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FEMA’s
Hazard Mitigation
Assistance (HMA) competitive
grant programs assist state, local, tribal, and territorial governments reduce disaster losses and protect life and
property from future disaster damages.
For Fiscal Year 2018 (FY 18), $395.2 million in funding
is available through two HMA programs: Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)
and Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM).
As
of August 3, potential applicants can review the Notice of Funding Opportunity
(NOFO) for details such as eligibility, funding guidelines and evaluation
criteria. A summary of each grant includes:
Flood
Mitigation Assistance
For
the FMA program, the agency’s predetermined funding priorities include flood
mitigation planning and efforts for repetitive as well as severe repetitive
loss properties. In this application cycle, $160 million is available in FMA grant funds.
Pre-Disaster Mitigation
The PDM Program is designed to implement a sustained pre-disaster
natural hazard mitigation program with the goal of reducing overall risk to the
population and structures from future hazard events. For FY18, FEMA has set-aside $15 million of the
$235.2 million in PDM funding for federally recognized tribes.
FEMA
will open the FY18 HMA application period Oct. 1, 2018. Eligible applicants
must apply for funding through the Mitigation eGrants system on the FEMA Grants
Portal accessible at https://portal.fema.gov. All applications must be submitted no later
than 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Jan. 31, 2019.
FEMA
is offering a series of informational webinars for interested applicants to
provide an overview of the grant programs and details about the agency’s
funding priorities and review process. Interested applicants can attend any one
of the four planned sessions.
Wednesday, August 15
Time: 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)
Adobe Connect: https://fema.connectsolutions.com/nofo18/
Phone: 1-800-320-4330 Code: 338559#
Thursday,
August 16
Time: 12 p.m. EDT
Adobe Connect: https://fema.connectsolutions.com/nofo18/
Phone: 1-800-320-4330 Code: 338559#
Wednesday, September 12
Time: 2 p.m. EDT
Adobe Connect: https://fema.connectsolutions.com/nofo18/
Phone: 1-800-320-4330 Code: 338559#
September, Thursday,
September 13
Time: 12 p.m. EDT
Adobe Connect: https://fema.connectsolutions.com/nofo18/
Phone: 1-800-320-4330 Code: 338559#
Additional webinars are also scheduled about the
eGrants program. For a complete list of dates and times, visit www.fema.gov/2018-nofo-webinar-schedule.
In response to
recent mass casualty incidents in schools, FEMA and DHS are developing a new
program, “School-Age Trauma Training – High School Student Training
for Life Saving Techniques to Traumatic Injuries.” The training
targets youth through high schools and
other youth-based communities, including faith-based organizations.
The training, offered at no cost to the public and low or no cost to the sponsoring organizations, will enhance a bystander’s ability to take decisive,
lifesaving action to assist victims with traumatic injuries. The training
will also provide research-validated guidance to stop uncontrolled bleeding from
traumatic injuries using materials readily found at an incident, or worn by the
victim and citizen responders.
For more information, visit the Notice of Funding Opportunity. The closing date for applications is August 27, 2018.
The Electric Infrastructure Security Council is hosting
“Earth Ex 2018” on Wednesday, August 22, 2018. This second annual emergency
hazard exercise addresses unprecedented risk to critical infrastructure by
hosting interactive exercises with all sectors across the nation. The
exercise’s goal is to help private and public-sector organizations, as well as
families and communities, build interconnected resilience planning for modern
society hazards.
The exercise consists of a four hour tabletop over three
advancing phases and there is no cost to participate. To register, visit at www.eiscouncil.org/EarthEx.aspx.
This week's FEMA Podcast features a week long
commemoration of two flooding events remembered as some of the most devastating
our nation has ever endured. While the magnitude and severity of the Great
Midwest Flood of 1993 and the 2008 Midwest Floods broke a long list of historic
records during the months of deluge they wrought to America’s Heartland, it was
the resiliency and hard-fought recovery of the communities impacted that remain
the lasting memory of these events.
The FEMA Podcast is a new
audio program series available to anyone interested in learning more about the agency, hearing about innovation in the field of emergency management, and
listening to stories about communities and individuals recovering after disasters.
The FEMA Podcast is available on Apple iTunes
to stream or download. Approximately 20 to 30 minutes in length, the podcast
will be updated with a new episode on a weekly basis. By subscribing, new
episodes will automatically update on a listener's device. For more
information, visit www.fema.gov/podcast.
Register for the Emergency Management Institute's Chlorine Emergency Response Virtual Tabletop Exercise
FEMA’s Emergency Management
Institute (EMI) Virtual Tabletop Exercise (VTTX) Program in cooperation with The Chlorine
Institute, will offer three chlorine response VTTX sessions August
21, 22, and 23, 2018. The VTTX will address contamination recognition and
subsequent response efforts after a major chlorine release. The VTTX occurs 12
p.m. – 4 p.m. ET. To participate, send an email to Doug Kahn at douglas.kahn@fema.dhs.gov or call 301-447-7645. Also, send a courtesy copy email
to the Integrated Emergency Management Branch at fema-emi-iemb@fema.dhs.gov or call 301-447-1381. Content is the same each day and
participants should attend only one session. Additional information is
available at https://training.fema.gov/programs/emivttx.aspx. The registration deadline is August 10, 2018.
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