Recovery resources

Recovery resources for emergency management practitioners.
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The resources below have been designed to assist emergency management practitioners. These tools complement and support the State Emergency Management Framework documents. 

All of the State Recovery resources are currently under review following the December 2025 updates to the State's recovery coordination arrangements.  If you have any questions about the review or require access to the resources, please contact the State Recovery team at recoverypolicy@dfes.wa.gov.au

Emergency WA provides information on current recovery assistance and hazard specific recovery information. 

Emergency WA: Recovery

Communicating in Recovery Guidelines

Guidance developed to support local government with recovery communications activities, at each stage of an emergency (before, during and after).

Local Recovery Guideline and resources

Guidance to assist local government and communities prepare a Local Recovery Plan and manage the recovery process. Resources include an editable Microsoft Word template for local recovery plans and local operational recovery plans.

Impact Statement Guideline and template

The guideline provides a section by section guide to assist in the preparation of an Impact Statement to collect information about all known and emerging impacts to assist with community recovery.

State EM Recovery Procedure attachments and templates

Formal Guidelines, Attachments and templates that support the State EM Recovery Procedures.

5.3 Impact Statement

5.4 State Recovery Plan and Local Operational Recovery Plan

Recovery Field Guides/Aides Memoire

Simple tools designed to help emergency management practitioners

Field Guides or aides memoire are simple tools designed to help emergency management practitioners remember key information, such as tasks to undertake, roles and responsibilities, or procedures to follow in high pressure circumstances.

Note:  All of the State Recovery resources are currently under review following the December 2025 updates to the State's recovery coordination arrangements.  If you have any questions about the review or require access to the resources, please contact the State Recovery team at recoverypolicy@dfes.wa.gov.au

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