Resources - According to FEMA, “Personnel and major items of equipment, supplies and facilities available or potentially available for assignment to incident operations and for which status is maintained.”
Response - According to FEMA, “Activities that address the short-term, direct effects of an incident, including immediate actions to save lives, protect property and meet basic human needs. Response also includes the execution of emergency operations plans and of mitigation activities designed to limit the loss of life, personal injury, property damage and other unfavorable outcomes.”
Retrograde - To return resources back to their original location.
Reverse Evacuation - According to FEMA, “A common procedure implemented when conditions inside the building are safer than outside the building.”
Safety Officer - According to FEMA, “A member of the Command Staff responsible for monitoring incident operations and advising the incident commander on all matters relating to operational safety, including the health and safety of emergency responder personnel.”
Section - The Incident Command System organizational level having responsibility for a major functional area of incident management, which include operations, planning, logistics and finance/administration.
Section 106 - As part of the CDBG-DR environmental review process, grantees and subgrantees are required to complete a Section 106 review. The review ensures compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), which requires HUD (and other federal agencies) to "protect historic properties and to avoid, minimize, or mitigate possible harm that may result from agency actions." All CDBG-DR funded projects require Section 106 review.
Section 3 - A provision of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968. Section 3 requires that recipients of certain HUD financial assistance -- including the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program -- to the greatest extent feasible, provide job training, employment and contracting opportunities for low- or very-low income residents, or the businesses that substantially support them, in connection with projects and activities in their neighborhoods.
Section 3 Business - According to HUD, “A business that is a) 51 percent or more owned by Section 3 residents; b) At least 30 percent of its full time employees include persons that are currently Section 3 residents, or were Section 3 residents within three years of the date of first hire; or c) Provides evidence, as required, of a commitment to subcontract in excess of 25 percent of the dollar award of all subcontracts to businesses that meet the qualifications of a) or b) above.”
Section 3 Residents - According to HUD, “A public housing resident, or a person who lives in the area where a HUD-assisted project is located and who has a household income that falls below HUD’s income limits.” Localities applying funding from HUD’s Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program to a disaster recovery project are required -- to the greatest extent possible -- to hire local Section 3 residents and Section 3 businesses.