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<br />SCRIPT-TASK F. DAMAGE ASSESSMENT <br />(You have 5 minutes to read the script.) <br /> <br />Slide Fl. Task F. Damage Assessment <br /> <br />Task F is to assess the flood damage, This task fine tunes the damage scenario <br />completed in Task C, looking beyond areas to individual buildings. After a real flood, <br />your state emergency management office will want detailed damage assessments of <br />flooded facilities to determine what disaster assistance your jurisdiction will be eligible <br />for. You also need this information to determine needs for recovery and rebuilding. <br /> <br />Slide F2. Helicopter used to assess damage, Thistle, Utah <br /> <br />This helicopter is being used for the initial assessment of damage from the flood which <br />engulfed Thistle, Utah in 1983. The town was totally inaccessible except by air. This <br />initial assessment is often done as a "windshield" survey by the Red Cross, police chief <br />or other local officials. The purposes are to grasp the overall magnitude of the damage, <br />identify situations requiring immediate emergency response, and begin to assess <br />recovery needs. It is followed by a more formal "preliminary damage assessment" to <br />estimate numbers of flooded buildings and the dollar value of the damage. Information <br />from the preliminary damage assessment is forwarded to the state and possibly to the <br />federal government as the basis for a disaster declaration. <br /> <br />Slide F3. Building with red tag in Albany, Georgia <br /> <br />The assessment of individual structures results in the posting of all inspected buildings, <br />usually with a red, yellow, or green tag. Here you see a flood-damaged building in <br />Albany, Georgia with a red tag just beneath the eave on the right hand door. This <br />means "unsafe, do not enter or occupy." A yellow tag means "limited entry, off limits to <br />unauthorized personnel." A green tag means "inspected, no restriction on use or <br />occupancy." When in doubt, it is wise to err on the side of safety by using a red tag. It <br />can be changed later to yellow or green based on more careful evaluation. <br /> <br />Slide F4. Classifying flood damage to buildings <br /> <br />This list shows information you need to collect about each flooded building-use or <br />occupancy. location with respect to the floodway and 100-year floodplain. percent <br />damage. historic status. In assessing damage, it is important to classify flooded <br />buildings according to their use and occupancy so you can anticipate the recovery <br />needs of displaced residents, businesses, and public services. Also, building use is <br />important because the flood insurance program has different requirements for <br />residential structures than for other buildings. Let's look at the reasons for the other <br />items on the list. <br /> <br />Script-Task F <br />