GOHSEP Elected_Officials_Manual_2015

GOHSEP Louisiana Elected Officials Emergency Management Manual
Prepare + Prevent + Respond + Recover + mitigate
Role of the PDA in the
Presidential Declaration
Process
While there are many factors included in the
Governor’s request to the President for a declaration,
perhaps the most crucial element is the damage
assessment. FEMA recommends to the President that
a declaration be granted only if minimum damage
indicators are met.
FEMA Individual Assistance (IA)
DECLARATION
FEMA has not publicized the number of damaged
homes it considers sufficient to meet the indicator for
an IA declaration. We do know that FEMA considers
the number of uninsured homes that experience
major damage and/or are destroyed when determining
whether to recommend an IA declaration. Like the
FEMA PA declaration process, FEMA requires that each
Parish qualify on its own for the IA declaration.
44 CFR 206.48 (b) discusses factors that measure the
severity, magnitude and impact of the disaster and
used to evaluate the need for IA under the Stafford Act.
The following are some of the factors that generally
indicate a greater need for assistance:
• Number of damaged and/or destroyed homes.
• Concentration of damages.
• Trauma – a large number of deaths or injuries,
large scale disruption of normal community
functions and services, emergency needs such as
extended or widespread loss of power or water.
• Special populations – such as low-income,
elderly, or unemployed, Native American,
under-served populations and/or those that
are physically challenged.
• Voluntary agency assistance – consider extent
to which voluntary agencies and State or local
programs can meet the needs of disaster victims.
• Available insurance proceeds.
• Average amount of individual assistance
by State.
FEMA Public Assistance (PA) DECLARATION
The process to obtain a PA declaration is more
objective. The PA declaration process considers
impacts to public services infrastructure. Damage to
all infrastructure owned by local government entities
and that are owned by certain PNPs are eligible for
funding under the FEMA PA program to restore and
repair those facilities if a declaration is made.
A major milestone in determining if the President will
provide for PA funding in the declaration is whether
or not the Parish has reached its monetary damage
FY2013 LOUISIANA
DISASTER DAMAGE
indicators FOR FEMA PA
75/25 percent cost share:
• State declaration indicator:
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$1.37 per capita.
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$6,210,720 total damages to
public facilities.
• Parish declaration indicator:
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$3.45 per capita.
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Total damages to public
facilities will vary by Parish.
90/10 percent cost share:
• State declaration indicator:
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$131 per capita.
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$593,871,732 total FEMA
obligations for the event.
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