Repairing the facility after a disaster would be considered what type of disaster-related activity?

• A. Prepare
• B. Respond
• C. Recover
• D. Mitigate

Answer: (C)

Repairing the facility after a disaster is a recovery activity. After a disaster, the recovery phase focuses on restoring the facility and operations to their normal, pre-disaster state (or better). This includes repairing structural damage, reestablishing utilities and systems, replacing or repairing equipment, cleaning up, and resuming regular activities. It’s distinct from prep (planning and drills before an event), response (emergency actions during the event), and mitigation (reducing future risk, often through improvements). If the repairs themselves introduce upgrades to lessen future risk, those aspects would touch on mitigation, but the core action described is recovery.