Project Phoenix:The Recovery
A scenario-based training exercise helping Tampa Bay businesses and partners practice recovery decisions before disaster strikes.
Building Regional Resilience
Project Phoenix strengthens disaster preparedness across Tampa Bay through hands-on training, realistic scenarios, and cross-sector collaboration—so communities are ready before the next storm hits.
Disaster Preparedness & Recovery
Practical, scenario-based training that walks participants through response, continuity, and long-term recovery decisions.
Small Business-Centered
Exercises are designed around the real constraints small businesses face, from cash flow disruptions and workforce impacts to reopening timelines and coordination with local agencies.
Regional Collaboration
Brings together emergency managers, local governments, chambers, nonprofits, and business owners to practice coordination across jurisdictions and systems in the Tampa Bay region.
Real-World Lessons
Grounded in lived experience, including recovery insights from Hurricane Michael and other major storms—translating past lessons into better future decisions.
Training Modules
Four comprehensive modules guide participants through each phase of disaster recovery.
Module 1: One Day Later
Immediate impacts and damage assessments
Module 2: One Week Later
Short-term recovery operations
Module 3: One to Six Months Later
Long-term recovery operations begin
Module 4: One Year Later
Long-term recovery operations and lessons learned
Our Partners
Project Phoenix is made possible through collaboration with federal, state, and regional partners.
From Planning to Recovery
Project Phoenix equips Tampa Bay businesses and communities with realistic, scenario-based recovery exercises, tools, and facilitation support — so recovery decisions aren’t made for the first time after disaster strikes.