P2 - Emergency Management for Floodplain Managers: What Happens When It Actually Floods?

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AMEC Hazard Mitigation & Emergency Management Program

Abstract

Map-Mod, CRS, Levee Certification, Mitigation Plans, CLOMR, CFM, Pre-FIRM, 1316, FMA, EO11988/90, WRDA, NFIRA… The professional floodplain manager needs to have working knowledge of myriad programs, regulations, policies, procedures, and disciplines. But what happens when it actually floods? This workshop will explore roles, responsibilities, and opportunities for the local floodplain manager following damaging flood events. The workshop will follow a compressed, sequential timeline from pre-flood through approximately six months following the event. Topics will include the following:

The view from your department
The four phases of emergency management
Logistics: fitting into the response and recovery framework
Overview of NIMS/ICS
Community decision making in post-disaster conditions
Capturing perishable data
Damage assessments and Substantial Damage estimation
Enforcement of applicable codes and standards
Identifying flood hazard mitigation opportunities
Long-term community recovery (ESF-14) and hazard mitigation
Addressing Repetitive Losses
Addressing levees and mapping
Updating your local hazard mitigation plan
Your role in a non-flood disaster (fire, tornado, earthquake)
Managing funding

The workshop will be very hands-on and require participants to identify priorities both during and after a flood event. The workshop will conclude with preparedness and mitigation activities that the local floodplain manager can take, pre-disaster, to better prepare themselves for a future event. The workshop will be led by Dennis Lawlor, CFM of the AMEC Hazard Mitigation & Emergency Management Program. Additional AMEC staff participating as instructors may include Alicia Williams, Cindy Popplewell, P.E., CFM and Stephen Noe, CFM;