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Recovery: The capabilities necessary to assist communities affected by an incident to recover effectively. / Effective public information practices are two-way, that is, they will ensure affected residents, including those temporarily displaced due to the incident, have the opportunity to communicate with community leaders and provide input into recovery management planning and decisions.

Displaced individuals in need of housing will also need health and social services support.

Successful whole community engagement may present challenges, to include: Stakeholders may be displaced and/or unable to access the community. Communication methods identified pre-disaster may need to be modified to reach all community members and to provide ongoing support and information.

One key action individuals and households can take is to have a disaster preparedness kit and recovery plan that addresses evacuation, sheltering-in-place, and sheltering needs.

Some communities, for example, may conclude that success [of recovery] requires relocating all or some portion of the community assets and restoring vacated areas to a more natural, predevelopment environment.