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Tree Assessment Debris Cost Sheet

An example cost sheet developed for the City of Bixby, Oklahoma. This is one of six reports for parks assessed by UFST following the December 2007 ice storm.

This example is based on FEMA Debris Teams (Region VI in Denton, TX) in Oklahoma's eastern region and work they are doing with the City of Tulsa under the 2008 'pilot program' for debris clean-up and disaster payments.

The "Tulsa Model" is based on pre-disaster inventories and post-disaster tree assessments by experienced Certified Arborists. The UFST provided post-disaster tree assessments for tree hazard based on FEMA standards for debris removal.

A detailed (i.e. location, species, diameter, condition) pre-disaster inventory of park and street trees provides the basis for an efficient and timely post-disaster assessment to prepare FEMA cost sheets for tree removals or the removal of attached hangers.

Under the 'pilot program', this cost sheet was signed by city, state and federal representatives and became the basis for a contract for debris reimbursement between FEMA and the municipality.

Authors
M. Turner
Date Published
February 2008
Publisher
UFST Advisory Committee
Athens, GA (US)
Resource Type
Other
Resource Format
Model Project/Program
Funding Source
Local (Municipal), State Agency (Natural Resource), USDA FS (Urban Forestry South)
Sub-Topics
Disaster
State(s)/Region(s)
Southern
Indexed By
UFS