capacity across all agencies and the wider community.A Group Recovery Plan has been developed and exercised.Recovery Training is available and well-resourced.1. Incorporate Recovery as a key component of Exercise and Training (refer Objective 3a).2. Hold a Regional Recovery Forum every year.Northland Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan, 2010-2015 Page 57