Recovery can be divided into two categories:
- Community Recovery: Community actions to limit losses and reduce suffering.
- City of Prince George Corporate Recovery: Reconstruction of critical infrastructure and re-establishment of services by local authorities (utility services, roads, buildings, private property)
Community Recovery
Consider recovery among community members, including individuals and families, small business owners, farm owners, non-profit organizations, and community groups, to limit losses and reduce suffering.
Action Items:
- Utilize “case management” concept to record the services required and provided;
- Red Cross engaged to coordinate ‘capacity needs’ assessments for affected residential properties;
- Development Services to coordinate Technical Assessments on affected residential and business properties to determine initial property and building damages as one of the means of providing guidance towards safe re-entry to affected properties;
- Provide assistance as required to those affected in filling out provincial Disaster Financial Assistance applications;
- Engaged Debbie Scarborough to assist residents with personal plans and identifying services to address their unmet needs.
City of Prince George Corporate Recovery
Restoration of damaged City and non-city property resulting from the City’s response activities, continuation of public services, also known as “business continuity.”
Action Items:
Identify damaged City and non-city property resulting from the City’s response activities, restoration costs, timelines for restoration and continuity costs during restoration;
Develop cost recovery plan.
Community Recovery Groups
Leisure Services – Tom Madden, Greg Anderson
Recovery Director – Debbie Scarborough
Red Cross – Sherri Flavel
Development Services – Dan Milburn, Frank Blues
Corporate Services – Ray Borgia, Sandy Stibrany
PEP/DFA – Michael Higgins
ESS – Colleen Van Mook, Brad Beckett
Salvation Army – Cindy Wolfe, Bruce Kirk
Others: Interlock, Service Professionals, Utility Providers