Transcript FEMA's Mitigation Division

Mitigation Division
Director’s Briefing to the Pennsylvania Emergency
Management Conference
Penn State University
September 16, 2008
Mitigation Statement
 Provide long-term solutions to recurring problems
from natural and man-made disasters
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Mitigation
Disaster
Grants
NonDisaster
Grants
Local
MT
Plans
TOTAL
MITIGATION
SOLUTION
State
MT
Plans
CRS
CAP
Flood
Insurance
NFIP
Compliance
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All Hazard Mapping
 Congress
required the NFIP to reasonably assess the
risk from flooding in all communities within the United
States.
 To date, that risk has been identified in roughly 18,000
communities country-wide. Flood insurance studies and
maps have been developed and are maintained by
Region III for over 3,000 of these communities.
 Congress authorized DHS/FEMA to modernize the
Nation’s Map via a $1.0 Billion, 5 year program – FY04
-08. Levees are a significant issue.
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DMA2K, Section 322: Mitigation
Planning – State & Local
 The DMA2K amendment to the Stafford Act placed new
emphasis on Mitigation Planning as a prerequisite to receiving
disaster mitigation funding. Section 322 requires:
 States to have Mitigation Plans in place by November 2004,
R3 has all State with Standard Plans and VA has an
Enhanced Plan.
 Local Mitigation Plans need to be in place by November
2004, or prior to obligation of disaster mitigation grant
funding. R3 has a total of 2130 local plans in place (8/31/08).
1390 of these plans are in PA. Many plans need to be
renewed in FY 08 & 09
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National Flood Insurance Program
 In 1968, Congress created the National Flood Insurance
Program (NFIP) in response to the rising cost of
taxpayer funded disaster relief for flood victims and the
increasing amount of damage caused by floods.
 The NFIP makes Federally-backed flood insurance
available in communities that agree to adopt and
enforce floodplain management ordinances to reduce
future flood damage. National Flood Insurance is
available in more than 20,550 communities across the
United States and it’s territories.
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National Flood Insurance Program
 Out of 3,397 incorporated municipalities and counties in
Region III, 3,138 are participating in the NFIP.
 In the participating communities, there are 287,663 flood
insurance policies in force for a total insured value of
$55,247,000,000.
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Hazard Mitigation Grants
1. The Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)

This grant provides grants to States and local
governments to implement long-term hazard mitigation
measures after a major disaster declaration.

The amount of available funding is an amount equal to
15% (effective 10/4/06) of the estimated grant
assistance for FEMA’s disaster assistance programs
(up to $2.0B) . States with Enhanced MT Plans
receive 20% Funding for HMGP.
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Hazard Mitigation Grants (Cont.)
2. Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)

FMA was created as part of the National Flood
Insurance Reform Act (NFIRA) with the goal of
reducing or eliminating claims under the National
Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

FMA provides funding to assist States and
communities in implementing measures to reduce or
eliminate the long-term risk of flood damage to
buildings, manufactured homes, and other structures
insurable under the NFIP.

National priority are repetitive loss structures. FY 08
National Funding at $34M.
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Hazard Mitigation Grants (Cont.)
3. PDM - To provide State and Local Jurisdictions with predisaster mitigation funding for cost-effective hazard
mitigation activities that are part of a comprehensive
mitigation program and that reduce injuries, loss of life, and
damage and destruction of property. FY08 = $114M
4. SRL - To reduce or eliminate the long-term risk of flood
damage to severe repetitive loss residential properties and
the associated drain on the National Flood Insurance Fund
(NFIF) from such properties. Approx. 8,000 structures
nationwide, 265 in PA,FY08 = $160M
5. RFC - To reduce or eliminate the long-term risk of flood
damage to structures insured under the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP) that have had one or more claim
payment(s) for flood damages (100% Fed. Funding). FY08
= $10M
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