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The federal government has provided more than $1.74 billion in federal grants, disaster loans and flood insurance payments has been provided to the state of Florida and households to help survivors jumpstart their recovery after Hurricane Ian. FEMA has provided more than $684 million to households and $322 million to the state for emergency response.
The U.S. Small Business Administration has provided $464 million in disaster loans and the National Flood Insurance Program has paid $273 million in claims.
For more information, please visit FEMA.gov.
Ten years ago, Hurricane Sandy became one of the most-powerful storms to strike the most densely populated areas of our nation, killing 160 people and causing more than $65 billion in property damage. FEMA led a large-scale response that involved federal, state and local officials and resources to help the millions impacted from Florida to Maine and inland to West Virginia and Ohio, particularly those in the harder hit areas of New York and New Jersey.
The “superstorm” caused disruptions in 24 states, bringing heavy rains, flooding, strong winds and even snow. Millions along the Eastern Seaboard lost power, tens of thousands lost homes and needed shelter, and the debris removal process continued for months. FEMA mobilized a then-unprecedented amount of resources before, during and after the storm to support the recovery. Here are some of the numbers:
- More than 17,000 federal personnel deployed (including 7,500 FEMA staff), in addition to over 11,000 National Guard personnel across the impacted states.
- More than $1.2 billion in housing assistance delivered to more than 174,000 survivors.
- More than $800 million obligated for debris removal and infrastructure restoration.
- More than $4.4 billion in flood insurance payments were made to 68,000 policyholders.
To read more, please visit the FEMA Blog.
FEMA’s Emergency Manager Exchange (EMX) is accepting nominations through Nov. 30. In March 2023, four selected participants from non-federal government offices will work alongside FEMA leadership and staff for a 4 to 6-month paid work exchange.
New in 2023, the staff exchange will be fully reciprocal. When the participating government organization sends their employee to work at FEMA, a full-time FEMA employee will be sent to support that non-federal government office or program in return.
For the duration of the assignment, FEMA will reimburse the participant’s home organization for the cost of the participant’s salary up to the federal GS-13 level, plus benefits. This reimbursement will include travel costs and per diem in Washington, D.C. where consistent with FEMA’s travel policies.
The visiting FEMA employee will work to address capability gaps identified by the non-federal government organization in their nomination letter. The exchange is authorized under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act Mobility Program.
Each participant’s non-federal government organization must nominate their applicant to the program. The work exchange position descriptions and the nomination instructions are available on FEMA.gov.
Submit a Presenter Proposal for the National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar
FEMA is sponsoring the annual National Dam Safety Program Technical Seminar. The seminar is held for the broader dam safety community including officials from government entities including state, federal, territorial and tribal dam safety programs and professionals; dam owners and operators; engineering consultants and emergency managers.
This year’s topic is Managing and Regulating Dams into the Future. The National Dam Safety Review Board’s Training Task Group develops the content and selects presenters each year. If you would like the opportunity to present, submit your idea via email with a title and a few sentences of your proposed topic to JMalama@usbr.gov by Nov. 2.
Suggested seminar topics for this year include New Challenges (aging infrastructure, seismic loadings, sedimentation, climate change) and New Technologies or Approaches (regulator and owner perspective, risk evaluation, intelligent compaction, fiber optics, remote sensing, LIDAR, artificial intelligence, innovative rehabilitation methods, dam removal, sedimentation mitigation, new partnerships).
This year’s seminar is in-person from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. ET from Feb. 22-23, 2023 at FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Registration information will be shared later this fall.
FEMA Releases National Continuous Improvement Guidance
FEMA published the “National Continuous Improvement Guidance.” This guidance provides an approach to conduct consistent and rigorous continuous improvement activities before, during and after real-world incidents. The guidance is intended for the whole community, including state, local, tribal and territorial partners; nongovernmental organizations; the private sector; and other organizations with emergency management functions.
To download the guidance, please visit https://preptoolkit.fema.gov/web/cip-citap/ncig.
FEMA will host a series of 60-minute webinar sessions to provide an overview of the guidance and discuss revisions based on feedback from the national engagement period held earlier this year. Guest speakers will discuss the importance of continuous improvement in emergency management. Webinar sessions will be offered through mid-December 2022
For questions, please contact FEMA-CITAP@fema.dhs.gov.
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