Okla Risk Advisors is a full-line risk and disaster consulting firm. The work starts where every disaster record starts, with an accurate assessment of the damage, and carries through the hazard mitigation plan that keeps funding eligible, the FEMA Public Assistance grant that pays for recovery, the insurance claim on the same buildings, and expert testimony when the numbers are contested.
Engagements are directed by the firm’s principal, Chris Chambers: more than 25 years of catastrophe damage assessment in the field, 45 completed FEMA Independent Study courses, NFIP flood certification, and a Master of Legal Studies in Indigenous Peoples Law. The firm is wholly owned by an enrolled citizen of the Choctaw Nation and keeps an office inside the reservation.
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Field damage assessment after hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, hail and wildfire for tribal nations, local governments and recovery primes: initial damage assessment support, joint PDA preparation, Public Assistance damage documentation, substantial damage estimates, and flood and wind inspection.
Related: requesting a declaration · FEMA damage assessment trainingDevelopment and update of mitigation plans that meet 44 CFR 201.7 for tribal governments and 201.6 for local jurisdictions, so eligibility for Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and BRIC funding stays open. Risk assessment, vulnerability and loss estimation, mitigation strategy and project pipeline, adoption support, and FEMA review through approval.
Related: local plans under 44 CFR 201.6 · tribal plan requirements under 44 CFR 201.7 · why a plan matters · funding pathwaysRecovery support after a declaration: damage description and dimensions, project worksheet development across Categories A through G, cost estimating, Grants Portal management, Section 406 mitigation, insurance review and Stafford Act Section 312 reconciliation, appeals, closeout, and audit support.
Related: tribal disaster recovery · duplication of benefits · program statusHow agencies, tribal governments and prime contractors buy this work. Native American owned small business, Indian Economic Enterprise under the Buy Indian Act, SBA 8(a) application in process, the full registered NAICS table, and teaming, subcontracting and surge staffing on disaster and planning task orders.
Related: capability statement · NAICS 541620 detailIndependent and catastrophe adjusting for carriers, MGAs, TPAs and IA firms: large and complex commercial and condominium losses, independent claim review and quality assurance, claims operations consulting, and building consulting.
Related: licensure and designationsExpert witness testimony, party-appointed appraisal, neutral umpire service, and mediation and arbitration support on first-party property disputes over scope, causation and valuation. Retained by policyholder counsel and by insurer and defense counsel alike.
Related: the expert · how the appraisal clause works · state coverageClients usually arrive at a single point on the disaster cycle. The advantage of one firm across every line is that nothing has to be re-explained at the next point.
Mitigation plan development and five-year updates under 44 CFR 201.7 and 201.6, risk assessment, and the project pipeline that funding applications are drawn from.
Plan status review, insurance schedule and valuation review, procurement readiness, and documentation practices that hold up after an event.
Initial damage assessment, joint PDA preparation, substantial damage estimates, and flood and wind damage inspection.
Project worksheets across Categories A through G, cost estimating, Section 406 mitigation, and Grants Portal management.
Section 312 insurance reconciliation, appeals and audit support, and appraisal, umpire or expert testimony where the numbers are contested.
Government contracting runs across the whole timeline: prime awards, Buy Indian Act set-aside and sole-source vehicles, teaming with recovery primes, and surge staffing on task orders. Contracting and teaming
After a declared event, the same damaged building is usually covered twice: once by a federal grant program and once by an insurance policy. Under Stafford Act Section 312, FEMA must reduce a Public Assistance grant by the insurance proceeds available for the same work.
When the grant consultant and the insurance professional are different firms, nobody owns the reconciliation between them. That is where obligations get cut at closeout, and where audit findings come from years later.
The firm works in all ten FEMA regions and concentrates in Region 6: Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico. Region 6 service area
Includes IS-318.b Mitigation Planning for Local and Tribal Communities, the Public Assistance IS-1000 series, IS-559 Local Damage Assessment, IS-284.a Substantial Damage Estimator, and IS-100, 200, 700 and 800. Each service page lists the credentials that apply to that line. Full credentials, licensure and training
Okla Risk Advisors is the operating brand of Choctaw Strategies, LLC, founded in August 2023. Contracts, registrations and certifications are held at the Choctaw Strategies level.
The firm is wholly owned by an enrolled citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. It holds an active SAM.gov registration and is self-certified as an Indian Economic Enterprise, an Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise, and a small disadvantaged business, with an SBA 8(a) application in process. That standing matters to tribal procurement officers, contracting officers, and primes building a subcontracting plan; the procurement detail lives on the contracting page, and the registration data, NAICS table and socioeconomic codes are on the capability statement.
Each service page lists the credentials that apply to that line of work. Carriers and counsel will find designations and adjuster licensure on the claims and expert witness pages; the complete record is on the credentials page.
Plain explanations of the regulations and mechanisms behind this work, written for the people who have to apply them.
A full-line risk and disaster consulting firm with six connected practice lines: disaster damage assessment, hazard mitigation and resilience planning, disaster recovery and FEMA Public Assistance, government contracting and subcontracting, catastrophe claims services, and expert witness, appraisal and umpire work. All six are delivered by one legal entity, Choctaw Strategies, LLC.
Yes. Choctaw Strategies, LLC is wholly owned by an enrolled citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, keeps an office at Wister, Oklahoma, inside the Choctaw Nation reservation, and is self-certified as an Indian Economic Enterprise under the Buy Indian Act, with an SBA 8(a) application in process.
Tribal nations, federal agencies, state and local government, school and special districts, private non-profits, prime contractors, insurance carriers, MGAs and third-party administrators, and law firms on both sides of the bar.
The firm’s principal has completed 45 FEMA Emergency Management Institute Independent Study courses across mitigation planning, Public Assistance, damage assessment and recovery, and incident management, including IS-318.b Mitigation Planning for Local and Tribal Communities, the Public Assistance IS-1000 series, IS-559 Local Damage Assessment, and IS-100, IS-200, IS-700 and IS-800. The full record is on the credentials page.
Nationwide, with a concentration in FEMA Region 6: Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico.
Because the same building is usually covered by both. Under Stafford Act Section 312, FEMA reduces a Public Assistance grant by insurance proceeds available for the same work. When the grant consultant and the insurance professional are different firms, the reconciliation between them is where funding is lost at closeout.
No. The firm is a consultancy, not an advocacy practice. It does not act as a public adjuster and does not represent policyholders. Its value is independent analysis that holds up under audit, appraisal or cross-examination regardless of who retained it. See the full disclosures.
A capability statement, W-9, certificates of insurance and a current license list are furnished on request, usually the same business day. Conflict checks for expert and neutral engagements are normally returned the same day.
Tribal leadership, emergency managers, contracting officers, small business liaisons, capture managers, carriers and counsel can reach the firm directly. A capability statement is available on request.
Okla Risk Advisors is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. The firm does not act as a public adjuster and does not represent policyholders. The firm is not affiliated with or endorsed by FEMA, DHS, SBA, BIA, IHS, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, or any other government or tribal government. Indian Economic Enterprise status is self-certified under the Buy Indian Act and the SBA 8(a) application is pending. Read the full disclosures.