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National Flood Insurance Program: Elevation Certificate and Instructions
"The Elevation Certificate is an important administrative tool of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). It is to be used to provide elevation information necessary to ensure compliance with community floodplain management ordinances, to determine the proper insurance premium rate, and to support a request for a Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA) or Letter of Map Revision based on fill (LOMR-F)."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2009-03
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DHS-FEMA Private Sector Flood Awareness Conference Call
"Good afternoon, good morning and welcome to the DHS Headquarters and FEMA Private Sector Partners Flood Awareness Conference Call. The time is now 1:08 and will begin the teleconference. Thanks for your patience as we wanted to ensure the majority of folks would join before we started. The agenda for today - today's call is as follows: we'll start with opening comments from Mr. Douglas Smith, Assistant Secretary from the DHS Private Sector Office, we'll then receive a critical infrastructure update from Mr. Chris Keene, Deputy Ops Manager of the DHS National Infrastructure Coordinating Center, from there we'll turn it over to Mr. Dan Stoneking, Director of the FEMA Private Sector Division for introductory comments, and he'll turn it over to Mr. David Javier from the FEMA Mitigation Directorate for the FEMA Flood Awareness briefing and then we'll move to Q & A Discussion. The call is scheduled for 45 minutes so we ask that all comments and questions be concise in the interest of maximizing our allotted time and the operator will limit each person to one question. A transcript as has been mentioned will be made available following the call. I will now turn the call over to Mr. Douglas Smith, our Assistant Secretary for the Private Sector Office. Mr. Smith."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Figueroa, Juan; Smith, Douglas; Keen, Chris
2010-03-17
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Statement for Private Sector Flood Awareness Call (Teleconference)
The purpose of this teleconference was "to ensure that teammates in the Private Sector are fully equipped to help themselves and their communities prepare for and mitigate Spring flood hazards."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Javier, David
2010-03-17
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Fact Sheet: Flooding- Our Nation's Most Frequent and Costly Natural Disaster
This Federal Emergency Management Agency fact sheet about flooding offers important information about what to do before, during and after a flood. Some tips include creating an emergency supply kit, create a family evacuation plan, and avoid areas that are at risk for flooding.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010-03
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Fact Sheet: Flooding- Our Nation's Most Frequent and Costly Natural Disaster, History and Causes
This Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) fact sheet about the history of flooding and the causes of flooding offers a brief overview. According to FEMA, "Flooding is the most frequent severe weather threat and the costliest natural disaster facing the nation. Ninety percent of all natural disasters in the U.S. in-volve flooding. And high-risk flood areas are not the only ones at risk: about 25% of flood insurance claims come from moderate-to low- risk areas."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010-03
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On Call: Disaster Reserve Workforce News [July 2008]
This edition of On Call, Disaster Reserve Workforce News covers a variety of topics including: "Photos Essay: What We Do; How a Proposal Becomes Law; Administrator's Corner ; Letter from DRWD Director ; New Branch Chief for DRW; Recovery Times Newsletter Revived; Higher Ed Promotes Disaster Training ; Podcasts Provide Daily Updates ; [and] DRWD: What's Behind the Curtain."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2008-07
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Crawlspace Construction for Buildings Located in Special Flood Hazard Areas: National Flood Insurance Program Interim Guidance
"Crawlspace foundations are commonly used to elevate the lowest floors of residential buildings located in Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs) above the Base Flood Elevation (BFE). This Technical Bulletin provides guidance on crawlspace construction and supports a recent policy decision to allow construction of crawlspaces with interior grades up to 2 feet below the lowest adjacent exterior grade (LAG), referred to as below-grade crawlspaces, provided that other requirements are met. Prior to that decision, below-grade crawlspaces were considered basements under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Floodplain Management Regulation definitions at 44 CFR 59.1 and were not permitted below the BFE. […].This Technical Bulletin presents NFIP minimum requirements for crawlspace construction in the SFHA, including (1) requirements for all crawlspace construction and (2) requirements for belowgrade crawlspace construction that may extend 1 or 2 feet below grade in the SFHA. This Technical Bulletin also provides a best practices approach for preferred and below-grade crawlspace construction, illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, including design limitations, water accumulation and drainage considerations, and use of flood-resistant materials. While communities may now allow below-grade crawlspace construction in the SFHA, this type of construction is not the recommended construction method, because of the increased likelihood of problems with water accumulation, moisture damage, and drainage. The use of crawlspace construction with the interior grade at or above the LAG minimizes the occurrence of these problems. This interim guidance on residential crawlspace construction is based on conclusions from the recently completed review and analyses."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2001-11
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Flood Damage-Resistant Materials Requirements for Buildings Located in Special Flood Hazard Areas in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Program
"Protecting buildings that are constructed in special flood hazard areas (SFHAs) from dam¬age caused by flood forces is an important objective of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). In support of this objective, the NFIP regulations include minimum building de¬sign criteria that apply to new construction, repair of substantially damaged buildings, and substantial improvement of existing buildings in SFHAs. The base flood is used to delineate SFHAs on Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) prepared by the NFIP. The base flood is the flood that has a 1-percent chance of being equaled or exceed¬ed in any given year (commonly called the '100-year' flood). Certain terms used in this Technical Bulletin are defined in the Glossary. The NFIP regulations require the use of construction mate¬rials that are resistant to flood damage. The lowest floor of a residential building must be elevated to or above the base flood elevation (BFE), while the lowest floor of a non-resi¬dential building must be elevated to or above the BFE or dry floodproofed to the BFE. All construction below the BFE is susceptible to flooding and must consist of flood damage-resistant building materials. The purpose of this Technical Bulletin is to provide current guid¬ance on what constitute 'materials resistant to flood damage' and how and when these materials must be used to improve a building's ability to withstand flooding."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2008-08
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User's Guide to Technical Bulletins: Developed in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Program
"This User's Guide is intended to assist those using the Technical Bulletins issued by the Fed¬eral Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Mitigation Directorate. This guide includes a Key Word/Subject Index that identifies topics addressed in the Technical Bulletins regarding the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Reference sources and information about or¬dering additional NFIP publications are also provided. […] The Technical Bulletins provide guidance concerning the building performance standards of the NFIP, which are contained in Title 44 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations at Section 60.3. The bulletins are intended for use primarily by State and local officials responsible for in¬terpreting and enforcing NFIP regulations and by members of the development community, such as design professionals and builders. New bulletins, as well as updates of existing bul¬letins, are issued periodically as needed. The bulletins do not create regulations, rather they provide specific guidance for complying with the minimum requirements of existing NFIP regulations."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2009-03
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Install a Generator for Emergency Power
This Federal Emergency Management Agency publication describes the benefits of using a generator and provides tips for installing a generator.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2008-04
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National Flood Insurance Program: How the NFIP Works
This fact sheet about the National Insurance Flood Program details the steps that the Federal Emergency Management Agency takes to activate the program. Additionally, this sheet offers insurance coverage information, differentiating between the emergency flood program and regular flood program.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2010-02
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NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions for New Buildings and Other Structures (FEMA P-750)
"One of the goals of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) is to encourage design and building practices that address the earthquake hazard and minimize the resulting risk of damage and injury. Publication of the 2009 edition of the NEHRP Recommended Seismic Provisions for New Buildings and Other Structures (FEMA P-750) reaffirms FEMA's ongoing support of efforts to achieve this goal. First published in 1985, the 2009 edition of the Provisions marks the seventh in a series of updates to the document and several complementary publications. FEMA is proud to have sponsored this project conducted by the Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC) of National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) and continues to encourage the widespread dissemination and voluntary use of this state-of-art consensus resource document. In contrast to the earlier editions of the Provisions which resulted from three-year update projects, the 2009 edition is the first resulting from a five-year update effort that allowed the BSSC's Provisions Update Committee (PUC) to make some major changes in both the substance and the format of the Provisions document. The most significant change involves the adoption by reference of the national consensus design loads standard, ASCE/SEI 7-05, Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures, including the related consensus standards referenced therein and Supplements 1 and 2. Part 1 of this document includes consensus-approved modifications of the seismic requirements in the standard."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2009
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Federal Emergency Management Agency Incident Management Handbook, FEMA B-761 / Interim, Expires: 01 January 2010
"This Incident Management Handbook (IMH) is designed to assist emergency management personnel in the use of the National Incident Management System's (NIMS) Incident Command System (ICS) for use during all hazards response operations and planned events. The document clarifies the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) field operating structure and how it utilizes the characteristics of the ICS to interact with states, territories, tribal jurisdictions, and National Response Framework (NRF) agencies and partners under disasters and emergencies. The IMH is not a program reference; nor does it substitute for ICS based field qualifications or certifications."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2009-03
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Federal Emergency Management Agency: National Advisory Council Meeting, Day 2, February 13, 2008
This document contains the transcript of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Advisory Council meeting held on February 12, 2008, at the Washington Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC. Topics of the meeting include: "Highlights from FEMA Headquarters; National Response Framework (NRF); Integrated Planning System (IPS); National Incident Management System (NIMS); Target Capabilities List (TCL); FEMA Strategic Plan; [and] Private Sector Office."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2008-02-13
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United States of America, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Advisory Council, Thursday, July 30, 2009, Meeting
This document contains the transcript of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Advisory Council meeting held on July 30, 2009 in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2009-07-30
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Federal Emergency Management Agency: National Advisory Council Teleconference, June 18, 2008
This document contains the transcript of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Advisory Council Teleconference held on June 18, 2008 in Washington D.C. Topics of the meeting include: "Stafford Act Subcommittee Update; Post Disaster Housing Subcommittee Update; [and] NIMS Revision Document Discussion."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2008-06-18
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Federal Emergency Management Agency: National Advisory Council Meeting, Day 1, May 14, 2008
This document contains the transcript of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Advisory Council meeting held on May 14, 2008, at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Chicago, IL. Topics of the meeting include: "Highlights from FEMA Headquarters; NAC Operating Guidelines; RAC-NAC Task Force Paper; Target Capabilities List; National Exercise Program; National Response Framework; National Incident Management System; [and] Subcommittee Report Outs."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2008-05-14
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Great Lakes Coastal Guidelines Update
This document from the Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA] provides "Guidelines and Specifications for Flood Hazard Mapping Partners."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2009-03
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Federal Emergency Management Agency: National Advisory Council Meeting, December 11, 2008
This document contains the transcript of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Advisory Council meeting held on December 11, 2008 in Dallas, Texas. Some of the topics covered include: "Administrator's Remarks, Regional Advisory Council Update, Subcommittee Report-outs, post-Disaster Housing, Special Needs, Urban Search and Rescue, Annual Report - Overview, Public Comment Period [and] ESF-9 Response to Hurricane Ike."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2008-12-11
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United States of America, Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Advisory Council, Wednesday, July 29, 2009, Meeting
This document contains the transcript of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Advisory Council meeting held on July 29, 2009 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Topics of the meeting include: "Disaster Assistance Directorate Introduction; National Incident Management System (NIMS) Subcommittee Report; Briefing on new FEMA Leadership; Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR); Flood Response and Recovery Panel Discussion with State and City Officials; Recovery in Grand Forks Panel Discussion with Local Officials; Stafford Act Subcommittee Report; Post-Disaster Housing Subcommittee Report; National Response Framework (NRF) Subcommittee Report; Public/Private Partnership Subcommittee Report; Special Needs Subcommittee Report; [and] Target Capacity List (TeL) Working Group Report."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2009-07-29
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Federal Emergency Management Agency: National Advisory Council Meeting, Day 2, May 15, 2008
This document contains the transcript of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Advisory Council meeting held on May 15, 2008, at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Chicago, IL. Topics of the meeting include: "Highlights from FEMA Headquarters; NAC Operating Guidelines; RAC-NAC Task Force Paper; Target Capabilities List; National Exercise Program; National Response Framework; National Incident Management System; [and] Subcommittee Report Outs."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2008-05-15
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FEMA National Advisory Council Teleconference, December 14, 2009
This document contains the transcript of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Advisory Council Teleconference held on December 14, 2009. From the opening remarks of Kemble Bennett: "Today we really want to talk about the strengthening disaster recovery initiative for the nation that we have going forward. As we all know that disaster recovery has been a focus recently . In the past it is something that happened. A lot is There is the national response framework, initial review of this initiative as the companion to that, and we are going to get into that in a minute, but really focusing on disaster recovery moving forward, and not just this response, once we get beyond response, looking at new solutions that we have to address the longer term, the complex challenges that we have and the needs for the communities and the individuals that face the aftermath of disaster."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2009-12-14
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Federal Emergency Management Agency: National Advisory Council Meeting, December 10, 2008
This document contains the transcript of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Advisory Council meeting held on December 10, 2008 at the Fairmont in Dallas, Texas. Topics of the meeting include: "Highlights from FEMA Headquarters; National Incident Management System (NIMS) Subcommittee Report; Transition Update - Nancy Ward, Region IX Administrator and FEMA's Career Senior Transitional Official; Public Private Partnerships Subcommittee Report; [and] National Response Framework (NRF) Subcommittee Report; Stafford Act Subcommittee Report."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2008-12-10
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FEMA National Advisory Council Meeting, October 23, 2007
This document contains the transcript of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Advisory Council meeting held on October 23, 2007, at the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. Topics of the meeting include: "Council Discussion - Subcommittee Structure and Assignments; Urban Search and Rescue FACA Committee Overview; [and] Citizen Council Overview."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2007-10-23
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Federal Emergency Management Agency: National Advisory Council Meeting, Day 1, February 12, 2008
This document contains the transcript of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Advisory Council meeting held on February 12, 2008, at the Washington Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC. Topics of the meeting include: "Highlights from FEMA Headquarters; National Response Framework (NRF); Integrated Planning System (IPS); National Incident Management System (NIMS); Target Capabilities List (TCL); FEMA Strategic Plan; [and] Private Sector Office."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2008-02-12
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Help After a Disaster: Applicant's Guide to the Individuals & Households Program
"PURPOSE: When disasters take place, the Individuals and Households Program (IHP) provides money and services to people in the disaster area when losses are not covered by insurance and property has been damaged or destroyed. This program guide provides information that will help you understand IHP and explains how to apply. You must meet specific eligibility conditions to qualify for help. IHP is designed to help you with critical expenses that cannot be covered in other ways. LIMITATIONS: IHP will not cover all of your losses from damage to your property (home, personal property, household goods) that resulted from the disaster. IHP is not intended to restore your damaged property to its condition before the disaster. In some cases, IHP may only provide enough money, up to the program limits, for you to return an item to service. IHP does not cover business‐related losses that resulted from the disaster. By law, IHP cannot provide money to you for losses that are covered by your insurance."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2008-07
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DisasterAssistance.gov: Acceso a la Asistencia por Desastre y Recursos [website]
This website is the official Spanish-language version of the U.S. Government's (FEMA's) DisasterAssistance.gov website. FEMA launched this version of this website in October of 2009 and it will hereafter contain the same information on access to disaster help and resources as the English-language DisasterAssistance.gov website tailored to native Spanish speakers in the United States.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA) [website]
This website is the official Spanish-language version of the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) website. FEMA launched this version of its website in October of 2009 and it will hereafter contain the same information as the English-language FEMA website tailored to native Spanish speakers in the United States.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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U. S. Fire Administration: Wildfire... Are You Prepared?
This information booklet from the U.S. Fire Administration of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, offers information on what to do prevent wildfire damage and keeping your family safe before, during and after a Wildfire.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Managing the Emergency Consequences of Terrorist Incidents: Interim Planning Guide for State and Local Governments
This guide is designed to aid state and local emergency planners in developing and maintaining a Terrorist Incident Appendix (TIA) to an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) for managing the consequences of terrorist incidents that involve weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and other terrorism hazards. The development of a consistent and lasting emergency response is critical in the maintenance of proper response standards, as well as acceptable public safety.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2002-07
