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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Project Planning
From the Overview: "The intent of this document is to provide FEMA Regional offices (the Regions) with guidance on effective practice for planning Risk MAP [Mapping, Assessment, and Planning] program projects. As part of its Risk MAP program, FEMA works with federal, state, tribal and local partners across the nation to identify flood risk and promote informed planning and development practices to help reduce flood risk. Risk MAP provides high quality maps, information, and tools to better assess flooding risks as well as planning and outreach support to help communities take action to reduce (or mitigate) flood risk. Each Risk MAP project should be tailored to the needs and capabilities of each affected community and may involve different steps, products, and services."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-11
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: MT-1 Technical Guidance
From the Introduction: "The purpose of this document is to explain how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) makes determinations or provides comments regarding the flood hazard zone for a lot, a portion of a lot, or an existing or proposed structure. The lot or structure is considered the subject of the determination (subject)."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-11
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Dams/Reservoirs and Non-Dam Features
From the Overview: "This consolidated guidance document was prepared by FEMA, in support of the Risk MAP [Mapping, Assessment and Planning] program, to promote sound and consistent implementation of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations and mapping program standards that apply to dams/reservoirs and non-dam features. [...] This document provides current information on the mapping of dams/reservoirs and non-dam features and associated flood hazards. This document captures current standards and practices and, therefore, does not address all topics related to the identification of flood hazards and risks associated with dams/reservoirs and non-dam features."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-11
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) Graphics
From the Overview: "This document contains guidance for the development and submission of Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) panels. The graphic format for the FIRM panels can be found in the FIRM Panel Technical Reference, Format for FIRMs, Guidelines and Standards for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping. The FIRM Panel Technical Reference is accessible through the FEMA Guidelines and Standards for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping webpage."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-11
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Riverine Mapping and Floodplain Boundaries Guidance
From the Overview: "This document provides guidance for riverine mapping and floodplains, and all the components that accompany it. FEMA prepares flood hazard mapping to create broad-based awareness of flood risk, provide data necessary for mitigation programs, and rate flood insurance for specific properties. Each floodplain or flood hazard area is divided into flood insurance rate zones that are based on the floodplain boundaries determined on a work map. Areas within the 1-percent-annual-chance (100-year) floodplain boundary are typically termed Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHA). Areas between the 1- and 0.2-percent-annual-chance (500-year) floodplain boundaries are termed areas of moderate flood hazard. The remaining areas above the 0.2-percent-annual-chance floodplain are termed areas of minimal flood hazard."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-11
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Levees
From the Overview: "This consolidated guidance document was prepared for FEMA, as part of the Risk MAP [Mapping, Assessment, and Planning] program, to promote sound and consistent implementation of levee-related National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) regulations and mapping program standards that apply to levees. This guidance document is intended to provide current information on the mapping of levees and associated flood hazards. This document captures current standards and practices and, therefore, does not address all topics related to the identification of flood hazards and risks associated with levees."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-11
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) Database
From the Overview: "This document contains guidance for the development and submission of Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) Databases. A full description of the standards and schema for the content of the FIRM Database can be found in the FIRM Database Technical Reference."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-11
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Mapping Information Platform (MIP)
From the Overview: "The Mapping Information Platform (MIP) supports the Risk Mapping Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) program by facilitating the production, management, and sharing of flood hazard data and maps in a digital environment. The MIP is a system of tools that integrates program and project management, data storage and retrieval, standardized quality reviews, and project tracking and reporting into one web-based application. The MIP is a system of record for the Risk MAP program and serves as the primary portal for the capture, validation, retrieval, and storage of flood hazard mapping data produced by flood studies, and revisions and amendments (i.e., Letters of Map Change (LOMC). This document provides guidance on the various functions supported by the Studies platform within the MIP, including, user access and technical support, tools and functionality, project management and workflow activities, and data capture and dissemination."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-11
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Guidance for Stakeholder Engagement: Project Planning and Discovery Process
From the Introduction: "This document is meant for Flood Risk Project teams involved in the Project Planning and Discovery phases of the Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) program. It describes the kinds of community and stakeholder engagement activities to consider during these phases. This document is designed to complement Discovery guidance provided in Guidance Document No. 5, Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Discovery. The goal of Project Planning and Discovery is to help community members understand their risk and become more resilient. While the flood map is a critical product delivered through Risk MAP, it is meant to be a tool for communities to use when evaluating their flood risk."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-11
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Discovery
From the Introduction: "This document describes the activities involved in the 'Discovery' of flood hazards and associated flood risk and mitigation activities in regionally prioritized areas. Discovery activities include data and information collection, engagement and coordination with appropriate stakeholders for one or more Discovery Meetings, post-meeting activities, and requisite followup. During pre-Discovery activities, the appropriate stakeholders are identified. These stakeholders may involve entities on the local, state, or federal level, including local community entities, regional entities, state agencies, tribal nations (when appropriate), other federal agencies (OFAs), non-profit entities, and other individuals, communities, and organizations. The level of engagement for these stakeholders is scalable based on the type of Flood Risk Project and specific needs identified within the regionally prioritized area. Throughout this document, this scalable group of stakeholders is referred to overall as 'Project Stakeholders.' The Discovery process occurs after the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) planning and budgeting cycle, when the project area and/or watersheds of interest have been identified and selected for further examination in coordination with Project Stakeholders."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-11
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Guidance for Stakeholder Engagement: Preliminary Production Process
From the Introduction: "This document is meant for flood risk project teams involved in the Preliminary Production Process phase of the Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) program. It describes the kinds of community and stakeholder engagement activities to consider during this phase. The goal of the Preliminary Production Process phase is to engage community officials in flood hazard updates for their community, so that they can become more resilient using the newly available draft flood risk data. While the flood map and data are critical products delivered through Risk MAP, they are meant to be tools for communities to use when evaluating their flood risk."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-11
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Coastal Floodplain Mapping
From the Document: "This document provides guidance to Mapping Partners on the delineation of coastal flood insurance risk zones and Base Flood Elevations (BFEs). The guidance covers Atlantic and Gulf Coast regions, Pacific Coast regions, and Great Lakes regions."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-11
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Base Map and FIRM Panel Layout
From the Introduction: "This guidance supports the standards associated with the collection, development and quality control for base map data used and the development of the flood insurance rate map (FIRM) panel layout for Flood Risk Projects."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-11
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Guidance for Stakeholder Engagement: Introduction and Key Terms
From the Introduction: "This resource document introduces and accompanies three guidance documents that cover stakeholder engagement for the Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) program. [...] This document contains overviews of the following topics: [1] Issues for project teams to consider during coastal or levee mapping projects; [2] Issues for project teams to consider when working with sovereign tribal nations; [3] Impacts of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) reform legislation on flood mapping studies; [4] Federal policies related to flood mapping studies; [5] Supplemental resources to consider when engaging with stakeholders; and [6] Definitions for common key terms."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-11
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Redelineation Guidance
From the Document: "Redelineation is the method of updating effective flood hazard boundaries to match updated topographic data based on the computed water surface elevations from effective models. The results of a redelineation update are more accurate floodplain boundaries when compared to current ground conditions. Redelineation of floodplain boundaries can be applied to both riverine and coastal studies. No new engineering analyses are performed as part of the redelineation methodology; however, redelineation can be paired with new engineering studies as part of a larger update. For riverine studies, effective flood profiles and data tables from the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report, Base Flood Elevations (BFEs) from the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and supporting hydrologic and hydraulic analyses are used in conjunction with the updated topographic data to formulate new floodplain boundaries. The coastal redelineation method also typically involves no new analyses. This method combines effective information from the FIRM and FIS Report and the supporting analyses with new, more detailed, or more up todate topographic data to redelineate coastal high hazard areas (V zones)."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-11
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Floodway Analysis and Mapping [November 2019]
From the Introduction: "This document provides guidance for floodway analysis, and all the components that accompany it. A floodway is a tool to assist communities in balancing development within the floodplain against the resulting increase in flood hazard. A regulatory floodway is defined as the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land area that is reserved from encroachment in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water-surface elevation by more than a designated height"
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-11
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Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Coastal General Study Considerations
From the Overview: "This guidance document provides an overview of coastal flooding processes and describes general study considerations that are germane to FEMA coastal flood hazard studies. Flood hazard studies are considered coastal studies when the flooding being evaluated is a combination of elevated water levels, typically due to storm surge, and wave action. Coastal study methodologies are used to evaluate flood hazards along the shorelines of the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean, and Great Lakes. Bays, tributaries, and other lakes are also considered to have coastal floodplains when they are subject to water level and wave hazards processes similar to those on the open coasts."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-11
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Guidance for Stakeholder Engagement: Post-Preliminary Due Process
From the Introduction: "This document is meant to guide Project Teams involved in Post-Preliminary Due Process for a Flood Risk Project under the Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) program. It describes the kinds of community and stakeholder engagement activities to consider during the three phases that make up this process. [...] The goal of the Post-Preliminary Due Process activities is to help community members understand their risk and become more resilient, using the newly available preliminary flood risk data and products. While the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) is a critical product delivered through Risk MAP, it is meant to be a tool for communities to use when evaluating their flood risk."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-11
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After Action Report: Medical Services (MS-1) Exercise, Diablo Canyon Power Plant [August 07, 2019]
From the Executive Summary: "The United States (U.S.) Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region IX National Preparedness Division (NPD), Technological Hazards Branch (THB), evaluated a Medical Services (MS-1) exercise at French Hospital. Medical Center (FHMC) outside the Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) surrounding the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) on August 07, 2019. The purpose of the FHMC MS-1 exercise is to assess local emergency Offsite Response Organizations' (ORO) level of preparedness in response to a radiological incident occurring at DCPP. State, local, and tribal governments primarily are responsible for determining and implementing measures to protect life, property, and the environment in those areas surrounding the commercial nuclear power plants (NPP). Evaluated exercises play a vital role in national preparedness by enabling whole community stakeholders to test and validate plans and identify capability gaps. Additionally, a well-designed exercise provides a low-risk environment to test capabilities, familiarize personnel with roles and responsibilities, and foster meaningful communication across organizations."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; San Luis Obispo (Calif.)
2019-10-15
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Disaster Relief Fund: Monthly Report as of September 30, 2019 (Fiscal Year 2019 Report to Congress)
From the Background: "P.L. 116-6 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 DRF funding activities each month by state and event, a summary of the funding for the catastrophic events, and the fund exhaustion date, or end-of-fiscal-year balance."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-10-08
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Final After Action Report: Radiological Emergency Preparedness Exercise, Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant [February 20, 2019]
From the Executive Summary: "On February 20, 2019, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency Region IV, Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program staff evaluated a full participation plume exposure pathway exercise for the Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant. [...] The Federal Emergency Management Agency's overall objective of the exercise was to assess the level of state and local preparedness in coordinating and responding to an emergency at the Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant. [...] Officials and representatives from the State of Florida, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties, U.S. Coast Guard, Florida National Guard, Homestead Air Reserve Base, U.S. National Park Service, and Florida Power and Light, as well as numerous volunteers and other organizations, participated in this exercise. These organizations demonstrated knowledge of their emergency response plans and procedures and successfully implemented them."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-10-02
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'Disaster Recovery Reform Act (DRRA)' Annual Report
From the Overview: "On October 5, 2018, President Donald J. Trump signed the Disaster Recovery Reform Act [DRRA] of 2018 into law as part of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2018. The DRRA amends many sections of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act), which grants the President the authority to issue emergency and major disaster declarations and provides a range of federal assistance to state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments, as well as certain private nonprofit organizations and individuals and families. [...] As of October 25, 2019, FEMA has implemented 29 of the DRRA's 56 provisions. The Agency anticipates that another 12 provisions will be implemented by the end of 2019, for a total of 73% of the DRRA's provisions. FEMA will continue to move quickly and deliberately to implement the DRRA."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-10
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Emergency Support Function #14 -- Cross-Sector Business and Infrastructure
From the Introduction: "Businesses and infrastructure owners and operators have primary responsibility for managing their systems in emergencies, and unequalled expertise to do so. ESF [Emergency Support Function] #14 supports growing efforts to enable collaboration among critical infrastructure sectors and helps coordinate and sequence such operations to mitigate cascading failures and risks. ESF #14 also integrates SSA [Sector-Specific Agencies] incident response operations with ESFs and other relevant public-private sector coordinating entities. SSAs have critical roles, responsibilities, and authorities in partnering with infrastructure owners and operators in their respective sectors. ESF #14 works with SSAs, other ESFs, and their partners to support cross-sector planning and operations that facilitates integrated public and private incident response. To this end, the Federal Government enables--where possible--those businesses and infrastructure owners and operators that have the responsibilities, capabilities, and resources to stabilize their systems in support of community lifelines."
United States. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-10
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Department of Homeland Security: Disaster Contracts: Quarterly Report Second Quarter, Fiscal Year 2019 (Fiscal Year 2019 Report to Congress)
From the Document: "This report was compiled pursuant to the language set forth in Title VI of the FY 2007 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act (P.L. 109-295). The report provides information and data on contracts, including those using disaster funds that were entered into by means other than competitive procedures."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-09-20
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2017-2019 -- FEMA Daily Mission Assignments
This is a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) webpage providing links to Daily Mission Assignments: "This page contains the 2017-2019 daily activity of Mission Assignments, including State, Disaster Declaration Number, Description of Assistance Requested, Federal dollars obligated, and Date of Obligation as required by HR152 - Sandy Recovery Improvement Act. As part of disaster declarations, FEMA uses Mission Assignments to task and reimburse other federal departments and agencies to provide direct assistance during emergencies and disasters."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-09-16
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Disaster Relief Fund: Monthly Report as of August 31, 2019 (Fiscal Year 2019 Report to Congress)
From the Background: "P.L. 116-6 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 DRF funding activities each month by state and event, a summary of the funding for the catastrophic events, and the fund exhaustion date, or end-of-fiscal-year balance."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-09-13
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Hazus Quarterly (Summer 2019)
This issue of the FEMA Hazus Quarterly Newsletter features: "Hazus Tsunami Model Adapted for Risk Assessment in Israel" adapted from Eran Frucht's Mater's thesis; in addition to updates and announcements.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-09-05
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2018 National Household Survey Results [presentation]
From the Document: "[1] The NHS [National Household Survey] assesses how the culture of personal disaster preparedness and resilience has changed over time in the United States. [2] FEMA has conducted this survey since 2007. [3] The NHS is a 'telephone interview survey' in which both landlines and cell phones are selected randomly to answer a set of survey questions. [4] FEMA selects a larger set of phone numbers in certain areas of the country that are at higher risk of one of 'six hazards', to gain more information from residents in those areas. These are called 'oversamples' (one oversample taken for each of these hazards). [5] In the '2018 NHS', FEMA interviewed '5,003 adults' (aged 18 years and older)."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-09-05?
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National Household Survey
From the Webpage: "The National Household Survey (NHS) tracks progress in personal disaster preparedness through investigation of the American public's preparedness actions, attitudes, and motivations. FEMA administers the survey in English and Spanish via landline and mobile telephone to a random sampling of approximately 5,000 adult respondents. The survey includes a nationally representative sample as well hazard-specific oversamples which may include earthquake, flood, wildfire, hurricane, winter storm, extreme heat, tornado, and urban event. FEMA delays publishing the data until approximately the release of the summary results for the subsequent NHS iteration. For example, FEMA published the 2017 data package at approximately the same time as the publication of the 2018 NHS Summary."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2019-09-04
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Firefighter Fatalities in the United States in 2018
From the Introduction: "This report continues a series of annual studies began in 1986 by the USFA [U.S. Fire Administration] of on-duty firefighter fatalities in the U.S. The specific objective of this study is to identify all on-duty firefighter fatalities that occurred in the U.S. and its territories in 2018 and to analyze the circumstances surrounding each occurrence. The study is intended to help identify approaches that could reduce the number of firefighter deaths in future years."
United States Fire Administration; United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency . . .
2019-09
