PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS TO BE CONDUCTED IN PENNSYLVANIA
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20230426/preliminary-damage-assessments-be-conducted-pennsylvania]


Release Date: 
九月 3, 2021 

FEMA ADVISORY

AT THE REQUEST OF GOVERNOR TOM WOLF, FEMA REGION 3 WILL SUPPORT THE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA AND THE PENNSYLVANIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY IN LOCALLY EXECUTED, STATE MANAGED AND FEDERALLY SUPPORTED
PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

Governor Tom Wolf has requested that joint state and FEMA Preliminary
Damage Assessments (PDAs) for Individual Assistance (IA) be completed
to evaluate damages related to Tropical Depression Ida that occurred
this week in Pennsylvania.

The IA assessments are scheduled to begin Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, in
Chester, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties. Bucks County
assessments will start as early as Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021.

These joint assessments are conducted in person, with close
cooperation among state, local and federal agencies.

Damage assessments
[https://www.fema.gov/disaster/how-declared/preliminary-damage-assessments]
are the first step in helping the governor determine whether the scope
of the damages is beyond what the state is capable of handling and if
added federal assistance is needed. Additional assessments may be
requested, by the state, as damage information is received from local
officials.

The PDA is an information-gathering process. It does not guarantee
federal assistance [https://www.fema.gov/disaster/stafford-act].

Once the information is gathered, the state uses it to determine
whether to make an official request for federal assistance. Disaster
recovery efforts are locally executed, state managed & federally
supported.

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