Survey to Assess Community Use of the NIST Community Resilience Planning Guide for Builders and Infrastructure Systems

Survey to Assess Community Use of the NIST Community Resilience Planning Guide
for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems (S2, D)
OMB Control #0693-0078; Expiration Date: 07/31/2019
Introduction

This information collection is focused on communities that have used or are currently using the NIST Community Resilience
Planning Guide for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems. We are collecting information from representatives of these
communities in order to 1) inform the next generation of guidance on community resilience planning including Version 2.0 of
the NIST Community Resilience Planning Guide and accompanying tool development, 2) better understand the process of
resilience planning, and 3) identify additional resources that communities need for resilience planning.
This collection of information contains Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) requirements approved by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB). Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law, no person is required to respond to, nor shall any
person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements of the PRA
unless that collection of information displays a currently valid OMB control number. Public reporting burden for this
collection is estimated to be 15 minutes per survey, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data
sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send
comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing
this burden, to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Attn: Jennifer Helgeson, Economist, NIST, 100 Bureau
Drive, MS 8603, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1710, telephone 301-975-6133, or via email to jennifer.helgeson@nist.gov.

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Survey to Assess Community Use of the NIST Community Resilience Planning Guide
for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems (S2, D)
OMB Control #0693-0078; Expiration Date: 07/31/2019
Step 2 Module + General Module D

Thank you for continuing to provide feedback on your community’s experience with the NIST Community Resilience
Planning Guide for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems. We would now like to ask you a set of questions about your
community's experience with Step 2 “Understand the Situation”.

2. What processes were used to characterize the population and identify
the social institutions?

3. Did the planning team identify dependencies among the social
institutions?
Yes
No

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Survey to Assess Community Use of the NIST Community Resilience Planning Guide
for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems (S2, D)
OMB Control #0693-0078; Expiration Date: 07/31/2019

4. The level of complexity of the social institution dependencies
identified was:
Not at all complex
Slightly complex
Moderately complex
Very complex
Extremely complex

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Survey to Assess Community Use of the NIST Community Resilience Planning Guide
for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems (S2, D)
OMB Control #0693-0078; Expiration Date: 07/31/2019

5. What processes were used to characterize the built environment?

6. Did the planning team identify dependencies within the built
environment?
Yes
No

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Survey to Assess Community Use of the NIST Community Resilience Planning Guide
for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems (S2, D)
OMB Control #0693-0078; Expiration Date: 07/31/2019

7. The level of complexity of the built environment dependencies
identified was:
Not at all complex
Slightly complex
Moderately complex
Very complex
Extremely complex

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Survey to Assess Community Use of the NIST Community Resilience Planning Guide
for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems (S2, D)
OMB Control #0693-0078; Expiration Date: 07/31/2019

8. Were metrics identified?
Yes
No

9. What processes were used to identify links between social institutions
and the built environment?

10. The level of difficulty encountered by the planning team in obtaining
information to complete Step 2 was:
Very difficult
Difficult
Neutral
Easy
Very easy

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Survey to Assess Community Use of the NIST Community Resilience Planning Guide
for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems (S2, D)
OMB Control #0693-0078; Expiration Date: 07/31/2019

11. Please describe the resource requirements for this step
(Understanding the Situation) by estimating the total number of
participants and labor hours to the best of your ability.
Number of participants:
Number of labor hours:

12. Are there tools and/or support that your planning team needs from
NIST or other organizations that would enable you to work more
effectively?
Yes
No

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Survey to Assess Community Use of the NIST Community Resilience Planning Guide
for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems (S2, D)
OMB Control #0693-0078; Expiration Date: 07/31/2019

13. Please provide examples or an explanation of these needs.

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Survey to Assess Community Use of the NIST Community Resilience Planning Guide
for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems (S2, D)
OMB Control #0693-0078; Expiration Date: 07/31/2019

14. What significant challenges were encountered in this step?

15. What external factors influenced this step? (e.g., limited staff, staff
with limited knowledge/skill, not enough money, unfavorable vote by
local government)

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Survey to Assess Community Use of the NIST Community Resilience Planning Guide
for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems (S2, D)
OMB Control #0693-0078; Expiration Date: 07/31/2019

16. In what ways has the NIST Community Resilience Planning Guide
been useful?

17. In what ways would you recommend changing or improving the
NIST Community Resilience Planning Guide for communities similar to
your own?

18. Is there anything else you would like to tell us about your
community’s experience with the resilience planning process at this
time?

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