August 4, 2015
And the Winner of our #ASFPM2015 “Why I love being an ASFPM Member” Contest is …
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#ASFPM2015 Contest Announcement And the Winner of our #ASFPM2015 “Why I love being an ASFPM Member” Contest is … Tim Trautman, ASFPM’s Mitigation Pod Facilitator and Program Manager for the Mecklenburg County Engineering and Mitigation Department in North Carolina. We had 22 wonderful entries into the competition held during the Atlanta conference. ASFPM staff judged
August 3, 2015
WEF announces National Municipal Stormwater and Green Infrastructure Awards Program
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The Water Environment Federation announced July 22 a new national municipal stormwater and green infrastructure awards program. Developed through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the program aims to recognize high-performing regulated Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) and inspire them to exceed requirements through innovative and cost-effective approaches. This is a
July 28, 2015
FEMA has released Evaluation and Monitoring of Seepage and Internal Erosion (FEMA P-1032) to the public
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FEMA has released Evaluation and Monitoring of Seepage and Internal Erosion (FEMA P-1032) to the public. This technical manual, sponsored by the Interagency Committee on Dam Safety (ICODS), investigates the internal erosion occurring at embankment dams and levees, and how it poses a threat of failure and potential risk to public safety. Recognizing the threat
July 24, 2015
GAO Report Sees Climate Risks to Army Projects
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Thousands of dams, levees, hurricane barriers and flood walls built across the country by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may be at risk from extreme weather and sea level rise driven by climate change, but the Corps has only just begun to assess how vulnerable they are and suffers from a lack of funding,
June 24, 2015
Does Federal Disaster Assistance Reduce the Demand for Insurance Protection? Empirical Evidence.
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Findings from the Issues Brief: 1. How does the receipt of government disaster aid impact the demand for insurance? While Individual Assistance (IA) grants provide important financial help to those in need after a disaster, we find that it creates a significant moral hazard effect. Increasing the average IA disaster grant in a ZIP code
June 23, 2015
“Seeing is Believing? Property Prices in Inundated Areas”–a new brief from the Wharton Risk Center
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Conclusions of the brief from the Wharton Risk Center: “Our findings suggest that buyers of floodplain properties have a limited awareness about flood hazards, despite the federal requirement for flood insurance for floodplain properties with a federally-backed mortgage. Our results suggest that it is the result of being flooded, rather than knowing there is a
June 22, 2015
Tying Flood Insurance to Flood Risk for Low-lying Structures in the Floodplains
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Download “Tying Flood Insurance to Flood Risk for Low-lying Structures in Floodplains” here. Authors Committee on Risk-Based Methods for Insurance Premiums of Negatively Elevated Structures in the National Flood Insurance Program; Water Science and Technology Board; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences;
June 19, 2015
ASFPM has just added a seventh technical report
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#7 Lessons from a 500-year Record of Flood Elevations Author: James H. Eychaner Date: 2015; Pages: 25 For the Danube River at Passau, Germany, flood elevation records show that only half the actual intervals between 100-, 50-, and 5-year floods are within 50 percent of nominal. Climate change will add unquantified uncertainties to future flood
June 9, 2015
Insider’s Q & A with Randy Behm
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ASFPM organized a Question & Answer with Randall Behm, PE, CFM, and Chair of theNational Nonstructural Flood Proofing Committee with the United States Army Corps of Engineers for the Omaha District. Q: How about we start with your background. Where did you go to college, and what is your degree in? A: I graduated in May
June 9, 2015
FEMA Funding Opportunity: FY 2015 Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants
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Funding Opportunity: FY 2015 Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants FEMA has announced the FY 2015 Notice of Funding Opportunities for two of the Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grant programs: Flood Mitigation Assistance and Pre-Disaster Mitigation. HMA grant programs provide states, tribes, territories, and local governments funding for eligible mitigation activities to strengthen our nation’s abilityto reduce