Public Assistance (PA) - FEMA provides supplemental federal disaster grant assistance for debris removal, life-saving emergency protective measures and the repair, replacement or restoration of disaster-damaged publicly-owned facilities, and the facilities of certain private nonprofit organizations. Hazard mitigation funding is also provided under the PA program.
Public Information - Processes, procedures, and systems for communicating timely, accurate, and accessible information on an incident's cause, size, and current situation; resources committed; and other matters of general interest to the public, responders, and additional stakeholders (both directly affected and indirectly affected).
Public Information Officer (PIO) - A member of the Command Staff responsible for interfacing with the public and media and/or with other agencies with incident-related information requirements. Depending on the size and scope of the incident, there is typically a Chief PIO who oversees several assistant PIOs.
Record of Changes - A document detailing and tracking each update or change to the plan to enhance accountability and transparency. The document is usually in table format, and contains at a minimum a change number, the date of the change, and the name of the person who made the change.
Record Snowfall - According to FEMA, "A snowfall that meets or exceeds the highest record of snowfall within a county over a 1-, 2-, 3-day or longer period of time, as published by the National Climatic Data Center."
Recovery - The capabilities necessary to assist communities affected by an incident to recover effectively.
Recovery Plan - A plan developed to restore an affected area or community. Localities should have at minimum a basic long-term recovery plan that can be implemented without dispute from appointed or elected officials at the local or state level after a disaster.
Resilience - A community’s ability to prepare for, respond and adapt to, and recover from natural and manmade acute shocks and chronic stresses with minimal disruption.
Resource Management - A system for identifying available resources at all jurisdictional levels to enable timely, efficient, and unimpeded access to resources needed to prepare for, respond to or recover from an incident. Resource management under the National Incident Management System includes mutual aid agreements and assistance agreements; the use of special Federal, State, tribal, and local teams; and resource mobilization protocols.
Resource Tracking - A standardized, integrated process conducted prior to, during and after an incident by all emergency management/response personnel and their associated organizations.