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          Community Lifelines Implementation Toolkit
The Community Lifelines Implementation Toolkit provides whole community partners the information and resources to understand lifelines, coordinate with entities using lifelines, and serve as basic guidance for how to implement the lifeline construct during incident response.

Below are a number of Community Lifeline resources. They can be used individually or printed into a binder as an all-inclusive resource.

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      Lifelines Implementation Toolkit 2.1

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    Lifelines Toolkit 2.1 Presenter’s Guide
This document is intended for any individual  who is planning to deliver the Lifelines Toolkit as a presentation. It follows the order of each slide in the presentation and provides corresponding facilitation notes.
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     July 24, 2023 
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    Community Lifelines Poster

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    Federal Incident Approach Template

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    Tier I SLB Template

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    Tier II Lifelines Component Breakdown

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    Lifelines Card Template

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    NWC Lifelines Icon Graphic Tool

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    Tier II Lifeline Component Breakdown - Guidance

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    Incident Approach Management SLB Template

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    Incident Stabilization Guide
The FEMA Incident Stabilization Guide(ISG) describes how FEMA implements lifelines and guides how FEMA applies these concepts to disaster operations.
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