VRMP Template – By Section
Step 7- Collaborative Strategies
•How to incorporate urban forestry into Emergency Management and Debris Management
–Meet FEMA standards for mitigation, planning, response, and recovery AND arboriculture industry performance standards
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| Include in this section additional opportunities for urban forestry professionals
| and emergency managers to work together to provide additional benefits to
| the VRMP as it relates to mitigation/planning, response, and recovery. Take some
| Time to identify programs and processes to work towards and to improve
| the UF program while providing added value to Emergency Management.
| These collaborative strategies strengthen a community’s emergency management
| and urban forest while protecting the citizens as well as public and private property
| from the impacts of natural hazards.
| The Template has many opportunities identified and listed with explanations.
| Also go to Visit the Urban Forestry South website http://www.urbanforestrysouth.org/
| and search for “VRMP or Vegetative Risk Management Plan” to find information
| and webinars discussing each of the collaboration methods described below.