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Disaster recovery is described as the process, policies and procedures put in place to cope up with potential natural or human-induced disasters . A disaster is an event that creates chaos and could prevent the continuation of normal functions. Disaster recovery is viewed by some people as a fight against the Mother Nature to restore order in a community. However, the disaster recovery process is not a set of orderly actions triggered by the impact of a disaster upon a community. Rather, disaster recovery is a set of loosely related activities that occur before, during, and after a disastrous event. Recovering from a disaster is usually a sluggish process. Safety is a primary issue, as are mental and physical well-being. If assistance is available, knowing how to access it makes the process faster and more effective.
A typical disaster recovery strategy has several stages, including the following:
• Understanding an organization's activities and how all of its resources are interconnected.
• Assessing an organization's vulnerability in all areas, including …show more content…

One community may characterize success as the return of its economy to pre-disaster conditions while another may see success as the opening of new economic opportunities. Although no single definition fits all situations, successful recoveries do share conditions in which the community is successfully overcomes the physical, emotional and environmental impacts of the disaster, it is re-establishes an economic and social base that in stills confidence in the community members and businesses regarding community viability, it rebuilds by integrating the functional needs of all residents and reducing its vulnerability to all hazards facing it, and the entire community demonstrates a capability to be prepared, responsive, and resilient in dealing with the consequences of

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