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Mitigation Assessment Team Report, Hurricane Harvey in Texas: Building Performance Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance
From the Document: "In response to a request for technical support from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) Joint Field Office in Austin, TX, FEMA deployed a Mitigation Assessment Team (MAT) to Texas in November and December of 2017 to evaluate building performance during Hurricane Harvey. The MAT was deployed to Harris County to assess flood performance issues, and to Aransas, Nueces, Refugio, and San Patricio Counties to assess wind performance issues. MAT members evaluated building systems to determine the effectiveness of various design and construction practices and ascertain the effect of code adoption and enforcement on reducing flood and wind damage. To improve resiliency in future events, the lessons learned from MAT deployments and reports can either be incorporated into best practices for future retrofits or new hazard-resistant building design."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-02
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Determination of Wave Characteristics
From the Overview and Purpose: "Wind generated waves create a significant flood hazard as they dissipate their energy at or near the coastline. This type of flood hazard can result in direct impacts such as beach erosion, high-velocity currents, wave runup, wave setup and overtopping, all of which put buildings and infrastructure along developed shorelines at risk. This document provides guidance on determining the wave characteristics that are required for a coastal hazard analysis. In this case, the coastal hazard analysis is part of a FEMA Flood Insurance Study (FIS) performed to help communities understand their coastal flood risks. The FIS applies engineering judgement and analysis to calculate the coastal hazards and create a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). It is part of the document series 'Guidance for Flood Risk Analyses and Mapping,' which supports the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) program. This guidance focuses on wave determination associated to a FIS but the same should be applicable to any other type of project that relates to FEMA mapping."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-02
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Appeal and Comment Processing
From the Introduction: "This document provides the standard procedures that staff from the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), FEMA contractors, and other organizations that partner with FEMA are to follow for processing new and revised Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports and a Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). Specifically, this document provides guidance on appeal and comment processing procedures that occur during the Post-Preliminary Processing (PPP) phase of a Flood Risk Project or Physical Map Revision (PMR), or following a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) issuance, as related to Title 44, Chapter 1, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 67 and 42 U.S. Code § 4104(a)-(g) for flood hazard determinations."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-02
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Database Verification Tool (DVT)
From the Overview: "To promote delivery of high quality products in compliance with FEMA's Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) Database standards, in December 2009, FEMA integrated the FIRM Database Verification Tool (DVT) into the Mapping Information Platform (MIP) to check the quality of FIRM Database submittals. DVT provides embedded quality control checks that Mapping Partners should pass to promote standardization and consistency within the Draft, Preliminary and Final FIRM database deliverables. [...] This document provides information about the FIRM DVT checks and ways to resolve some common errors found during quality assurance reviews."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-02
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Hydrology: Rainfall-Runoff Analysis
From the Introduction: "This document describes the standards and methods to be applied by Mapping Partners in the performance, analysis, and presentation of results for riverine flooding analyses. The overall objectives of a flood study are to: [1] Identify areas subject to flooding from riverine sources and accurately define the flood-frequency relation at locations within those flood prone areas. [2] Depict the data and analyses results with maps, graphs, tables, and explanatory narratives to support flood insurance decisions and sound floodplain management. [3] Document data and analyses in a digital format to the extent possible to enable the results to be readily checked, reproduced, and updated. [4] Maintain (or establish) consistency and continuity within the national inventory of Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-02
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Data Capture - Workflow Details
From the Overview: "This document provides guidance for submitting the data specified in the Data Capture Technical Reference. For consistency, the information was organized according to the Mapping Information Platform (MIP) Data Capture task submittal folders as specified in the Data Capture Technical Reference. Note that the guidance principles provided in this document are designed to help the users upload data during execution of the MIP Data Capture tasks such that all study materials are searchable and discoverable via the MIP and/or the Flood Risk Study Engineering Library (FRiSEL) and that data duplication is minimized. This is an important responsibility for all Mapping Partners and Mapping Partners must certify they have successfully delivered all project documentation."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-02
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: General Hydrologic Considerations
From the Introduction: "This document describes the standards and methods to be applied by Mapping Partners in the performance, analysis, and presentation of results for riverine flooding analyses. The overall objectives of a flood study are to: [1] Identify areas subject to flooding from riverine sources and accurately define the flood-frequency relation at locations within those flood prone areas. [2] Depict the data and analyses results with maps, graphs, tables, and explanatory narratives in order to support flood insurance decisions and sound floodplain management. [3] Document data and analyses in a digital format to the extent possible to enable the results to be readily checked, reproduced, and updated. [4] Maintain (or establish) consistency and continuity within the national inventory of Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-02
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Summary of Map Actions and Revalidation Letters
From the Introduction: "A National Flood Insurance Program Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) panel may be revised by physically altering the mapped data or by other administrative means established by the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). When a revised FIRM panel becomes effective, all previous map actions for that panel are superseded and, therefore, all previously issued valid Letter of Map Change (LOMC) actions (i.e., Letters of Map Amendment [LOMA], Letters of Map Revision [LOMR] and Letter of Map Revision based on Fill [LOMR-F]) on a revised FIRM panel must be re-evaluated to identify the effect of the FIRM panel revisions on these LOMCs. [...] The mechanism for categorizing LOMCs against a revised FIRM during these milestone stages is done through the Summary of Map Actions (SOMAs) process, which includes the utilization of the SOMA workbench via FEMA's Mapping Information Platform (MIP). [...] The purpose of this guidance document is to provide an overview of the SOMA and Revalidation process, as well as production and distribution of the SOMA and Revalidation Letter."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-02
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) Index
From the Document: "Requirements for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) Program are specified separately by statute, regulation, or FEMA policy (primarily the Standards for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping). This document provides guidance to support the requirements and recommends approaches for effective and efficient implementation. Alternate approaches that comply with all requirements are acceptable."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-02
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Federal Register Notices
From the Introduction: "The 'Federal Register' is the document [...] which presents regulation changes and legal notices issued by the Federal agencies. The codification of the general and permanent notices published in the Federal Register by the Executive Departments and agencies of the Federal Government make up the Code of Federal Regulations, or CFR. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations are printed in Parts 59 through 77 of Title 44 of the CFR. This document provides the standard procedures and guidance that should be utilized by the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), their designated Mapping Partners, and Production and Technical Services (PTS) contractors to process Federal Register notices as part of Flood Risk Projects and Letters of Map Revisions (LOMRs), including preparation, submittal, concurrence, routing, and publication procedures. This guidance focuses on the FEMA publications in the 'Federal Register' that are required to meet Post-Preliminary Processing (PPP) Due Process requirements and finalize LOMRs and Flood Risk Projects."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-02
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL)
From the Overview: "This document provides guidance for National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL) data maintenance activities as part of the Risk Mapping Assessment and Planning (MAP) program. The NFHL is intended to be the definitive source of digital flood hazard map data, including all digital effective study and Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) data."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-02
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Physical Map Revision (PMR)
From the Overview: "The objective of the Physical Map Revision (PMR) is to update the regulatory flood hazard data and ensure that the most current and up-to-date flood hazard data, including all new studies and Letters of Map Revision (LOMRs), are incorporated into the National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL). PMRs are processed by FEMA when a portion of a community's flood hazards need to be revised and updating the full countywide regulatory products is not necessary. As a result, the updated flood hazard data will be used to create revised Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) panels and a PMR FIRM Database. Outlined in this guidance document is the process that Mapping Partners should follow when preparing and submitting PMRs. The roles and responsible parties for each phase are listed and the details of each responsibility are listed sequentially. A graphical representation of multiple LOMR scenarios and how to address each of them is provided in Section 3.0. A summary of the PMR scenarios is provided in Section 4.0."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-02
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Post-Preliminary Due Process [February 2019]
From the Introduction: "This document provides the procedures that staff from the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), FEMA providers, and other organizations that partner with FEMA are to follow for processing new and revised Flood Insurance Study (FIS) Reports, Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and FIRM Databases. Specifically, this document provides guidance on due process procedures afforded during the Post-Preliminary Processing (PPP) phase of a Flood Risk Project. The PPP phase is the period of the Flood Risk Project between Preliminary Issuance and the FIRM Effective Date."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-02
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Versioning
From the Background: "FEMA's flood hazard mapping program has undergone dramatic positive change by implementing new digital mapping standards and scientific methodologies. In the course of continuously updating our mapping inventory through prioritization of need, we have a mapping stock covering a wide spectrum of standards and it can be difficult for the end user to easily understand the standards employed during development of a specific product by simply relying on the printed date of a map or report. As products age, the problem is further compounded when the specification for the customer's product has been revised several times, therefore making it difficult to understand the standards that govern a specific product. FEMA's production workflows are also affected during the quality review process. [...] To solve these issues, FEMA is implementing the Risk MAP [Mapping, Assessment, and Planning] Versioning System to be applied to FEMA's Guidelines and Standards for Flood Risk Analysis as well as most of the products, such as the digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) paper map, Geographic Information System (GIS) databases, Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports, and the like."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-02
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Mapping Base Flood Elevations on Flood Insurance Rate Maps
From the Background: "Water-surface elevations of the 1-percent annual chance (base) flood are called Base Flood Elevations (BFEs). These BFEs may be designated on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) using BFE lines or at Cross Section lines with the appropriate elevation labels. BFEs are placed on the FIRM to assist users in determining the elevation of the 1-percent-annual-chance flood elevation anywhere within the floodplain. For more detailed information on BFE determinations, users should reference the base flood profile in the Flood Insurance Study report, where applicable."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-02
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Technical Support Data Notebook and Flood Elevation Determination Docket
From the Introduction: "The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is mandated to manage and document flood studies for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). This documentation is used to support future flood study updates, amendments and revisions to effective maps, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, Congressional inquiries, and governmental policy. It is therefore extremely important that all data associated with these studies are complete and readily accessible through the submittal of the Technical Support Data Notebook (TSDN). Additionally, in accordance with the NFIP regulations cited in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at Title 44, Chapter 1, Section 67.3 (44 CFR 67.3), FEMA is required to establish and maintain a Flood Elevation Determination Docket (FEDD) file for each community affected by a newly created or updated Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). The documentation in the FEDD file is evidence that FEMA has provided due process to communities impacted by new or updated flood hazard information and is a component of the overall TSDN. The purpose of this guidance document is to identify the various data components, both technical and administrative, and provide a consistent structure for submittal and archiving of the TSDN and FEDD file so that study materials are searchable and discoverable via the Mapping Information Platform (MIP) File explorer and/or Flood Risk Study Engineering Library in the MIP."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-02
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefings, January 20 - 26, 2019
This document is a compilation of all the FEMA Daily Operations Briefings from January 20 - 26, 2019. The FEMA Daily Operations Briefing provides an overview of the current emergency management situation nationwide and includes a summary of current significant events, weather activity, recent emergency declarations and projections for the coming week.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-01-20
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefings, January 13 - 19, 2019
This document is a compilation of all the FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] Daily Operations Briefings from January 13 - 19, 2019. The FEMA Daily Operations Briefing provides an overview of the current emergency management situation nationwide and includes a summary of current significant events, weather activity, recent emergency declarations and projections for the coming week.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-01-13?
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefings, January 6 - 12, 2019
This document is a compilation of all the FEMA Daily Operations Briefings from January 6 - 12, 2019. The FEMA Daily Operations Briefing provides an overview of the current emergency management situation nationwide and includes a summary of current significant events, weather activity, recent emergency declarations and projections for the coming week.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-01-06?
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2019 National Preparedness Report
From the Executive Summary: "The 'National Preparedness Report' summarizes the progress made and challenges that remain in building and sustaining the capabilities needed to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the threats, hazards and incidents that pose the greatest risk to the Nation. As a requirement of the 'Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006' and a key element of the National Preparedness System, this annual report offers all levels of government, the private and nonprofit sectors, and the public practical insights into preparedness that support decisions about program priorities, resource allocation, and community actions. The '2019 National Preparedness Report (2019 Report)' presents an overview of the five preparedness mission areas--Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery-- and describes major findings identified through community-wide research and engagement."
United States. Office of Homeland Security; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019
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Building Cultures of Preparedness: Report for the Emergency Management Higher Education Community
"The first goal of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) 2018-2022 Strategic Plan is to 'Build a Culture of Preparedness'. Preparedness strategies to date have increased first responder and government capabilities, but individual and community progress towards enhanced levels of preparedness has been limited. Achieving the 2018-2022 Strategic Plan's vision of enhanced preparedness requires a bottom-up approach to close these gaps. This report highlights the vast diversity of American communities and households, indicating that a one-size-fits-all strategy is not well-suited to the specific demands of variable and distinctive environments - our Culture of Preparedness will have to be built one community at a time. Preparedness is a local matter, requiring solutions tailored to different cultural contexts and embraced by communities. [...] This report presents a culture-based approach to the preparedness goals laid out in the Strategic Plan."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Browne, Katherine E., 1953-; Olson, Laura
2019-01
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CERT Basic Training [presentation]
This presentation includes the following 8 units: "Disaster Preparedness"; "CERT [Community Emergency Response Team] Organization"; "Disaster Medical Operations, Part 1"; "Disaster Medical Operations, Part 2"; "Disaster Psychology"; "Fire Safety and Utility Controls"; "Light Search and Rescue Operations"; and "Terrorism and CERT." The units in this course provide detailed overviews as well as exercises and homework assignments.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; Community Emergency Response Team (U.S.)
2019?
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefings, December 30, 2018 - January 5, 2019
This document is a compilation of all the FEMA Daily Operations Briefings from December 30, 2018 - January 5, 2019. The FEMA Daily Operations Briefing provides an overview of the current emergency management situation nationwide and includes a summary of current significant events, weather activity, recent emergency declarations and projections for the coming week.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-12-30?
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefings, December 23 - 29, 2018
This document is a compilation of all the FEMA Daily Operations Briefings from December 23 - 29, 2018. The FEMA Daily Operations Briefing provides an overview of the current emergency management situation nationwide and includes a summary of current significant events, weather activity, recent emergency declarations and projections for the coming week.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-12-23?
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After Action Report: Susquehanna Steam Electric Station [October 16, 2018]
From the Executive Summary: "On October 16, 2018, a full-scale Plume Exposure Pathway exercise was conducted and evaluated for the 10 Mile Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) around the Susquehanna Steam Electric Station (SSES) by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Region III. [...] The purpose of the Exercise and Out-of-Sequence demonstrations was to assess the capabilities of State, counties, and local jurisdictions to implement Radiological Emergency Plans and Procedures (RERP) to protect the property and lives of residents and transients in the event of an emergency at SSES. The findings in this report are based on the evaluations of the Federal evaluation team, with final determinations made by the FEMA, Region III Regional Assistance Committee (RAC) Chairperson, and approved by FEMA Headquarters."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-12-20
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefings, December 16 - 22, 2018
This document is a compilation of all the FEMA Daily Operations Briefings from December 16 - 22, 2018. The FEMA Daily Operations Briefing provides an overview of the current emergency management situation nationwide and includes a summary of current significant events, weather activity, recent emergency declarations and projections for the coming week.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-12-16?
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Disaster Relief Fund: Monthly Report as of November 30, 2018 (Fiscal Year 2019 Report to Congress)
"P.L. 115-72 requires that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator submit to the Appropriations Committees a report for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, not later than 5 days after the first day of the month beginning in the month after enactment, and to publish on the Web site the estimate or, if available, actual amount, of categories of spending for public assistance, individual assistance, operations, mitigation, administrative, and any other relevant category (including emergency measures and disaster resources) not later than 10 days after the first day of each such month. P.L. 115-141 requires that the FEMA Administrator provide a report by the fifth business day of each month on the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) that includes a funding summary, a table delineating the DRF funding activities each month by state and event, a summary of the funding for the catastrophic events, and the funds exhaust date, or end-of-fiscal-year balance."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-12-10
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefings, December 9 - 15, 2018
This document is a compilation of all the FEMA Daily Operations Briefings from December 9 - 15, 2018. The FEMA Daily Operations Briefing provides an overview of the current emergency management situation nationwide and includes a summary of current significant events, weather activity, recent emergency declarations and projections for the coming week.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-12-09?
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefings, December 2 - 8, 2018
This document is a compilation of all the FEMA Daily Operations Briefings from December 2 - 8, 2018. The FEMA Daily Operations Briefing provides an overview of the current emergency management situation nationwide and includes a summary of current significant events, weather activity, recent emergency declarations and projections for the coming week.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-12-02?
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Guidelines for Performance-Based Seismic Design of Buildings
From the Introduction: "This report is the sixth in a series of volumes comprising the FEMA P-58, 'Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings, Methodology and Implementation' (FEMA, 2012; 2018). The purpose of this volume is to provide guidance to structural engineers on implementation of performance-based seismic design of buildings using the FEMA P-58 methodology. Guidance is provided in the following areas of performance-based design: [1] Assisting decision-makers in selecting appropriate performance objectives for buildings of different occupancies. [2] Identifying appropriate structural and nonstructural design strategies to achieve specific performance objectives. [3] Developing preliminary designs to achieve selected performance objectives with minimal iteration during the design process."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (U.S.)
Applied Technology Council
2018-12
