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Disaster Advice Glossary
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Disaster recovery and restoration can be veiled in mystery to the many who have not undertaken specific training. This glossary explains technical terms to assist both report writing and the understanding of those technical terms so often misunderstood.
Definition
| Board-Up: |
The temporary emergency measure necessary to secure, close and seal a building after an emergency. Board-up is required after disasters, including hurricanes, fire damage, tornadoes and earthquakes. Board-up after regular building floods are unusual, unless the flood is a catastrophic flood or a fire is involved. |
| Post-Emergency Response: |
a) As in the case of a fire damage, a post-emergency response is that portion of the emergency after the fire is out, allowing for emergency board-up, structure stabilization, temporary repair, cleanup and deodorization. b) In hazardous materials management, a post emergency response is that portion of an emergency response performed after the immediate threat of a release (chemical or material hazard) has been stabilized or eliminated and clean-up of the site has begun. If post emergency response is performed by the on-site employer's own employees who were part of the initial emergency response, post-emergency response is considered to be part of the initial response and not a post-emergency response action. However, if a group of an employers own employees, separate from the group providing initial response, performs the clean-up operation, then the separate group of employees would be considered to be performing post-emergency response during a hazardous materials cleanup. c) After an earthquake, flood, fire, tornado or other natural disaster, a post-emergency response is that action necessary to further protect life and property from secondary and consequential harm. |
| Turnkey Service: |
A full service provider. A contractor that is able to provide multi-level services and expertise, to eliminate all damage and/or restore a property back to its pre-loss condition: On the emergency side, consultation, site and damage assessment, cost estimates, emergency service, board-up, structural repair, engineering, plan approval, temporary relocation, job site monitoring and clearance testing with certification. On the restoration side, provide all of the necessary subcontractors and materials required to restore a property. |
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