Tidal Basin Capability Statement

Serving the Nation

When a disaster strikes, communities need to be empowered to facilitate their own recovery and work to enhance future resiliency. For decades, Tidal Basin has assisted communities with all phases of emergency management, both pre- and post-event.

The Tidal Basin Difference

Tidal Basin is aware of the challenges businesses and governments face in preparing for, responding to, recovering from, and mitigating against emergencies and catastrophic events, having led multiple emergency management programs for:

• States and local jurisdictions
• Federal Government
• Not-for-profits
• Private sector clients

Tidal Basin provides a full range of comprehensive emergency and disaster management service offerings.

Preparedness

Tidal Basin’s team of experts provides comprehensive solutions to prepare for and recover from natural and man-made hazards. Utilizing risk-based and whole-community perspective, our highly trained staff assists our clients in the development of effective:

• Planning
• Training
• Exercises
• Assessments

Tidal Basin’s focus on strategic planning, gap analysis, and after-action reports help to outline the future and set goals for response and recovery capabilities.

Response

Tidal Basin can provide 24-hour response time for many of our clients and has the capacity to mobilize an extensive cadre of field staff. For example, Tidal Basin was able to provide over 12,000 response personnel to one client during the 2017 hurricane season.

Our experienced staff can support our clients in:

• Emergency Operations Center (EOC) support
• Incident Command System (ICS)
• Department of Operations Centers
• Staff Augmentation
• Debris Monitoring and Management
• Rapid Response

Recovery

Tidal Basin’s Total Solution® services unite the property insurance and FEMA portions of your disaster recovery into one financial recovery strategy. Successfully recovering all of your eligible costs requires a full understanding of how insurance and federal grants complement one another. No one understands this interaction better than our team. We know the proper way to prepare Project Worksheets and how to accurately track and account for all monies spent on a disaster. We deliver knowledge and experience togetherwith unwavering client advocacy to help you maximize all the funding you are entitled to receive from both your insurance carrier and federally funded grant programs.

Mitigation

Tidal Basin assists clients with enhancing the overall resiliency of their organization to minimize disruption or impact. Our staff is highly experienced in conducting risk assessments to identify threats and vulnerabilities, and outlining mitigation strategies to help our clients to become more resilient.

Tidal Basin identifies and applies mitigation strategies within FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance Programs, including BRIC, FMA, and HMGP, to support our clients before, during and after a disaster.

Program Management

When rebuilding begins, Tidal Basin helps communities establish and implement effective programs to support survivors and foster a comprehensive recovery. Besides the FEMA Individual Assistance Program, our team of recovery experts are well versed in shaping and implementing recovery programs to include:

• Sheltering and Temporary Essential Power Program (STEP)
• Community Development Block Grant Programs for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR)
• U.S. Treasury CARES-ACT and ARPA Programs

Our unique ability to support governments and businesses alike in designing and implementing customized recovery programs for those impacted is unmatched.

Learn more about Tidal Basin’s capabilities

Please contact us for additional information and guidance.