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27 <br />information, and also for advising government on appropriate <br />news releases for keeping the public informed of <br />instructional emergency information. <br />Recovery - Activity involves assistance to return the community to <br />normal or near - normal conditions. Short -term recovery <br />w returns - vital- life_ support •°systemswAto -minimum- operating <br />standards. Long -term recovery may continue for a number of <br />years after a disaster and seeks to return life to normal or <br />improved levels. Recovery activities include, temporary <br />housing, loans or grants, disaster unemployment insurance, <br />reconstruction, and counseling programs. <br />Response - Activities occur immediately before, during, and <br />directly after an emergency or disaster. They involve <br />lifesaving actions such as, the activation of warning <br />systems, manning the EOCs, implementation of shelter or <br />evacuation plans, and search and rescue. <br />Reception Centers - Strategically located control points in the <br />host area where relocatees report and are assigned to <br />congregate care facilities. <br />Risk - The probability that damage to life, property, and the <br />environment will occur. <br />Shelter Manager - An individual who provides for internal <br />organization, administration, and operation of a shelter <br />facility. <br />Staging Area - A pre - selected location having large parking areas <br />such as a major shopping area, schools, etc. The area is a <br />base for the assembly of persons to be moved by public <br />transportation to host jurisdictions and a debarking area <br />for returning evacuees. Several of these areas should be <br />designated to each evacuating jurisdiction. <br />Standard Operating Procedures (SOP'S) - A set of instructions <br />covering those features of operations which lend themselves <br />..to a definite or standardized- procedure without loss of <br />.effectiveness. <br />State Emergency Response Team (SERI) - A team of emergency <br />response personnel from the Department of Crime Control and <br />Public Safety who are dispatched to the scene of a disaster <br />in order to evaluate conditions, offer advice, and <br />coordinate all recovery activities. <br />20 <br />