# Presentation: 366740

## FEMA PROGRAMS II 

- FEMA PROGRAMS II

**Session Name: FEMA Programs II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

-  Amends the Stafford Act
-  Establishes a Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program
-  Sets new requirements for HMGP
-  Required state and local mitigation plans

**Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA2000)**

- Slide 32.1

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## FEMA PROGRAMS II 

- FEMA PROGRAMS II

**Session Name: FEMA Programs II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

-   State and local governments must have an approved mitigation plan
-    to receive HMGP funds
-   HMGP funds may be used to develop mitigation plans
-   Amount of HMGP funds may be increased in states with an
-    approved mitigation plan in place at the time of a  disaster
-    declaration
-   Mitigation measures must be based on a sound planning process

**Disaster Mitigation Act Section 322**

- Slide 32.2

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## FEMA PROGRAMS II 

- FEMA PROGRAMS II

**Session Name: FEMA Programs II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

-   Prepare and submit a state mitigation plan;
-   Review and update the state mitigation plan every three years;
-   Provide technical assistance and training to local governments for
-    planning and grant proposals;
-    Review and approve local plans

**State Responsibilities to Implement Section 322**

- Slide 32.3

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## FEMA PROGRAMS II 

- FEMA PROGRAMS II

**Session Name: FEMA Programs II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

-   Authorized by Section 203 of DMA 2000
-   Provides technical and financial assistance to state and local
-    governments to implement mitigation  measures
-    Funding is available without a disaster declaration, i.e., *before* a
-     disaster strikes

**Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Program**

- Slide 32.4

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## FEMA PROGRAMS II 

- FEMA PROGRAMS II

**Session Name: FEMA Programs II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

-    Acquisition/relocation
-    Structural and non-structural retrofitting
-     Minor structural hazard control works
-     Localized flood control projects
-     Development of hazard mitigation plans

**Eligible PDM Projects**

- Slide 32.5

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## FEMA PROGRAMS II 

- FEMA PROGRAMS II

**Session Name: FEMA Programs II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

-     Reduce risk of future damage, hardship, loss ore suffering from a disaster
-     Benefit/cost ratio of 1.0 or greater
-     Conform with state hazard mitigation plan
-     Solve a problem independently
-     Conform to applicable state and local laws
-     Not duplicate benefits from other programs
-     Community must participate in NFIP

**PDM Criteria**

- Slide 32.6

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## FEMA PROGRAMS II 

- FEMA PROGRAMS II

**Session Name: FEMA Programs II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

-     Self-supporting program
-     Offers federally backed flood insurance
-     Communities must adopt and enforce floodplain management ordinances
-     Flood insurance is required for all secured loans made by a federally
-      regulated or backed lending institution

**National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)**

- Slide 32.7

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## FEMA PROGRAMS II 

- FEMA PROGRAMS II

**Session Name: FEMA Programs II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

-     Development permits
-     Development plan and subdivision review
-     Protection of water supply and sewage systems
-     Use all base flood elevation data
-     Maintenance of flood carrying capacities within watercourses

**NFIP Floodplain Ordinance Criteria**

- Slide 32.8

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## FEMA PROGRAMS II 

- FEMA PROGRAMS II

**Session Name: FEMA Programs II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

-     Elevate new structures in the 100-year flood zone
-     Subdivisions designed to minimize exposure to flood hazards
-     Additional standards for high-hazard coastal zones
-     Construction standards also imposed during “substantial improvement”,
-       including reconstruction

**NFIP Building Standards**

- Slide 32.9

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## FEMA PROGRAMS II 

- FEMA PROGRAMS II

**Session Name: FEMA Programs II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

**Flood Insurance Study (FIS)**

- Slide 32.10

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## FEMA PROGRAMS II 

- FEMA PROGRAMS II

**Session Name: FEMA Programs II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

- Floodway: Stream channel
- 100-year flood: 1% chance of flooding in any given year
- Base Flood:  100-year flood
- Base Flood Elevation: elevation of the water surface resulting from
-   a 100 Year flood
- Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA): 100-year floodplain
- 500-year flood: 0.2% chance of flooding in any given year
- Coastal high hazard area:  subject to a velocity hazard (wave action)

- FIRM Terminology

- Slide 32.11

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## FEMA PROGRAMS II 

- FEMA PROGRAMS II

**Session Name: FEMA Programs II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

- _ __Zone A_: The 100-year or base floodplain.  There are 6 types of
-    A zones
- _ __Zone V and Zone VE_: The coastal area subject to velocity hazard
-    (wave action)
- _ __Zone B and Zone X_:  Area of moderate flood hazard, usually the area
-    between the limits of the 100- and 500-year floods.
- _ __Zone C and Zone X_:  Area of minimal flooding hazard
- _ __Zone D_:  Area of undetermined but possible flood hazard

**Firm Zones**

- Slide 32.12

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## FEMA PROGRAMS II 

- FEMA PROGRAMS II

**Session Name: FEMA Programs II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

-   Construction in the floodplain
-   Significant development upstream
-   A flood occurs outside FIRM boundaries
-   A major flood control project in the community or upstream
-   Changes in topography

**Conditions for changing a FIRM**

- Slide 32.13

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## FEMA PROGRAMS II 

- FEMA PROGRAMS II

**Session Name: FEMA Programs II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

**	**
**  **Available in NFIP communities
-   Provides flood insurance premium discounts
-  Communities must engage in floodplain management activities
-   above NFIP minimums

**Community Rating System (CRS)**

- Slide 32.14

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## FEMA PROGRAMS II 

- FEMA PROGRAMS II

**Session Name: FEMA Programs II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

**1**.  Reduce flood losses
**2**. Facilitate accurate insurance ratings
**3**.  Promote awareness of flood insurance

**CRS Goals**

- Slide 32.15

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## FEMA PROGRAMS II 

- FEMA PROGRAMS II

**Session Name: FEMA Programs II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

-   Elevation Certificates
-   Map Information
-   Outreach Projects
-   Hazard Disclosure
-   Flood Protection Information
-   Flood Protection Assistance

**CRS Public Information Activities**

- Slide 32.16

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## FEMA PROGRAMS II 

- FEMA PROGRAMS II

**Session Name: FEMA Programs II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

-   Additional Flood Data
-   Open Space Preservation
-   Higher Regulatory Standards
-   Flood Data Maintenance
-   Stormwater Management

**CRS Mapping and Regulatory Activities**

- Slide 32.17

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## FEMA PROGRAMS II 

- FEMA PROGRAMS II

**Session Name: FEMA Programs II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

-   Floodplain Management Plan
-   Acquisition and Relocation
-   Flood Protection (Retrofitting)
-   Drainage system maintenance

**CRS Flood Protection Activities**

- Slide 32.18

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## FEMA PROGRAMS II 

- FEMA PROGRAMS II

**Session Name: FEMA Programs II**
**Coastal Hazards Management Course**

-   Flood Warning Programs
-   Levee Safety
-   Dam Safety

**Flood Preparedness Activities**

- Slide 32.19

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