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Effective Preparedness and Resilience Planning during Hurricane Sandy:
Hurricane Sandy Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina

University of Maryland University College
Homeland Security Management: Resilience Planning and Preparedness for Disaster Response and Recovery (2152), Spring 2015
Written By: Brittany Wiley

Introduction:

Major Hurricane disasters along the coastlines have affected many cities and communities which have forced them to take into action and adopt the conception of emergency management, such as resilience planning, disaster preparedness, response and recovery planning. Mitigation preparedness plays an effective part in the emergency management plan. Many cities and communities must explore strategies to reduce the major impact these disasters have and implement resilience planning that will allow communities to rebuild. According to the National Disaster Recovery Framework (2011), “a successful recovery process promotes practices that minimize the community’s risk to all hazards and strengthens it’s ability to withstand and recover from future disasters, which constitute a community’s resiliency” (p. 11). Furthermore, Hurricane disaster’s not only expose community’s vulnerabilities but it gives them the opportunity to rebuild with more resiliency.

When comparing two devastating Hurricane disasters that have impacted many cities, communities and lives; it’s important to consider Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans and Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey and New York. Both disasters distinguish resilience, disaster preparedness, response and recovery planning on many levels. While it is important to compare these two disaster methods and lessons learned; this paper will evaluate Hurricane Sandy’s effectiveness, providing state, local and Federal first responders responsibilities, and community