Tools

• Checklists
• Guides
• Examples
• Websites

The links here are tools to help the landowner, county/community official, forester, state official, logger, etc cope with the multitude of high stress jobs and situations that a wind event disaster will generate.

Tools include: checklists and guides to help focus and stay on task, examples of plans and work to help clarify and expedite the jobs at hand, and websites to provide real time data, up to date information, and links to services needed to complete the jobs at hand.

FORESTRY/LOGGING/SALVAGE

Disaster Response

	Disaster Response Handbook for State Forestry Agencies
	Forest Landowner Natural Disaster Desk Guide and Tool Kit
	U.S. Forest Service, Southern Region: Guide to Emergency Events

Timber Assessment and Salvage

	Assessing Storm Damaged Forest Stands
	Assessment and Management of Hurricane Damaged Timberland
	Dealing with Windblown Trees
	How to Evaluate and Manage Storm-Damaged Forest Areas
	Hurricane Damaged Timber Overview
	Loggers Guide to Trucking Requirements: Florida
	Manual of Acute Forest Damage: Managing the Impact of Sudden and Severe Forest Damage
	MS Landowners Guide: Working with Timber Affected by Hurricane Katrina
	Rating Degraded Stands
	Safe & Efficient practices for Trucking Unmanufactured forest products
	Salvage Timber: Landowner's Do's & Don'ts
	Salvaging Timber: What should I do with my damaged timber
	Selecting a Consulting Forester
	Service Foresters Handbook
	Storm Damaged Forests: efficient and safe harvesting and log conservation methods
	Timber Harvesting Safety Manual
	Timber Salvage Contract Suggestions
	Tips for Landowners Attempting to Salvage Hurricane Damaged Timber

Biomass/Fire/Forest Health

	A Foresters Handbook for the Wildland/Urban Interface
	A Guide for Prescribed Fire in Southern Forests
	Community Wildfire Desk Guide and Tool Kit
	Forest Health Guide for Georgia
	Forest Landowner Natural Disaster Desk Guide and Tool Kit
	Invasive Plants of the Eastern United States: Identification and Control
	MS Homeowner’s Guide: Working with Trees Effected By Hurricane Katrina
	Photo Series for Estimating Post-Hurricane Fuels in Forest Types of the Southeast United States
	Photo Series for Estimating Post-Hurricane Residues & Fire Behavior in Southern Pine
	Wildfire Risk Assessment Guide for Homeowners
	Woody Biomass Desk Guide and Tool Kit
	Woody Biomass Tools and Resources
	Woody Biomass Utilization Desk Guide

Tax/Casualty Loss

	Frequently Asked Questions about Timber Casualty Losses
	Tax Guide: Hurricane…Casualty Loss
	Timber Casualty Loss & Involuntary Conversion publication

URBAN/METRO/REGIONAL

Community and Regional Planning/Mitigation

	Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Standard Operating Guide (NCDEM)
	FEMA Fact Sheet: National Incident Management System
	FEMA Fact Sheet: State & Local Mitigation Planning
	Hazard Mitigation Assistance Unified Assistance (FEMA)
	Incorporating Disaster Resilience INTO Disaster Recovery
	Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program (FEMA)
	Regional Disaster Resilience: A Guide for Developing An Action Plan
	Regional Disaster Resilience: TISP Guide for Developing An Action Plan
	State of Louisiana All Hazards Access Standard Operating Procedure

Urban Debris

	Contractors wanting to assist in cleanup in the aftermath of a disaster (USACE)
	Debris Management Brochure (FEMA 329)
	Debris Management Guide (FEMA 325)
	Debris Management Planning: Louisiana GOHSEP
	Debris Monitor Field Pocket Guide for FEMA'S Public Assistance Program
	Debris Removal Contractor Registry (DRCR) Internet - User Guide
	Disaster Debris Management Tables Pp.12-15 from State of Arizona Division of Emergency Management, Standard Operating Procedure Public Assistance Program, Debris Management
	Emergency/Disaster Vegetative and Land Clearing Debris Guidance
	EPA Planning for Disaster Debris Document
	FEMA Fact Sheet: Debris Removal
	FEMA Fact Sheet: Public Assistance
	FEMA Fact Sheets: All
	FEMA Public Assistance Debris Management Information
	Local Government Disaster Debris Planning Manual
	Public Assistance Debris Operations Job Aid (FEMA 9580.1)
	Public Assistance Handbook (FEMA 323)
	Tip Sheet for Registering with the Central Contractors Registry (CCR)
	USACE Hurricane Debris Estimating Model

Urban Forestry

	Assessing Damage and Restoring Trees After a Hurricane
	Can This Tree Be Saved; Tress after the Storm
	Designing and Implementing Utility Line Arboreta
	Hurricane Tree Care
	Learn About trees
	Storm Damage Assessment for Urban Trees
	Storm Safety Protocols for Urban Forests
	Storms Over the Urban Forest: Planning, Responding and Regreening- A community Guide to Natural Disaster Relief
	Tree Emergency Manual for Public Officials
	Urban Forest Hurricane Recovery
	Urban Tree Damage Prevention: In the Path of a Storm

BUSINESS/HOME OWNERS

	10 Steps to Prepare Your Businesses for a Hurricane
	Business Continuity & Disaster Preparedness Plan
	Forest Landowner Natural Disaster Desk Guide and Tool Kit
	Homeowners Guide to Hurricane Resistant Landscapes
	Hurricane Preparedness Planning for Businesses
	MS Homeowner’s Guide: Working with Trees Effected By Hurricane Katrina
	MS Landowners Guide: Working with Timber Affected by Hurricane Katrina
	Selecting an Arborist
	Wildfire Risk Assessment Guide for Homeowners