June 9, 2022
FEMA Gets Specific in Urging Congress to Act on NFIP Reform and Reauthorization
By Mary Bart
In a letter to Congressional leadership, FEMA outlines 17 legislative proposals for NFIP reform and urges Congress to pass a 10-year reauthorization.
June 8, 2022
Reflecting on Hurricane Agnes 50 Years Later
By News Editor
Even decades later, the stories of Agnes still resonate and can help us be better prepared for the threats of the future.
June 7, 2022
Dollars for Dam Safety Being Released
By News Editor
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gave the nation’s dams a grade of D in its 2021 Infrastructure Report Card . Thousands of the most critical high hazard potential dams included in the more than 90,000 dams listed in the National Inventory of Dams do not meet current safety standards. The Infrastructure Investment and…
June 2, 2022
OFIA’s 2021 Annual Report Released
By News Editor
In this year’s report, the OFIA uses real stories from OFIA inquiries to highlight the issue of affordability across the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
May 31, 2022
FEMA Announces First Round of Selected Hazard Mitigation Projects
By News Editor
These selections are non-construction projects, including nature-based solutions, saferooms and mitigating substantially damaged homes.
May 12, 2022
ASFPM: You Spoke, and FEMA Heard You.
By David Maurstad
FEMA responds to ASFPM resolution on the BRIC grant program and our recommendations on how we think it can be improved.
April 20, 2022
State and Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guides Updated
By News Editor
The updated state and local mitigation planning policy guides emphasize key priorities, such as climate adaptation, equity, resilience and building codes.
April 6, 2022
Registration Opens for E2460: Advanced Building Science Flood and Wind Mitigation Series
By News Editor
E2460 promotes the adoption and enforcement of hazard resistant provisions and mitigation implementation for increased resiliency against flood and wind hazards.
March 24, 2022
FEMA is Giving Homeowners Money to Prepare for Floods — or Move Away
By Zoya Teirstein, Grist
The $60 million fund, called the Swift Current initiative, will be administered through FEMA’s Flood Mitigation Assistance Program and is part of $3.5 billion allocated for flood mitigation assistance grants by the bipartisan infrastructure law signed by President Joe Biden last fall.
March 16, 2022
Pre-Calculated Benefits for Project Cost Analysis of Repetitive Loss Properties
By News Editor
Using these pre-calculated benefits eliminates the need for applicants to conduct a separate benefit-cost analysis for eligible projects.