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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) [website]
FEMA's mission is to reduce loss of life and property and protect our nation's critical infrastructure from all types of hazards through a comprehensive, risk-based, emergency management program of mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Public Assistance Guide - FEMA Publication 322, October 1999
When a disaster occurs, it is the responsibility first of the local community
and then the State to respond. Often, their combined efforts are not sufficient to cope effectively with the direct results of the disaster. This situation calls for Federal assistance to supplement State and local efforts. The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Public Law 93-288, as amended, authorizes the President to provide such assistance. Assistance is coordinated through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This guide explains the portion of the law that provides Federal grants for infrastructure
recovery through the Public Assistance (PA) Program. Potential recipients of this funding include State and local governments and certain types of Private Nonprofit (PNP) organizations.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
1999-10
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Talking about Disaster--Providing Safety Information to the Public
This guide has been developed to assist anyone providing disaster safety
information to the public. The information is based on historical data for
the United States and is appropriate for use in the United States. Some
information may not be applicable in other countries. Users of this guide
may include emergency managers, meteorologists, teachers, disaster and
fire educators, public affairs/public relations personnel, mitigation specialists, media personnel, and/or any other person in the severe-weather,
earthquake, disaster, or communications communities.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2003-02
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Trends and Hazards in Firefighter Training
This report examines recent injurious and fatal incidents involving training to determine lessons that can be used to prevent future injuries and deaths. The emphasis in this report is on fire-related training, particularly live-fire evolutions. It is, however, important to note that training-related injuries can and do occur during a variety of types of training. Also included is a discussion of training standards and common hazards as well as a brief analysis of the available data on the number and cause of training-related injuries and deaths.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2003-05
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Producing Emergency Plans A Guide for All-Hazard Emergency Operations Planning for State, Territorial, Local, and Tribal Governments, [Interim Version 1.0]
"This FEMA Comprehensive Preparedness Guide, CPG 101, continues the more than 50-year effort to provide guidance about emergency operations planning to State, Local, Territorial, and Tribal Governments. Some predecessor material can be traced back to the 1960s-era Federal Civil Defense Guide. Long-time emergency management (EM) practitioners also will recognize the influence of Civil Preparedness Guide 1-8, Guide for the Development of State and Local Emergency Operations Plans, and State and Local Guide (SLG) 101, Guide for All-Hazards Emergency Operations Planning, in this document. This Guide provides emergency managers and other emergency services personnel with the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) best judgment and recommendations on how to address the entire planning process -- from forming a planning team, through writing and maintaining the plan, to executing the plan. It also encourages emergency managers to follow a process that addresses all of the hazards that threaten their jurisdiction through a suite of plans connected to a single, integrated emergency operations plan (EOP). Further, While CPG 101 maintains its link to the past, it also reflects the changed reality of the current emergency planning environment. Hurricane Hugo and the Loma Prieta earthquake influenced the development of CPG 1-8. Hurricane Andrew and the Midwest floods shaped the contents of SLG 101. In a similar way, CPG 101 reflects the impacts of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and recent major disasters, such as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, on the emergency planning community. CPG 101 integrates concepts from the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and National Response Framework (NRF), and it incorporates recommendations from the 2005 Nationwide Plan Review. It also references the Target Capabilities List (TCL) that outlines the fundamental capabilities essential to implementing the National Preparedness Guidelines."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2008-08-01
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Mitigation Assessment Team Report: Hurricane Ivan in Alabama and Florida: Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance
"On September 18, 2005, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) Mitigation Division deployed a Mitigation Assessment Team (MAT) to Alabama and Florida to evaluate building performance during Hurricane Ivan and the adequacy of current building codes, other construction requirements, and building practices and materials. This report presents the MAT's observations, conclusions, and recommendations as a result of those field investigations. Several maps in Chapter 1 illustrate the path of the storm, the depth of storm surge along the path, and the wind field estimates. Hurricane Ivan approximated a design flood event on the barrier islands and exceeded design flood conditions in sound and back bay areas. This provided a good opportunity to assess the adequacy of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) floodplain management requirements as well as current construction practices in resisting storm surge and wave damage. FEMA was particularly interested in evaluating damages to buildings in coastal A Zones where V-Zone construction methods are not required. Although the NHC [National Hurricane Center] categorized Hurricane Ivan as a Category 3 hurricane, surface observation sites throughout the coastal region provided data that indicate that most of the region impacted by the storm likely experienced Category 1 intensity winds with some areas near the Alabama- Florida border experiencing Category 2 intensity winds. None of the surface wind measurements for overland conditions correspond to Category 3 intensity winds. Although Hurricane Ivan was not a design wind event when analyzed with respect to the 2001 Florida Building Code (FBC) or the 2000/2003 International Building Code (IBC) and International Residential Code (IRC), it caused extensive wind-related damage to buildings constructed under earlier codes."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2005-08
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Mitigation Assessment Team Report: Hurricane Charley in Florida: Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance
"On August 19, 2004, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) Mitigation Division deployed a Mitigation Assessment Team (MAT) to Florida to assess damages caused by Hurricane Charley. This report presents the MAT's observations, conclusions, and recommendations in response to those field investigations. Several maps in Chapter 1 illustrate the path of the storm, the wind field estimates, the impact on people and infrastructure, and the depth of storm surge along the path. The width of the high-wind field was very narrow even though hurricane force winds affected some portion of the Florida peninsula from Punta Gorda to Daytona Beach. There was little storm surge or coastal flooding because of the narrow size of the storm and the translational speed with which it came ashore and crossed the state. The hurricane is believed to have been a design wind event (the wind speeds equaled or exceeded those delineated in the current version of the Florida Building Code [FBC]) for a narrow area from the point of landfall on the west coast inland for 120 miles. The design wind speed for Charlotte County (Punta Gorda) per the FBC is 114 to 130 mph (measured as a 3-second peak gust). The actual measured wind speed near Punta Gorda was 112 mph (3-second peak gust) and measured speeds in other parts of the state suggest that Charley was a design wind event. The storm created a very small area affected by storm surge and most damage was not caused by flooding from storm surge, waves, or erosion."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2005-04
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Home Builder's Guide to Coastal Construction Technical: Fact Sheet Series
"FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] has produced a series of 37 fact sheets that provide technical guidance and recommendations concerning the construction of coastal residential buildings. The fact sheets present information aimed at improving the performance of buildings subject to flood and wind forces in coastal environments. The fact sheets make extensive use of photographs and drawings to illustrate National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulatory requirements, the proper siting of coastal buildings, and recommended design and construction practices, including structural connections, the building envelope, utilities, and accessory structures. In addition, many of the fact sheets include lists of additional resources that provide more information about the topics discussed."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010-12
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Collocation Impacts on the Vulnerability of Lifelines during Earthquakes with Applications to the Cajon Pass, California
"This report presents a new analysis method to identify the increase in the seismic vulnerability of individual lifeline systems (communication systems, electric power systems, fuel pipelines, and transportation lifeline) due to their proximity to other lifelines in the Cajon Pass. The method calculates a parameter that can be used to adjust the damage state values for shaking as determined by the ATC 13 damage probability matrices. The primary objective of the study was to determine how the time to restore full service would be affected by the collocation of several types of lifelines in the same congested corridor. The new method is applied to the Cajon Pass lifelines. The design program, AutoCAD, is used to develop overlays of the lifeline routes with seismic and geologic information presented in the inventory report (FEMA 225)."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
1992-02
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Earthquake Preparedness: What Every Child Care Provider Needs to Know
"This publication provides an introduction to earthquake safety for child care providers based in their homes and those based in larger facilities. If you provide child care in a facility such as a school, church, or daycare center, you should consult your building's owner, landlord, building administrator, or school administrator about the standards, guidelines, and procedures that are already in place for seismic safety. […] You can never tell when there will be an earthquake, but you can take steps to reduce or avoid damage, injuries, or loss of life for the children in your care, your staff, and yourself. Preparing for an earthquake includes things you already do to protect the children's safety and health, such as having a fire extinguisher handy and maintaining your certifications for first aid and CPR. With additional planning and preparation, the children in your care will have a better chance at surviving an earthquake unharmed."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2006-04
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Draft Environmental Assessment: Vossburg Wireless Communications Tower: Vossburg, Jasper County, Mississippi
"The State of Mississippi created the Mississippi Wireless Communication Commission (MWCC) by statute in 2005 to oversee the construction and operation of the Mississippi Wireless Integrated Network (MSWIN) project. MSWIN is wireless voice and data capable infrastructure, providing all users with a public-safety grade, statewide, interoperable, seamless roaming radio system. This 700 MHZ Public Safety System is intended to provide highly reliable, fast access, private (within groups and individuals) communications to a wide variety of government and first-responder users within the State of Mississippi. MSWIN is funded largely by federal funds administered through the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA]. This project is being funded using a FEMA grant (2008-MS-MX-0001) and the State of Mississippi's expenditures at this site would include construction of a telecommunications facility, purchase and installation of 700 MHz RF equipment and microwave telecommunication backbone network, equipment shelter, network integration, acceptance testing, communication hardware optimization and system exercising and piloting of interoperability capabilities of the network. As part of the MSWIN network, this tower would support a myriad of equipment that would provide emergency response communications for the population within approximately fifteen miles surrounding this proposed site."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010-11
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Wind Retrofit Guide for Residential Buildings
"This Guide summarizes the technical information needed for selecting and implementing cost-effective wind retrofit projects for residential buildings. Implementing the Mitigation Packages in this Guide on existing vulnerable homes within the hurricane-prone regions of the United States will result in their improved performance in high-wind events. This Guide presents mitigation measures in packages. A package is a required set of retrofit measures that must be implemented for a home to provide a consistent level of protection. This Guide identifies three successive protection packages: Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010-12
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Risk Management Series: Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Multifamily Apartment Buildings: Providing Protection to People and Buildings
"The greatest earthquake risk is associated with existing multifamily buildings that were designed and constructed before the use of modern building codes. For many parts of the United States, this includes buildings built as recently as the early 1990s. Although vulnerable multifamily buildings need to be replaced with safe, new construction or rehabilitated to correct deficiencies, for many building owners new construction is limited, at times severely, by budgetary constraints, and seismic rehabilitation is expensive and disruptive. However, incremental seismic rehabilitation, proposed in this manual, is an innovative approach that phases in a series of discrete rehabilitation actions over a period of several years. It is an effective, affordable, and non-disruptive strategy for responsible mitigation actions that can be integrated efficiently into ongoing facility maintenance and capital improvement operations to minimize cost and disruption. This manual and its companion documents are the products of a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) project to develop the concept of incremental seismic rehabilitation--that is, building modifications that reduce seismic risk by improving seismic performance and that are implemented over an extended period, often in conjunction with other repair, maintenance, or capital improvement activities."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Krimgold, Frederick, 1946-; Hattis, David; Green, Melvyn
2004-02
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Supplemental Environmental Assessment: Coal Creek Flood Mitigation, Larimer County, Colorado
"In June of 2009, FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) was issued July 6, 2009 for the Coal Creek Flood Mitigation Project. This supplemental EA is to document and transmit revisions made to the final design of that Project. The design phase is nearly complete, and construction is scheduled take place during 2011. The Project will address the purpose and goals as described in the original EA and approved in the original FONSI, both of which are incorporated here by reference. The overall project elements, location and approach are the same, but refinements in the final design have resulted in fewer impacts than assumed in the original EA. All original stipulations, mitigation measures and project conditions apply, except as noted below. There are two project components, the outlet channel improvements and the culvert and swale installation in Wellington that are no longer necessary for this project. Analysis by the Larimer County Engineer determined that the existing outlet channel has adequate conveyance and the installation of culverts in Wellington would not have further changed the new floodplain limits. Therefore, both items and their potential impacts have been eliminated from the project. In addition, the final design has reduced anticipated wetland impacts by 97%, from 11.8 acres to 0.33 acres. The wetland mitigation for this project will still be on a 1:1 basis as stipulated in Item 6 of the original FONSI."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2011-01
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Storm Shelters: Selecting Design Criteria: February 2007 Tornado Recovery Advisory
"The intended audience for this Tornado Recovery Advisory is anyone involved in the planning, policy-making, design, construction, or approval of shelters, including designers, emergency managers, public officials, policy or decisionmakers, building code officials, and home or building owners. Homeowners and renters should also refer to the Tornado Recovery Advisory titled Residential Sheltering: In-Residence and Stand-Alone Shelter. The purpose of this advisory is to identify the different types of shelter design guidance, code requirements, and other criteria that pertain to the design and construction of shelters for tornadoes and hurricanes. There are various storm shelter criteria, each of which offers different levels of protection to its shelter occupants."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2007-04
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Residential Sheltering: In-Residence and Stand-Alone Shelters: February 2007 Tornado Recovery Advisory
"The purpose of this advisory is to alert homeowners, renters, apartment building owners, and manufactured home park owners about the concept of in-residence and stand-alone storm shelters. This Recovery Advisory Addresses: 1) Consider a shelter for your home 2) In-residence shelter construction and retrofitting options 3) Sheltering options for when you can't place a shelter within your home 4) Areas of last resort for those residents that don't have access to a shelter 5) Emergency planning".
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2007-04
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Draft Environmental Assessment: Shuqualak Wireless Communications Tower: Shuqualak, Kemper County, Mississippi
"The State of Mississippi created the Mississippi Wireless Communication Commission (MWCC) by statute in 2005 to oversee the construction and operation of the Mississippi Wireless Integrated Network (MSWIN) project. MSWIN is wireless voice and data capable infrastructure, providing all users with a public-safety grade, statewide, interoperable, seamless roaming radio system. This 700 MHZ Public Safety System is intended to provide highly reliable, fast access, private (within groups and individuals) communications to a wide variety of government and first-responder users within the State of Mississippi. MSWIN is funded largely by federal funds administered through the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA]. This project is being funded using a FEMA grant (2008-MS-MX-0001) and the State of Mississippi's expenditures at this site would include construction of a telecommunications facility, purchase and installation of 700 MHz RF equipment and microwave telecommunication backbone network, equipment shelter, network integration, acceptance testing, communication hardware optimization and system exercising and piloting of interoperability capabilities of the network. As part of the MSWIN network, this tower would support a myriad of equipment that would provide emergency response communications for the population within approximately fifteen miles surrounding this proposed site."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010-11
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Draft Environmental Assessment: Quitman Wireless Communications Tower: Quitman, Clarke County, Mississippi
"The State of Mississippi created the Mississippi Wireless Communication Commission (MWCC) by statute in 2005 to oversee the construction and operation of the Mississippi Wireless Integrated Network (MSWIN) project. MSWIN is wireless voice and data capable infrastructure, providing all users with a public-safety grade, statewide, interoperable, seamless roaming radio system. This 700 MHZ Public Safety System is intended to provide highly reliable, fast access, private (within groups and individuals) communications to a wide variety of government and first-responder users within the State of Mississippi. MSWIN is funded largely by federal funds administered through the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA]. This project is being funded using a FEMA grant (2008-MS-MX-0001) and the State of Mississippi's expenditures at this site would include construction of a telecommunications facility, purchase and installation of 700 MHz RF equipment and microwave telecommunication backbone network, equipment shelter, network integration, acceptance testing, communication hardware optimization and system exercising and piloting of interoperability capabilities of the network. As part of the MSWIN network, this tower would support a myriad of equipment that would provide emergency response communications for the population within approximately fifteen miles surrounding this proposed site."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010-11
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Draft Environmental Assessment: McAdams Wireless Communications Tower: McAdams, Attala County, Mississippi
"The State of Mississippi created the Mississippi Wireless Communication Commission (MWCC) by statute in 2005 to oversee the construction and operation of the Mississippi Wireless Integrated Network (MSWIN) project. MSWIN is wireless voice and data capable infrastructure, providing all users with a public-safety grade, statewide, interoperable, seamless roaming radio system. This 700 MHZ Public Safety System is intended to provide highly reliable, fast access, private (within groups and individuals) communications to a wide variety of government and first-responder users within the State of Mississippi. MSWIN is funded largely by federal funds administered through the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. This project is being funded using a FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] grant (2008-MS-MX-0001) and the State of Mississippi's expenditures at this site would include construction of a telecommunications facility, purchase and installation of 700 MHz RF equipment and microwave telecommunication backbone network, equipment shelter, network integration, acceptance testing, communication hardware optimization and system exercising and piloting of interoperability capabilities of the network. As part of the MSWIN network, this tower would support a myriad of equipment that would provide emergency response communications for the population within approximately fifteen miles surrounding this proposed site."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010-11
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Draft Environmental Assessment: Louisville SE Wireless Communications Tower: Louisville, Winston County, Mississippi
"The State of Mississippi created the Mississippi Wireless Communication Commission (MWCC) by statute in 2005 to oversee the construction and operation of the Mississippi Wireless Integrated Network (MSWIN) project. MSWIN is wireless voice and data capable infrastructure, providing all users with a public-safety grade, statewide, interoperable, seamless roaming radio system. This 700 MHZ Public Safety System is intended to provide highly reliable, fast access, private (within groups and individuals) communications to a wide variety of government and first-responder users within the State of Mississippi. MSWIN is funded largely by federal funds administered through the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. This project is being funded using a FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] grant (2008-MS-MX-0001) and the State of Mississippi's expenditures at this site would include construction of a telecommunications facility, purchase and installation of 700 MHz RF equipment and microwave telecommunication backbone network, equipment shelter, network integration, acceptance testing, communication hardware optimization and system exercising and piloting of interoperability capabilities of the network. As part of the MSWIN network, this tower would support a myriad of equipment that would provide emergency response communications for the population within approximately fifteen miles surrounding this proposed site."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010-11
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Draft Environmental Assessment: Kewanee Wireless Communications Tower: Kewanee, Lauderdale County, Mississippi
"The State of Mississippi created the Mississippi Wireless Communication Commission (MWCC) by statute in 2005 to oversee the construction and operation of the Mississippi Wireless Integrated Network (MSWIN) project. MSWIN is wireless voice and data capable infrastructure, providing all users with a public-safety grade, statewide, interoperable, seamless roaming radio system. This 700 MHZ Public Safety System is intended to provide highly reliable, fast access, private (within groups and individuals) communications to a wide variety of government and first-responder users within the State of Mississippi. MSWIN is funded largely by federal funds administered through the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. This project is being funded using a FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] grant (2008-MS-MX-0001) and the State of Mississippi's expenditures at this site would include construction of a telecommunications facility, purchase and installation of 700 MHz RF equipment and microwave telecommunication backbone network, equipment shelter, network integration, acceptance testing, communication hardware optimization and system exercising and piloting of interoperability capabilities of the network. As part of the MSWIN network, this tower would support a myriad of equipment that would provide emergency response communications for the population within approximately fifteen miles surrounding this proposed site."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010-11
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Draft Environmental Assessment: Rose Hill Wireless Communications Tower: Rose Hill, Jasper County, Mississippi
"The State of Mississippi created the Mississippi Wireless Communication Commission (MWCC) by statute in 2005 to oversee the construction and operation of the Mississippi Wireless Integrated Network (MSWIN) project. MSWIN is wireless voice and data capable infrastructure, providing all users with a public-safety grade, statewide, interoperable, seamless roaming radio system. This 700 MHZ Public Safety System is intended to provide highly reliable, fast access, private (within groups and individuals) communications to a wide variety of government and first-responder users within the State of Mississippi. MSWIN is funded largely by federal funds administered through the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA]. This project is being funded using a FEMA grant (2008-MS-MX-0001) and the State of Mississippi's expenditures at this site would include construction of a telecommunications facility, purchase and installation of 700 MHz RF equipment and microwave telecommunication backbone network, equipment shelter, network integration, acceptance testing, communication hardware optimization and system exercising and piloting of interoperability capabilities of the network. As part of the MSWIN network, this tower would support a myriad of equipment that would provide emergency response communications for the population within approximately fifteen miles surrounding this proposed site."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010-11
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Draft Environmental Assessment: Meegan Wireless Communications Tower: Enterprise, Lauderdale County, Mississippi
"The State of Mississippi created the Mississippi Wireless Communication Commission (MWCC) by statute in 2005 to oversee the construction and operation of the Mississippi Wireless Integrated Network (MSWIN) project. MSWIN is wireless voice and data capable infrastructure, providing all users with a public-safety grade, statewide, interoperable, seamless roaming radio system. This 700 MHZ Public Safety System is intended to provide highly reliable, fast access, private (within groups and individuals) communications to a wide variety of government and first-responder users within the State of Mississippi. MSWIN is funded largely by federal funds administered through the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. This project is being funded using a FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] grant (2008-MS-MX-0001) and the State of Mississippi's expenditures at this site would include construction of a telecommunications facility, purchase and installation of 700 MHz RF equipment and microwave telecommunication backbone network, equipment shelter, network integration, acceptance testing, communication hardware optimization and system exercising and piloting of interoperability capabilities of the network. As part of the MSWIN network, this tower would support a myriad of equipment that would provide emergency response communications for the population within approximately fifteen miles surrounding this proposed site."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010-11
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Draft Environmental Assessment: DeKalb South Wireless Communications Tower: DeKalb, Kemper County, Mississippi
"This Environmental Assessment has been prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, the President's Council on Environmental Quality regulations implementing NEPA (40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 1500-1508), and FEMA's [Federal Emergency Management Agency] regulations implementing NEPA (44 CFR Part 10). FEMA is required to consider potential environmental impacts before funding or approving actions and projects. The purpose of this EA is to analyze the potential environmental impacts of the proposed construction of a communications tower facility. FEMA will use the findings in this EA to determine whether to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) or a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). The purpose of the MSWIN [Mississippi Wireless Integrated Network] is to establish a better communications network for State system users, varying from public safety to governmental executive and administrative personnel to road maintenance crews. The MSWIN network would also be used extensively during life threatening conditions and emergency situations. Flooding, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, and other natural or man-made catastrophes often require effective wide-area, interoperable communications. Following Hurricane Katrina, there was a significant lack of communication or communication delays between government agencies due to inadequate coverage or inadequate capacity-handling capabilities. A high degree of redundancy and fail-safe design is essential to the success of this project since communications within the State of Mississippi are most critical when they are most susceptible to failure."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010-11
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Draft Environmental Assessment: Ackerman Wireless Communications Tower: Ackerman, Choctaw County, Mississippi
"This Environmental Assessment has been prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, the President's Council on Environmental Quality regulations implementing NEPA (40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 1500-1508), and FEMA's [Federal Emergency Management Agency] regulations implementing NEPA (44 CFR Part 10). FEMA is required to consider potential environmental impacts before funding or approving actions and projects. The purpose of this EA is to analyze the potential environmental impacts of the proposed construction of a communications tower facility. FEMA will use the findings in this EA to determine whether to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) or a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). The purpose of the MSWIN [Mississippi Wireless Integrated Network] is to establish a better communications network for State system users, varying from public safety to governmental executive and administrative personnel to road maintenance crews. The MSWIN network would also be used extensively during life threatening conditions and emergency situations. Flooding, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, and other natural or man-made catastrophes often require effective wide-area, interoperable communications. Following Hurricane Katrina, there was a significant lack of communication or communication delays between government agencies due to inadequate coverage or inadequate capacity-handling capabilities. A high degree of redundancy and fail-safe design is essential to the success of this project since communications within the State of Mississippi are most critical when they are most susceptible to failure."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010-11
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Draft Environmental Assessment: Grenada Lake Wireless Communications Tower: Coffeeville, Grenada County, Mississippi
"The State of Mississippi created the Mississippi Wireless Communication Commission (MWCC) by statute in 2005 to oversee the construction and operation of the Mississippi Wireless Integrated Network (MSWIN) project. MSWIN is wireless voice and data capable infrastructure, providing all users with a public-safety grade, statewide, interoperable, seamless roaming radio system. This 700 MHZ Public Safety System is intended to provide highly reliable, fast access, private (within groups and individuals) communications to a wide variety of government and first-responder users within the State of Mississippi. MSWIN is funded largely by federal funds administered through the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. This project is being funded using a FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] grant (2008-MS-MX-0001) and the State of Mississippi's expenditures at this site would include construction of a telecommunications facility, purchase and installation of 700 MHz RF equipment and microwave telecommunication backbone network, equipment shelter, network integration, acceptance testing, communication hardware optimization and system exercising and piloting of interoperability capabilities of the network. As part of the MSWIN network, this tower would support a myriad of equipment that would provide emergency response communications for the population within approximately fifteen miles surrounding this proposed site."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010-11
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Draft Environmental Assessment: Wise Gap Wireless Communications Tower: Greenwood Springs, Monroe County, Mississippi
"The State of Mississippi created the Mississippi Wireless Communication Commission (MWCC) by statute in 2005 to oversee the construction and operation of the Mississippi Wireless Integrated Network (MSWIN) project. MSWIN is wireless voice and data capable infrastructure, providing all users with a public-safety grade, statewide, interoperable, seamless roaming radio system. This 700 MHZ Public Safety System is intended to provide highly reliable, fast access, private (within groups and individuals) communications to a wide variety of government and first-responder users within the State of Mississippi. MSWIN is funded largely by federal funds administered through the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. This project is being funded using a FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] grant (2008-MS-MX-0001) and the State of Mississippi's expenditures at this site would include construction of a telecommunications facility, purchase and installation of 700 MHz RF equipment and microwave telecommunication backbone network, equipment shelter, network integration, acceptance testing, communication hardware optimization and system exercising and piloting of interoperability capabilities of the network. As part of the MSWIN network, this tower would support a myriad of equipment that would provide emergency response communications for the population within approximately fifteen miles surrounding this proposed site."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010-11
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Draft Environmental Assessment: NF Ahtanum (A3000) Road Relocation, Ahtanum State Forest, Yakima County, Washington
"The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1973 (Stafford Act), as amended, provides federal assistance programs for both public and private losses sustained in disasters. FEMA provides assistance to private citizens, public entities, and non-profit groups following declared disasters. The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) applied, through the Washington State Emergency Management Division (EMD), to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for Public Assistance funding for an Alternate Project to relocate a segment of road that is designated by DNR as stream adjacent parallel (SAP) on the North Fork (NF) Ahtanum (A3000) Road. Road relocation consists of abandoning the SAP segment of road and re-routing traffic to another existing road, A3600. The project is located in the Ahtanum State Forest, which is approximately 30 miles west of Yakima, in Section 14 of Township 12 North, Range 13 East, W.M., in Yakima County (see Figure 1, Site Location Map). Because the Proposed Action parallels segments of Shellneck and NF Ahtanum Creeks, some project-related studies also refer to Shellneck Creek."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2011-03-01
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National Levee Challenge: Levees and the FEMA Flood Map Modernization Initiative, Report of the Interagency Levee Policy Review Committee
"This report, prepared by the Interagency Levee Policy Review Committee, contains a series of recommended actions for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Mitigation Directorate to consider as a means of addressing the challenge of assessing the flood protection and risk-reduction capabilities of levee systems and accurately assessing the flood risk posed to citizens and property located in levee-impacted areas. In this report, the Committee: examines and recommends changes to current FEMA policies, as stated in the National Flood Insurance Program regulations and FEMA guidance documents; identifies outreach and public awareness challenges related to the remapping of levee-impacted areas and proposes approaches to deal with these challenges; and proposes cooperative development by FEMA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of a Geographic Information System-based levee inventory."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2006-09
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Disaster Scenario Exercise for Community Planning: Critical Power Failure, Exercise
The objectives of this tabletop exercise are to "1) Exercise teamwork: Public Sector + Private Sector = Resilient Communities. 2) Provide us tools for emergency planning, and a forum for discussing and developing emergency plans 3) Test assumptions". This exercise incorporates videos and role playing order to prepare for a critical power failure during a disaster.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2011
