March 13, 2026
NFIP Code Blue
By Chad Berginnis, CFM
The warning signs have been building for months. Now the NFIP is in Code Blue.
December 15, 2025
In a Challenging Year, Much to Be Grateful For
By Chad Berginnis, CFM
After a tough 2025, a column of deep gratitude for federal, state, local and private partners while highlighting challenges in flood mitigation funding.
October 15, 2025
Nonstructural Flood Mitigation: A Legacy Worth Strengthening at USACE
By Chad Berginnis, CFM
A look at the Corps’ 50-year history with nonstructural flood mitigation—and why these community-driven solutions must remain vital to USACE’s mission.
August 14, 2025
The Camp Gap – What We Can Learn from the Camp Mystic Tragedy
By Chad Berginnis, CFM
From stronger oversight to better warnings, five lessons from Camp Mystic to make camps safer from flash floods.
June 16, 2025
Stepping Up Together: New Tools and Trainings to Meet the Moment
By Chad Berginnis, CFM
Together we will work to help determine how states and communities can become better equipped to handle a world with increased flood risk and decreased federal support.
April 15, 2025
Now Is the Time for Radical Honesty in Flood Policy
By Chad Berginnis, CFM
A call for radically honest conversations on flood policy to ensure government decisions truly serve constituents and reduce future flood risk.
February 13, 2025
Rising to the Challenge: Ensuring Flood Resilience in an Era of Change
By Chad Berginnis, CFM
In this column, I want to focus on how we, individually and collectively, can rise to the challenge and ensure that flood resilience remains a cornerstone of public safety and prosperity.
January 28, 2025
Trump’s Executive Orders, FEMA, and ASFPM’s Role in Helping to Shape the Future
By Chad Berginnis, CFM
A message to ASFPM members and others who may wish to join the conversation on how we can best work together to reduce our nation’s flood risk.
October 14, 2024
After Helene and Milton, What Comes Next?
By Chad Berginnis, CFM
These back-to-back hurricanes have added to the complexity of how we respond. But here we are. What comes next?
August 15, 2024
Why Finishing the Nation’s Flood Maps Is More Critical Than Ever
By Chad Berginnis, CFM
Our nation’s chronic underinvestment in flood mapping has led to a staggering increase in flood losses.