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Paradigm Shift in Planning for Special-Needs Populations
This document is a chapter from "Emergency Management in Higher Education: Current Practices and Conversations", which was presented at the 2007 FEMA Emergency Management for Higher Education Conference. "Emergency planning can be hampered by uncertainties about how to identify special-needs populations and how to address the needs for assistance across several distinct groups within the community. However, adopting a function-based approach to planning for special-needs populations allows planners to group overall response resources on the basis of core functional areas, including maintaining independence, communication, transportation, supervision, and medical care. A comprehensive strategy to reach individuals with appropriate support focuses on what specific resources will be needed to sustain or restore pre-disaster capabilities. This paradigm shift in emergency planning furthers life safety and health objectives, creates efficiencies in allocating resources, and aligns emergency management efforts with the principles of civil rights laws. It hinges on engaging special-needs community organizations in efforts to promote personal preparedness, secure subject matter expertise, and formalize agreements for disaster support. As a result of a function-based approach to planning, emergency managers can build special-needs considerations into all aspects of the EOP, thus raising the community's capacity to respond to and recover from an emergency."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Parsons, Brian S.; Fulmer, Debra
2007
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Guidelines for Design of Structures for Vertical Evacuation from Tsunamis
"The project was undertaken to address the need for guidance on how to build a structure that would be capable of resisting the extreme forces of both a tsunami and an earthquake. This question was driven by the fact that there are many communities along our nation's west coast that are located on narrow spits of land and are vulnerable to a tsunami triggered by an earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone, which could potentially generate a tsunami of 20 feet in elevation or more within 20 minutes. [...] This publication presents the following information: (1) General information on the tsunami hazard and its history; (2) Guidance on determining the tsunami hazard, including the need for tsunami depth and velocity on a site-specific basis; (3) Different options for vertical evacuation from tsunamis; (4) Determining tsunami and earthquake loads and structural design criteria necessary to address them; and, (5) Structural design concepts and other considerations."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2008-06
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HAZUS-MH Hurricane Wind Model Validation Study-Florida: Hurricanes Charley and Ivan HAZUS-MH MR-2
"This report presents the findings of a FEMA validation study of the HAZUS-MH MR-2 (Build 45) Hurricane Wind Model. The validation study involved the comparison of HAZUS-MH modeled results with observed hurricane wind hazards and impact data. To make comparisons to the HAZUS-MH modeled results from observed data, data collection activities were conducted from November 2005 (more than a year after the storms) through August 2006. Data were collected from local, state, and federal agencies and the private sector after Hurricane Charley in Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Lee, Orange, Osceola, and Polk Counties; and Hurricane Ivan in Escambia County in the State of Florida. In addition, data were also used from prior HAZUS validation studies conducted in 2004 for Hurricanes Charley (HMTAP TO -- 332) and Ivan (HMTAP TO -- 348). The purpose of this project was to benchmark the best modeled runs of HAZUS-MH (MR2 version) for wind and compare those runs to the observed and recorded damage and loss in various counties and jurisdictions in Florida. A primary goal was to test run HAZUS-MH's functionality and utility against 'real world' historical field data to support disaster operations. A secondary goal was to develop standardized data collection process and analysis for HAZUSMH for long-term recovery operations. This report describes data collection, modeling improvement, and software functionality enhancement recommendations for future HAZUS-MH applications, including validation studies."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2007-04
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HAZUS Annual Progress and Utilization Report for Fiscal Year 2004
"The purpose of this report is to document both the progress and utilization of HAZUS during FY 2004. As with all other organizational elements of DHS, FEMA is adopting and implementing the principles of performance-based budgeting and program management. While FEMA has made a significant investment in HAZUS to date, it is essential that future investment be carefully weighed against other priorities and needs to ensure that future investments are wisely made. Before making any future investments, it is essential to determine the progress made in delivering the HAZUS initiative and the extent to which our customers are making productive use of the HAZUS products released to date. HAZUS products not only include application software, but also support a wide variety of efforts related to publications, training, user groups, and technical support. This report is the first annual utilization and program report on HAZUS. As such, this initial report documents the extensive use of HAZUS and serves as a baseline from which future progress can be measured in FY 2005, and beyond. [...] FY 2004 was a significant year for HAZUS. In March 2004, FEMA publicly released HAZUS-MH, a powerful risk assessment software program for analyzing potential losses from floods, hurricane winds, and earthquakes. This report documents a number of other significant accomplishments that occurred throughout FY 2004."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2005-01
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NFIP Floodplain Management Guidebook
"Periodically, rivers, streams and lakes will overflow their banks and inundate adjacent land areas. These areas, known as floodplains, temporarily store this excess water. Flood damages occur only when man interferes with the natural flooding process by altering the watercourse, developing areas in the upper watershed, and/or building inappropriately in the floodplain itself. The traditional solution to flood problems has been to build structural protection works such as dams, diversions, levees and floodwalls. Despite tremendous expenditures for these structural projects, economic flood losses have continued to increase year after year. Given this, governments at every level have begun to see the solution to avoiding flood damages lies not in keeping the water away from people, but rather in keeping people away from the water. This philosophical shift led to the creation of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in 1968, thereby codifying the concept of floodplain management. The basic purpose of the NFIP is not to prohibit floodplain development, but to guide development in floodplain areas in such a way as to greatly lessen the economic loss and social disruption caused by impending flood events. The purpose of this guidebook is to assist local officials in their understanding of the NFIP and the procedures that communities should follow in administering their floodplain management ordinances."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2009-03
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Terrorism Incident Law Enforcement and Investigation Annex
"The purpose of this annex is to facilitate an effective Federal law enforcement and investigative response to all threats or acts of terrorism within the United States, regardless of whether they are deemed credible and/or whether they escalate to an Incident of National Significance. To accomplish this, the annex establishes a structure for a systematic, coordinated, unified, timely, and effective national law enforcement and investigative response to threats or acts of terrorism within the United States."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2004-12
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Catastrophic Incident Annex
"The Catastrophic Incident Annex to the National Response Plan (NRP-CIA) establishes the context and overarching strategy for implementing and coordinating an accelerated, proactive national response to a catastrophic incident. A catastrophic incident, as defined by the NRP, is any natural or manmade incident, including terrorism, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the population, infrastructure, environment, economy, national morale, and/or government functions. A catastrophic incident could result in sustained national impacts over a prolonged period of time; almost immediately exceeds resources normally available to State, local, tribal, and private-sector authorities in the impacted area; and significantly interrupts governmental operations and emergency services to such an extent that national security could be threatened. All catastrophic incidents are Incidents of National Significance. These factors drive the urgency for coordinated national planning to ensure accelerated Federal/national assistance."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2004-12
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Search and Rescue Operations Following the Northridge Earthquake: January 17, 1994 Los Angeles, California
"This report is part of a series of reports on technical rescue incidents across the United States. Technical rescue has become increasingly recognized as an important element in integrated emergency response. Technical rescue generally includes the following rescue disciplines: confined space rescue, rope rescue, Trench/colapse rescue, ice/water rescue, and agricultural arid industrial rescue. The intent of these reports is to share information about recent technical rescue incidents with rescuers across the country. The investigation reports, such its this one, provide detailed information about the magnitude and nature of the incidents themselves; how the response to the incidents was carried out and managed; the impact of these incidents on emergency rcsponders and the emergency response systems in the community; and the lessons learned. [...]At 0431 hours on January 17, 1994, a 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck the Los Angeles area. The epicenter was located within the Northridge area of the San Fernando Valley, approximately 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles (see Appendix A). Many experts believe that because the earthquake occurred on a holiday morning, casualties were significantly lower than they would have been if the quake had happened at any other time. Over the following days, several aftershocks occurred that continued to damage structures as well as jeopardize the safety of rescue personnel. For firefighters and other emergency responders, the Northridge Earthquake was another in a long line of disasters that have challenged their resolve in recent years. Southern California has been walloped by major wildland fires, floods, mud slides, earthquakes, and riots."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
1994-01-17
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Loss Avoidance Study: Eastern Missouri, Building Acquisition: Part One: General Overview
"Following the floods in the spring and summer of 2008 in the Midwest, the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) initiated a loss avoidance study (LAS or study) to assess the effectiveness of acquisition/demolition projects in the affected areas in eastern Missouri along the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Actual flood events were analyzed to determine the return on investment (ROI) by estimating the losses that were avoided and comparing the estimates to the resources that were invested in the acquisitions. This report contains a description of the general LAS methodology used and the results of the study."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2009-05
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Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Grant - Joint Explanatory Statement (JES) Spending Items
"The FY10 PDM-JES grant is a one-time initiative authorized by Public Law (P.L.) 111-83: The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010. It is anticipated that multiple subgrant awards will be made to communities identified in the JES accompanying P.L. 111-83, satisfying the total earmarked amount of $24,636,064. FEMA will make funds available to respective States as subgrants are awarded not to exceed the amount detailed in the JES."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010
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Suspension of Alternative Determination of Cost-Eflectiveness for Eligible Insured Repetitive Loss Properties
"The purpose of this memo is to announce that effective January 1, 2010; FEMA will suspend the pilot program for the Alternative Determination of Cost-Etlectiveness for Eligible Insured Repetitive Loss Properties. This pilot program is also known simply as the Alternative Methodology. The Flood Insurance Reform Act of2004 mandated a new approach to cost effectiveness for certain repetitively nooded properties. Similar in approach to the pilot program, the Greatest Savings to the Fund (GSTF) approach was released in June of2009. In addition, reengineered Benefit Cost Analysis software (Version 4.5) was released in July of2009. Due to these new releases, FEMA has determined to suspend the Alternative Methodology effective January 1, 2010."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2009-12-28
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Design and Construction Guidance for Community Safe Rooms, FEMA 361, Second Edition, August 2008
"Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) publications presenting design and construction guidance for both residential and community safe rooms have been available since 1998. Since that time, thousands of safe rooms have been built using FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program. A growing number of these safe rooms have already saved lives in actual events. There has not been a single reported failure of a safe room constructed to FEMA criteria. This Second Edition of FEMA 361 presents updated and refined design criteria for safe rooms when compared to the First Edition's 2000 criteria. The changes to the design criteria are the result of post-disaster investigations into the performance of safe rooms and shelters after tornadoes and hurricanes. Further, the changes also consider the new consensus standard from the International Code Council® (ICC®) and the National Storm Shelter Association (NSSA) released in August 2008, the ICC/NSSA Standard for the Design and Construction of Storm Shelters (ICC-500). The criteria presented in this publication address how to design and construct a safe room that provides near-absolute protection for groups of individuals sent to a building or structure expecting it to be capable of providing them life-safety protection from wind, windborne debris, and flooding."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2008-08
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Continuity Assistance Tool (CAT), Continuity Assistance for Non-Federal Entities (States, Territories, Tribal, and Local Government Jurisdictions and Private Sector Organizations)
"This Continuity Assistance Tool (CAT) provides guidance and assistance for States, Territories, Tribal, and Local Government Jurisdictions and Private Sector Organizations (collectively referred to herein as 'organizations') to identify continuity program strengths and areas for improvement. National Security Presidential Directive-51/Homeland Security Presidential Directive-20 (NSPD 51/HSPD-20) National Continuity Policy was issued by the President to establish and maintain a comprehensive and effective national continuity capability. The National Continuity Policy Implementation Plan (NCPIP) builds upon the Policy and provides guidance to executive departments and agencies and non-Federal entities (including State, local, tribal, and territorial governments, and the private sector) on identifying and carrying out their Essential Functions to lead and sustain the Nation during a catastrophic emergency. The NCPIP also encourages coordination among Federal, State, local, tribal, and territorial governments and the private sector to achieve a comprehensive and integrated continuity capability. Through this collaborative effort, our national security posture can be enhanced to enable a more rapid and effective response to, and recovery from, a national emergency. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with its non-Federal partners developed Continuity Guidance Circular 1 (CGC 1), Continuity Guidance for Non-Federal Entities, States, Territories, Tribal, and Local Government Jurisdictions and Private Sector Organizations, to provide operational guidance to implement the NCPIP. This assistance tool captures the key elements necessary for organizations to create a comprehensive continuity program and plan, as described in CGC 1, and provides a method to review those continuity programs and plans."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2009-07
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Case Study: Uncontrolled Oleum Release
"This case study examines an oleum release that occurred on the afternoon of Saturday, October 11, 2008, in Petrolia, Pennsylvania. During a transfer operation, an oleum (fuming sulfuric acid) process tank overflowed, filled an exhaust ventilation system, and released the oleum into a storage building. The oleum release created a cloud of sulfuric acid mist that filled the building. The sulfuric acid cloud flowed out to the facility grounds and beyond the fence line into the surrounding community. Plant personnel evacuated the facility and community emergency responders ordered the evacuation or shelter-in-place of about 2,500 residents from the towns of Petrolia, Bruin, and Fairview."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2009-09
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Societal Implications: Selected Readings
"These selected readings provide participants in the building process at the local, State, and regional levels with information on the most significant societal implications of adopting new or improved seismic regulations for new buildings. Included are papers on the estimated impact of the NEHRP [National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program] Recommended Provisions on design and construction costs, seismic hazards in various areas of the U.S., seismic safety codes, current seismic hazard mitigation practices and programs, and recent seismic safety policy research. The book also contains an extensive bibliography, a list of information sources, and a glossary of terms."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
1985-06
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FEMA: Answers to Questions About Substantially Damaged Buildings
"The enforcement of the substantial improvement requirement as defined in the NFIP [National Flood Insurance Program] regulations (44 Code of Federal Regulations, 59.1) frequently becomes a major concern for local officials after a community has experienced serious damages as a result of a flood or other disaster. In particular, many questions are asked by community officials concerning permits issued for the repair of damaged structures. The purpose of this document is to answer many of the questions regarding FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] regulations and policy on substantial improvement as it applies to damaged structures."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
1991-03
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Evacuee Support Concept of Operations Template
"The Evacuee Support Concept of Operations Template is designed to assist states and local jurisdictions in creating an Evacuee Support Concept of Operations that is scalable and sustainable to supplement the State Emergency Operations Plan. The template provides a foundation that can be expanded upon using the Evacuee Support Planning Guide, other Federal guidance, and the wealth of information and expertise available in the emergency management community, to create an effective, hands-on State and/or local operational tool. Recognizing that each has its own requirements, this template provides generic text that states or jurisdictions can make distinctive to their own needs and communities by adding to and/or replacing the generic text with specific details. Alternatively, States or jurisdictions may elect to copy some of the text from specific sections for use in other documents."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2009-07
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San Joaquin County, California: Levee-Related Flood Contingency and Evacuation Maps
"In 1968, Congress created the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to help provide a means for property owners to financially protect themselves. Since standard homeowners insurance doesn't cover flooding, it's important to have protection from the floods associated with hurricanes, tropical storms, heavy rains, and other conditions that impact the United States. Levee systems have been identified in over one-fourth of the counties receiving modernized flood maps, or Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs). No levee system provides full protection from all flooding events to the people and structures located behind it. Therefore, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) works with Federal, state, and local professionals and technical partners to accurately reflect the flood hazard and risk in levee-impacted areas on the DFIRMs, which are used to establish flood insurance rates. San Joaquin County, California has been proactive in developing flood contingency and evacuation maps for levee-impacted areas in the event that the levee is, or may potentially be, compromised and flooding threatens life and property. Partners in this effort include Reclamation Districts, local engineers, cities in San Joaquin County, and San Joaquin County. Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) builds on flood hazard data and maps to provide communities, and ultimately individuals, with the information and tools they need to identify, assess, and take action to reduce flood risks. Advancements in Geographic Information Systems provide the tools needed to achieve the goals of Risk MAP and address gaps in flood hazard data to form a solid foundation for risk assessment and floodplain management."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010
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Identifying High Hazard Dam Risk in the United States
"The National Dam Safety Program (NDSP), led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is a partnership of states, Federal agencies, and other stakeholders to encourage individual and community responsibility for dam safety. The NDSP covers over 83,000 dams that provide: 1. Renewable, clean electrical generation 3.Municipal water storage and irrigation 2. Inland river navigation and flood control 4. Retention of hazardous waste Balancing these benefits, the NDSP's mission is to reduce the risk to life and property should a dam fail -- especially where large populations are living downstream. The NDSP's activities include providing grants for the improvement of state dam safety programs, funding dam risk reduction research initiatives, delivering training to state dam safety staff and inspectors, and providing for the education of the public, including State and local officials, in the hazards of dam failures. In 2009, more than 1,800 dams were classified as 'high hazard dams.' The failure or mis-operation of these dams will likely result in loss of life. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Association of State Dam Safety Officials, the cost to repair deficient dams is $50 billion for all dams, or $16 billion to repair only high hazard dams. Geographic Information Systems are being used to analyze risk, raise awareness, and help the NDSP prioritize its limited resources -- especially among stakeholders who have responsibility for dam inspections, repairs/maintenance, and emergency action plans."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010
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Geocoding Flood Insurance Policies and Claims to Better Analyze Flood Risk Areas
"Nearly 20,000 communities across the United States and its territories participate in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) by adopting and enforcing floodplain management ordinances to reduce future flood damage. Managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the NFIP makes Federally backed flood insurance available to homeowners, renters, and business owners in these participating communities. Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) builds on flood hazard data and maps to provide communities, and ultimately individuals, with the information and tools they need to identify, assess, and take action to reduce flood risks. Risk MAP addresses gaps in flood hazard data to form a solid foundation for risk assessment, floodplain management, and actuarial soundness of the NFIP. Recent advancements in Geographic Information Systems provide the tools needed to help FEMA achieve the goals of Risk MAP. Using geospatial tax parcel data, flood insurance policies and claims can be more accurately geocoded to individual properties (addresses) to determine the proximity to current and future flood hazards. Enhanced attribute matching on these maps-- including address, year built, number of stories, square footage, assessed value of property and land, etc.-- will greatly increase the accuracy of risk and loss reports and be used to mitigate risk through floodplain management and building codes. Using this information, insurance agents can more accurately rate Preferred Risk Policies (PRPs) by determining distances from high flood risk areas known as Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs)."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010
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Risk Assessment Product: HAZUS Risk Assessment
"HAZUS is a powerful risk assessment methodology for analyzing potential losses from floods, hurricanes, and earthquakes. In HAZUS, current scientific and engineering knowledge is coupled with the latest geographic information systems technology to produce estimates of hazard-related damage before, or after, a disaster occurs. The HAZUS Risk Assessment is part of The Risk Assessment Products Suite to help communities understand changes to their flood maps and prepare for the upcoming flood map adoption process. This product enables communities to visualize their risk and improve planning and mitigation efforts by highlighting areas where risk reduction actions may produce the highest return on investment. Building on the foundation of the 2010 HAZUS National Average Annualized Loss (AAL) Study, basic refined HAZUS loss estimation analyses will be performed for flooding sources with new or updated flood modeling using default HAZUS building stock information. Where local built environment data is available, enhanced HAZUS analyses are possible. These results can then be incorporated into hazard mitigation plans. Communities are required to have a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan in order to apply for and/or receive non-emergency assistance under the Stafford Act. FEMA's Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) builds on flood hazard data and maps to provide communities, and ultimately individuals, with the information and tools they need to identify, assess, and take action to reduce flood risks."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010
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Environmental Assessment: Mapaville FPD Proposed FIre Station, Festus, MO
This is an environmental assessment of the Mapaville Fire Station in Festus, Missouri. The purpose of this document is to comply with and support the "Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Station Construction Grants" process.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010-04
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U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA National Advisory Council Meeting, Wednesday, April 15, 2009
This document contains the transcript of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Advisory Council meeting held on April 15, 2009 at the Washington Court Hotel, Washington, DC. Topics of the meeting include subcommittee reports, mitigation issues, and urban search and rescue.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2009-04-15
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National Flood Insurance Program: An Annotated Bibliography
This bibliography lists books and articles regarding the National Flood Insurance Program. It provides the title, keywords, and an abstract.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
American Institutes for Research; Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation; Deloitte & Touche
2002-01
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Catalog of FEMA Dam Safety Resources
"In June 1979, the ad hoc interagency committee on dam safety (ICODS) issued the first guidelines for federal agency dam owners (Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety, FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) 93).To supplement the Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety, ICODS has prepared and approved federal guidelines in the areas of emergency action planning; earthquake analyses and design of dams; selecting and accommodating inflow design floods for dams; and hazard potential classification system for dams. ICODS also has published a glossary of terms to accompany the guidelines."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2006-08
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How to Request a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) or Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill (LOMR-F)
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) applies rigorous standards to develop Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and uses the most accurate hazard information available. However, limitations in the scale or topographic detail of the source maps used to prepare a FIRM may cause small elevated areas to be included in a Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA). SFHAs are high-risk areas subject to inundation by the base (1-percent-annual-chance)flood; they are also referred to as 1-percent-annual-chance floodplains, base floodplains, or 100- year floodplains. To change the flood hazard designation for properties in these areas, FEMA has established the LOMA process for properties on natural high ground and the LOMR-F process for properties elevated by the placement of fill. LOMAs and LOMR-Fs are letter determinations that officially amend an effective FIRM. They can establish that a property is not in an SFHA and, by doing so, remove the Federal flood insurance requirement."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010
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Technical Assistance Catalog: Preparedness and Program Program Management Technical Assistance
"The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Preparedness Directorate (NPD) and Grant Programs Directorate (GPD), Technical Assistance (TA) Program seeks to build and sustain capabilities through specific services and analytical capacities across two primary functional areas: 1. Preparedness TA activities in support of the four homeland security mission areas (prevention, protection, response, and recovery) 2. Homeland security program management This two-pronged approach ensures that initiatives measurably contribute to the enhancement of homeland security capabilities through State and local homeland security programs. The TA program addresses the areas of greatest State and local need by institutionalizing knowledge at the State and local level and providing a dynamic menu of services that is responsive to national priorities."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2006-06
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Comprehensive Data Management System
"The CDMS [Comprehensive Data Management System] is a complimentary tool to HAZUS-MH that provides users with the capability to update and manage statewide datasets, which are currently used to support analysis in HAZUS-MH. The CDMS will function as a single user or shared desktop application. Click here to view larger graphic. Currently, HAZUS-MH users are required to undertake a large amount of manual effort to incorporate new data into the statewide datasets according to their predefined formats. To reduce this effort, the CDMS will streamline and automate raw data processing, the conversion of external data sources into HAZUS-MH compliant data, and the transfer of data into and out of the statewide datasets. Processing site-specific level and aggregate information at the census block and tract levels will be supported. All new data brought into the system will be validated. Once data are imported into the statewide datasets, the CDMS will allow users to query, sort, export and print information. A backwards compatibility utility will be in place for upgrading previous versions of HAZUS-MH databases. The CDMS will replace the Building Information Tool (BIT) and Inventory Collection and Survey Tool (InCAST) that are currently available on HAZUS-MH DVD."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2009-09-28
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Comprehensive Data Management System (CDMS) Version 2.6
"This record holds the executable set-up file for the Comprehensive Data Management System (CDMS) 2.6. The associated files include installation instructions, a data dictionary, and release notes. New features in CDMS Version 2.6 include: Operation only with Hazus-MH MR5, operation on Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7 32-bit, operation with ArcGIS 9.3.1 SP1, correction of issues importing data into the CDMS repository from a Hazus study region, and correction of issues importing datasets larger than 200,000 records (1GB)."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010-12
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Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
This document answers the following documents reading the Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP): "1. What is the purpose of the FY 2009 HSGP?" "2. How much funding was available under the FY 2009 HSGP?" "What is the priority for the FY 2009 HSGP?" "4. Who was eligible to apply for FY 2009 HSGP funds?" "5. How were FY 2009 HSGP allocations determined?" "6. What legislation authorized funding for the FY 2009 HSGP?" "7. Where is the FY 2009 HSGP Guidance and Application Kit located?" "8. What other resources are available to address programmatic, technical and financial questions?" and "9. What is the period of performance for the FY 2009 HSGP?"
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2009
