G 205 Recovery from Disaster: The Local Government Role   

This course is designed for local disaster recovery teams consisting of emergency managers, city/county administrators, public works directors, building inspectors, and community planners. The course focuses on the roles and responsibilities of each team member, and provides guidance on developing a local disaster recovery plan. Participants are given the opportunity to develop an outline of their own recovery plan during the course. • Increase local government and community awareness of issues involved in disaster recovery • Build local recovery capability to address guidance expressed in the National Disaster Recovery Framework during local disaster recovery • Provide a forum for discussion of “lessons learned” and best practices in disaster recovery at the local level • Promote the development of a pre-disaster recovery planning process **This course is part of the FEMA Advanced Professional Series (APS)

Prerequisites: Recommended: IS 100.b Introduction to the Incident Command System, IS 2900 National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF) Overview

Target Audience: Local government, emergency managers, building officials, community planners, city or county administrators, and public works directors, state disaster recovery personnel, floodplain manger/staff

Seats Remaining: 30

Begin Date: 8/7/2025

End Date: 8/8/2025

Time: 8:00 AM--4:30 PM

Location:
East Lake Park Conservation Education Center 2451 Highway 34
Osceola
Iowa - 50213



Additional Information:

1) Class will be in the Conservation education center located at East Lake Park. 2) Proceed up the hill straight into the park. center is located on the right. 3) No vending onsite. 4) Lunch will be provided. 5) This multi-day course is supported with Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) funding. You may request lodging reimbursement if you traveled an excess of 50 miles one-way and are an Iowa resident. ? Before making lodging reservations and Prior to start of class, email your lodging reimbursement request to HSEMDTraining@iowa.gov limited to funding availability. ? All other travel will be on your own if the above doesn't apply or requested.