Starting this month, ASFPM will be welcoming all of its new members (from the previous month). So, a hearty welcome to everyone who joined ASFPM in December 2018! Can’t wait to get to know you all! Kyle M. Albert, HDL Engineering Consultants, LLC, Anchorage, AK Murray A. Authement, Jr., City of Orange Beach, AL John…
By David Powers, CDM Smith, ASFPM International Committee Co-chair It has been widely acknowledged that part of the NFIP’s reform should include moving toward a risk-informed approach to flood mapping. This position has been asserted by: NAS 2013 report “Levees and the National Flood Insurance Program: Improving Policies and Practices” Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act…
FEMA’s Intent to Implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard FEMA’s Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration announced Nov. 17 the release of FEMA’s Leadership Intent to implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard. The Intent describes the framework FEMA is proposing to implement for Executive Order 13690 and the FFRMS. On Jan. 30, the President…