The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides Hazard Mitigation Assistance program funding in the form of post-disaster and non-disaster grants to enhance the resiliency of state and local jurisdictions and public services, including water and wastewater utilities. During the most recent FEMA...
7. Terminology and acronyms differ by INGOs, government development assistance agencies, etc. In this chapter, I use the phrase “vulnerability and capacity assessment” (VCA). It should be taken as synonymous with Anderson and Woodrow’s “capacity and vulnerability analysis” (CVA), ...
Next Year(FEMA):Data from theFEMA National Risk Index (NRI)on 18 hazards to support near term predictions based on historical data. The NRI is a dataset and online tool that helps to illustrate the communities most at risk for 18 natural hazards across the United States and territories. No ...
This work was funded by Prince of Songkla University (PSU) research grants, contract No. SCI6202054S. We are grateful to Division of Physical Science, Faculty of Science, PSU for field equipment support. We wish to thank geophysics students for their field work assistance. The authors are than...
FEMAcollaborationhazardsThis study is an evaluation of hazard-mitigation plans approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) using the requirements of the Disaster Management Act of 2000 (DMA2K). The study investigates whether or not there are significant differences in the mitigation ...
3 What is a Hazard Mitigation Plan?... 4 The Planning Process ... 5 Materials Reviewed
Funding a \\{FEMA\\} hazard mitigation plan and projectsdoi:10.1016/j.jchas.2013.03.438Jeffrey HescockJournal of Chemical Health and Safety
have yet to adopt a FEMA-approved multi-hazard mitigation plan. Consequently, the percentage of a state's population covered by such plans varies substantially from state to state. This study examined staff resources, financial resources, and disaster experience of local governments by state as ...
Even though recent coastal disasters and a higher awareness of sea level rise have accentuated the importance of relocation, this is not a new strategy and has been applied as an effective hazard mitigation measure over the last three decades. The main objective of this paper is to evaluate ...
Kansas Division of Emergency Management Hazard Mitigation Grant ProgramProject ApplicationSafe Room Construction(Tornado Shelter)Applicant: Project LoFEMADRKS