Short Term Recovery and DISASTER ASSISTANCE.

Write about Short Term Recovery and DISASTER ASSISTANCE. Choose Hurricane Harvey. and i want to focus on the disaster assistance from Harris County. Harris County will be the Government Agency i Pick Follow the instructions in the Attachment Carefully The tasks of short-term and the policies/processes of long-term recovery. In addition, there are several public, private, and nonprofit agencies that are active in these recovery operations. Select a case study and give a detailed analysis of the recovery and the specific task or process. You must choose one government agency and describe their actions in the particular case for the task or process. This can be on the local (preferred), state, or federal level. You must choose a government agency other than FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security but be sure to discuss their role(s) in recovery. Be sure to include descriptions of their functions utilizing the Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) from the National Response Framework. For example, you may want to select debris management as the task. The government agency may be sanitation or public works. Were there private contractors? What was their role? How involved were they? Utilize legitimate references to obtain the information regarding their roles. Information can be found from sources such as newspapers, magazines, televison, journals, and the Internet. The quality of your sources will be examined. Obviously, this is not an exhaustive list. You may want to contact the Director of Emergency Management of the municipality where this disaster occurred. Also, many plans are available online along with post-disaster reports from the municipality website. Give a brief overview of the disaster including items such as where, when, and the type of impacts. Then describe the recovery aspects of the agency involved along with the task, policy or process. Be sure to discuss the comprehensive and disaster recovery plan if available. After action reports may contain lessons learned. The emphasis of the paper is on the agency or agencies along with their tasks or processes, not the disaster. Finally, discuss any similar actions from the private and/or nonprofit sectors (if applicable). If not applicable, state the reason.