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Storm Damage Assessment Protocol

This presentation given at the 2008 UFST training in Providence Forge, VA outlines how i-Tree's SDAP can be used after a natural disaster to help communities plan for debris clean-up.

After a natural disaster, municipalities are overwhelmed with trying to get services restored to its citizens.  UF professionals (if the city has any) may be stretched so thin that they may not be able to assess trees and/or tree debris accurately or efficiently.  Communities that do not have UF professionals do not know what to do after a storm or how to do it.  This training session focuses on how you can use existing tools to quickly and relatively accurately quantify a community’s vegetative debris so that they can better prepare for storm clean-up, debris storage, and possibly FEMA reimbursement.

Authors
E. Kuehler
Sub-Topics
Disaster Plans (FEMA), Disaster
State(s)/Region(s)
National