Disaster Recovery
Project Experience
Disaster Recovery Programs (DRP) – The Alberta
Government provides financial assistance to
individuals, small businesses, not-for-profits
organizations and other levels of government when a
natural disaster occurs. These types of programs
vary in magnitude, cause and type of damage, but all
must fall within strict criteria to be considered
eligible for assistance. LandLink has provided
“turnkey” administration to over seventy of these
programs since 1995. If an event is a major event,
it has historically qualified for federal cost
sharing; smaller events are administered in the same
manner, but do not qualify for federal assistance.
Flood Programs
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Fire Programs
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Unique
Disaster Recovery Programs
Flood Programs
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 1995
Southern Alberta DRP
- Widespread DFAA Eligible Flood Event - Heavy
rainfall & rapid snow melt in foothills caused rivers
to overflow their banks throughout Southern Alberta.
- 2970 claims impacting
homes, First Nation communities, commercial & municipal
infrastructure.
- Financial impact of $45.8
million in eligible costs.
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| 1996 Lesser Slave Lake DRP |
- Widespread DFAA Eligible Flood Event - Rapid snow
melt caused rivers to overflow their banks
throughout North Central Alberta.
- 850 claims impacting rural homes, three
First Nation communities and municipal infrastructure.
- Financial impact of $12.7 million in eligible costs.
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| 1997 Northern
and Central Alberta DRP |
- Widespread DFAA Eligible Flood Event - Heavy
rainfall and an early spring runoff caused ice jams
on rivers in two urban centers and caused overland
flooding throughout Northern Alberta.
- 700 claims impacting homes, a variety of
downtown businesses and extensive municipal
infrastructure.
- Financial impact of $28 million in eligible costs.
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| 1997 Rosebud ice
jam DRP |
- Widespread Flood Event – An early spring runoff
caused an ice jam on a river near a small town.
- 1 municipal infrastructure claim for $275,000.
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1999 Central Alberta DRP
- Widespread DFAA Eligible Flood Event - Extraordinary
rainfall caused the water table throughout Central
Alberta to increase dramatically and seep or flow
into basements.
- 2,250 claims impacting residential, commercial
property, non-profit organizations and municipal
infrastructure.
- Financial impact of $9 million in eligible costs.
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| 2000 Woodlands DRP |
- Widespread Flood Event – Heavy rains caused rivers
to overflow in a remote municipality in North
Central Alberta.
- 41 residential claims and 1 municipal infrastructure
claim for a total of $750,000.
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| 2001 Central Alberta DRP |
- Widespread Flood Event – Heavy rains caused the
localized flooding and seepage in Central Alberta.
- 325 claims and 7 municipalities claim for $1
million.
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| 2002 West Central Alberta DRP |
- Widespread Flood Event – Heavy rains caused the
localized flooding in West Central Alberta.
- 325 claims and 7 municipalities claim for $1
million.
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| 2002 Southern Alberta DRP |
- Widespread DFAA Eligible Flood Event - Extraordinary
rainfall caused the water table throughout Southern
Alberta to increase dramatically and seep or flow
into basements. Rivers and irrigation canals
overflowed and devastated homes and communities.
- 3,100 claims impacting homes, 2 First
Nation communities, commercial property, non-profit
organizations and municipal infrastructure.
- Financial impact of $18 million in eligible costs.
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Wildfire Disaster Recovery Programs |
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- Assistance with the “emergency operations and
evacuation” costs of municipalities involved in wildfire
events has been included in Disaster Recovery Programs
since 1997. Almost no consideration is given to
non-government costs in these events since fire damage
is fully insurable. Exceptions are extremely rare, and
usually involve special circumstances unique to the
geographic area.
- Five separate programs in various locations in Alberta.
- Financial impact, total of $3.25 million in eligible
assistance:
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Largest program - $1.26 million.
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Smallest program - $230 thousand.
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Unique Disaster Recovery Programs |
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- The Government of Alberta has, on occasion, responded to
natural disasters that have characteristics that are
unique. This provides for circumstances in which nature has intervened with the
normal living practices of Albertans. LandLink has
administered two such programs.
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| 1998 Fort Chipewayan Ice Bridge Failure DRP |
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- Mild Winter Event – Extremely mild weather prematurely melted an ice bridge that is built every year as a crucial transportation route to provide essential items to the northern community of Fort Chipewayan and two adjacent First Nation communities. Heating fuel and food are trucked in during the winter months on the highway that includes this ice bridge. As a result of the ice bridge failure, other means, including airfreight, had to be coordinated and used to deliver these essential items to the northern communities.
- Financial impact of $1 million in eligible costs.
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| 2000 Pine Lake Tornado DRP |
- DFAA Eligible Tornado Event – Following a precedent set
in 1987, a Catastrophic
Loss Disaster Recovery Program
was announced to help the victims and families of the
deceased who were impacted by the tornado. Since the
majority of asset damage was insurable, this program
focused on the financial expenses incurred by victims in
recovering from this traumatic event and the “emergency
operations” costs of the municipality.
- 710 individual and small business applications.
- Financial impact of $6.7 million in eligible costs.
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