Hurricane Season is Just Days Away How Communities Can Stay Ahead
The 2025 Hurricane Season is imminent, with forecasts predicting higher-than-average activity levels. Some experts suggest it could be the most significant season since data collection began for historical and future predictive analyses.
It appears the previous season has just concluded, yet numerous communities remain severely affected by extreme weather events. These include intense storms, massive wildfires, severe winter ice and snowstorms, tornadoes and devastating floods, all of which have caused significant disruption. The consequences have been catastrophic in various respects, not only causing loss of life but also resulting in many individuals losing everything they own, with recovery efforts expected to take months or even years.
While communities come together to support one another during the recovery process, there is another critical aspect of disaster recovery: the stabilization of essential infrastructure that supports community lifelines. Lifelines are necessary for the continuous operation of crucial government and business functions and are vital to human health, safety, and economic security. Stabilizing these fundamental services allows all other aspects of society to function effectively resulting in a faster recovery.
The time it takes to rebuild after a catastrophic event has increased over the years from taking days and months to several years or decades. The costs associated with rebuilding after an event have increased enormously over the years. Every year we are facing major natural disasters that cost billions of dollars annually with a sharp increase from prior years as these events grow more intense with higher frequency.
Most federally funded assistance programs are on a reimbursement basis, meaning that the subrecipient must incur the expense, collect and reconcile all the data, then submit for reimbursement which could potentially take months to be received. This is causing communities to struggle with their recovery even to the point where they cannot recover with the risk to have their obligated funds taken back by the funding source because of their lack of capital budgets, not sufficient resources to get work completed, reduced staffing and the lack of proper documentation, a must have to pass audits.
We at Alternative Recovery Consulting, LLC (ARC), with our “Blue Ocean Strategy” approach, understand these complexities and struggles by applying a revolutionary change into the recovery program. Our focus, at the wake of a major natural disaster, is to immediately help in the recovery process communities large or small. Private-Non-Profits (PNPs), Utilities, Municipal Owned, Cooperatives, Tribal Nations, Hospitals and Educational Institutions.
ARC’s innovative approach to immediate funding and proprietary Task Order Management enables for a swift and rapid emergency response minimizing disruption. With proper procurement policies our focus is to begin permanent resilient work so the rebuilding can begin as well.
ARC’s Blue Ocean Strategy approach is a design-build and fund to completion One-Stop-Service concierge firm. We exercise project oversight, thoroughly document the event, prepare all reimbursement packages and submits to funding sources for reimbursement, our collateral. As a community driven team our experts can help rebuild a community after a major natural disaster to a successful conclusion within the timelines required by the Robert T Stafford Act.
Don’t wait until it’s too late. Contact us at +1 (800) 481-3607 or (407) 967-1950.
Martin “Marty” Altman, PMP, President ArcNews@alternativerecoveryconsulting.com
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Mr. Altman is President and Founder of Alternative Recovery Consulting, LLC (ARC) a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), past FEMA Public Assistance Infrastructure Branch Director with over 45 years of leadership experience and has managed and implemented disaster planning and recovery program management for public and private sector clients. Having worked on over 70 major disasters across the United States, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands, working with federal, state, and local governments. Mr. Altman has in-depth expertise in all phases of disaster management: planning, preparedness, hazard mitigation, wildfire management, response and recovery programs, post-disaster redevelopment planning, audit compliance, process improvement, quality assurance, business development, resiliency planning, CDBG Disaster Recovery, Fire Management Assistance Grant Program (FMAG), and the National Flood Insurance Program.
As a visionary to drive and implement change for improving response and recovery operations, so that communities can improve the health and safety of their citizens. Martin has developed ARC’s Blue Ocean Strategy to expedite recovery operations along with co- author Hernando Cruz, AIC.