Lessons Learned - County/Municipality

Links to lessons learned and experience based information pertaining to disaster preparation, debris management, and urban forestry management of interest to counties, municipalities and utilities in wind disaster zones.

PREPARATION

	Emergency Management Self-Assessment
	Incorporating Disaster Resilience INTO Disaster Recovery
	Law Enforcement Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina
	Lessons Learned from Wiggins/Stone County Mississippi: USDA, REDR Resource Center
	Personal resilience after a Hurricane
	Practical Applications in the "MACC" Concept
	Pre-Hurricane Emotional Preparation Tips
	State of Louisiana All Hazards Access Standard Operating Procedure

URBAN FOREST

	Alliance for Community Trees
	Arborists in the Aftermath
	Compass Issue 12, Pp. 26-29 Forest Resource, Lessons from Katrina & Rita
	Dealing With Storm - Damaged Trees In The Landscape
	Developing an Urban Forest Management Plan for Hurricane-Prone Communities
	Hurricane Debris & Damage Assessments for Urban Forests
	Hurricanes and the Urban Forest: 1. Effects on Southeastern U.S. Coastal Plain Tree Species
	Restoring Our Hurricane -Ravaged Urban Tree Canopy: BMP's
	Storms Over the Urban Forest
	Tree Emergency Manual for Public Officials
	Trees And The Storm – Katrina 2005
	Trees and Wind: A Bibliography for Tree Care Professionals
	Urban Forest Hurricane Recovery
	Urban Tree Risk Management
	Wind & Trees: Lessons Learned from Hurricanes
	Wind and Trees: A Survey of Homeowners After Hurricane Andrew

DEBRIS MANAGEMENT

	Comprehensive Plan for Disaster Clean-up & Debris Management __EXAMPLE
	EPA, Materials Characterization Paper: Construction and Demolition Materials- Disaster Debris
	EPA: Planning For Natural Disaster Debris
	Fuels Assessment in Hurricane Rita Damage Zone
	Harnessing Catastrophe to Promote Resource Recovery & Eco-industrial Development
	Hurricane Katrina Disaster Debris Management: Lessons Learned from State and Local Governments
	Louisiana DEQ: Disaster Debris Management
	Woody Debris Management and Cleanup

BUILDING CODES

	Better Building Codes Cut Building Loss (National Underwriter, Regulation)
	Building Code Enforcement Lowers Wind Pool Insurance Rates
	Building Performance Observations, Recommendations and Technical Guidance (FEMA)
	Building-Code Evaluations
	Fla. Building Codes, Revamped since Andrew, Still Being Worked
	Hurricane Loss Reduction for Housing in Florida: Final Report
	Lessons Learned from Failures of the Building Envelope in Windstorms
	New LSU Hurricane Center study shows stricter building codes and better construction practices will dramatically reduce damage from future Mississippi Gulf Coast hurricanes

UTILITY COMPANIES

	20 Years Later, Progress Energy is Still Learning from Hurricane Hugo
	Designing and Implementing Utility Line Arboreta
	Hurricane Hugo Lessons Learned in Energy Emergency Preparedness

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