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Download or read book FEMA Preliminary Damage Assessment Guide written by Federal Emergency Management Agency and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary purpose of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Preliminary Damage Assessment Guide (PDA Guide) is to define a standard national-level framework for how state, local, tribal, and territorial1 (SLTT) government officials and FEMA staff collect, validate, quantify, and document the cause, location, and details of damage following a disaster. This standard framework will support emergency management officials at all levels of government by encouraging consistent, efficient, and accurate preliminary damage assessments (PDA) that align with Stafford Act Presidential disaster declaration request requirements. To achieve this, the PDA Guide outlines a common concept of operations, defines major roles and responsibilities, recommends methodologies, and establishes national-level damage assessment standards and procedures.