FEMA is hosting a series of engagement webinars to discuss the updates on the “Building Private-Public Partnerships Guide.” The guide provides recommendations and best practices for jurisdictions to establish and maintain a private-public partnership to help coordinate mitigation, response and recovery planning and preparedness. 

The Private-Public Partnership guide is an effort to build on the recent National Response Framework Update which focused on non-governmental capabilities to stabilize community lifelines and the continued need for aligning government efforts with the private sector. A variety of private-public structures exist to reflect the interconnected and complex environment that emergency managers operate within the context of more frequent and severe incidents – even before COVID-19.