May marks the 38th annual Building Safety Month, a public awareness
campaign that focuses on how to create safe and sustainable structures. This year’s theme is Building Codes Save Lives.
Enforcing building codes during construction or remodeling can
help protect personal health, safety, and property. That is why FEMA has
awarded over $46 million in mitigation grants to help communities develop
building codes and standards since 1989.
Learn more about Building
Safety Month.
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FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) Division invites you to a webinar on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, to hear information about the first ever, HMA-funded Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project being constructed in Salinas, Puerto Rico.
The webinar will include information on the project area, its water supply problem and the drought of 2015; how the preferred action strategy was selected; how the aquifer storage and recovery will work; and information on the project budget and coordination efforts. After the presentation, there will be a 15 minute question and answer session.
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Title: Turning Water into Groundwater: Implementing an Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project
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Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2018
- Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT
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Adobe Connect: https://fema.connectsolutions.com/hma_aquifer/
- Phone: 1-800-320-4330
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Code: 338559#
Presenter Dr. Gregory Morris has over 40 years of experience in water resource management in Puerto Rico and more than 30 countries on 5 continents. He has led teams for the design of reservoirs and other water supply infrastructure and has received the American Water Works Association Fuller Award recognizing leadership in the water supply field.
Be sure to test your Adobe Connect connection prior to the meeting.
Learn more about the ASR project:
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Recently, FEMA
announced the projects identified for further review to receive Fiscal
Year 2017 (FY 17) funding for the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) or Pre-Disaster
Mitigation (PDM) programs. For FY17, $250 million in
grants funding is available, including $160 million for FMA planning and projects, and $90 million for PDM planning, projects and management costs.
Applicants can review the status of an
application on the following pages:
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The 2018-2022 FEMA Strategic Plan creates a shared vision for the field of emergency management and
sets an ambitious, yet achievable path forward to unify and
further professionalize emergency management across the country.
It
was developed with input from FEMA’s external partners – state, local, tribal,
and territorial governments, non-governmental organizations, and the private
sector – as well as FEMA employees from offices and directorates across the agency.
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The
2018 Hazard Mitigation Stakeholder Workshop was held at the National Emergency
Training Center campus in Emmitsburg, MD from March 12-16, 2018. The goal of the workshop was to advance mitigation
strategies nationwide, improve the capacity to address the impacts of natural
hazards, and to provide tools and guidance to support decision-making and
implementation of Hazard Mitigation Assistance program requirements.
The
workshop brought hazard mitigation professionals together in a welcoming
environment to discuss success stories and challenges associated with the delivery
of FEMA mitigation programs.
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Building Codes for Mitigation: Using ASCE 24
In January, Building Sciences presented a webinar
about ASCE 24 flood-specific building code requirements related to Hazard
Mitigation Assistance. Example
mitigation project types included elevations, floodproofing, and mitigation
reconstruction.
Watch
presentation
Download
technical resources, and questions and answers
For additional assistance, contact the FEMA Flood/Wind Building
Science Helpline by email at FEMA-BuildingScienceHelp@fema.dhs.gov or leave a
voicemail at 1-866-927-2104, include an email address for written response.
Featured Resources:
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