Partner News
Stories of Resilience: Voices that Inspire
Do you have a story to tell? We want to learn more about your journey towards climate resilience. Sharing your wins and challenges can help others learn from your experience. You can submit photos, video, audio, text, or art about your resilience journey.
Are you ready to share? Visit our Stories of Resilience: Voices that Inspire website for more information.
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Consortium for Equitable Disaster Resilience: Research Study Invitation
The Consortium for Equitable Disaster Resilience (CEDR) invites you to take part in a research study. This study seeks to identify what barriers prevent underserved populations from getting the help they need to recover from disasters.
This project involves two main groups: 1) members of grassroots community organizations, and 2) stewards of disaster aid (those who hold, authorize and channel disaster funds). You are being invited to take part as a steward of disaster aid. If you complete the study, we will compensate you with a $100 electronic cash gift card at the end of the study. In all, the study will take less than 2.25 hours. This time will be spaced over eight weeks with three different phases.
For this study, you will give brief answers to a question. Participants will then place your answers in groups based on meaning and rate each response on different scales.
The results of this study will help create a curriculum that also draws from the Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy. We will share results of the study at https://cedrhub.org/.
If you wish to take part, please click this link. This will direct you to the consent form. Once you have filled out the form, you will receive directions on how to complete the study. You are free to leave the study at any stage without any penalty.
To speak with someone who is not directly involved in the study, contact the Tulane University Human Research Protection Office at irbmain@tulane.edu
CREW: A New Podcast About Disaster Recovery of Small Businesses
The Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup (CREW) released a "Ready to Recover" podcast about disaster recovery challenges and solutions for small businesses. Four guest experts discuss the issues, including post-disaster financing and insurance. Visit podcasts.crew.org or listen via podcast apps.
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FEMA: National Engagement – Draft "Climate Adaptation Planning Guidance for Emergency Managers" for Review
FEMA is seeking feedback on the draft guide “Climate Adaptation Planning Guidance for Emergency Managers.” The guide helps emergency managers incorporate climate adaptation into emergency management planning efforts. A line-numbered version of the draft guide is available to allow individuals to provide comments on specific areas within the document. Use the feedback form to capture any recommendations. Please provide any comments or recommendations by close of business on February 9. Send feedback or any questions via email to NPD-Planning@fema.dhs.gov.
FEMA will also host 60-minute webinar sessions on Jan. 17 at 3 p.m. ET and Jan. 25 at 2 p.m. ET to discuss the draft guide and gather feedback from whole community partners. The sessions will include facilitated discussions with stakeholders to help improve the draft.
FEMA National Flood Insurance Program: Stories of Flood Resilience and Recovery With Flood Insurance
FEMA and its National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) recently published three new Success Story videos. These videos document the real-life experiences of individuals who recovered from major flooding events in University City, Missouri; Detroit; and Camano Island, Washington. The recordings are available in both English and Spanish. You can view them through the Resource Library and on YouTube.
For up-to-date information and resources, sign up to receive email updates from the NFIP and follow us on LinkedIn.
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American Flood Coalition: Year in Review
This year marked another step forward for flood resilience! The American Flood Coalition recaps resilience achievements from the last year and prepares for the challenges ahead.
Fugro: Supporting Coastal Resilience Efforts in Florida With High-Resolution Data of the Coastal Seafloor
As part of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Florida Seafloor Mapping Initiative (FSMI), a multiyear program to bolster coastal resilience, Fugro is helping Florida become more resilient and ready for the next disaster through a state-of-the-art data collection effort along the entire East Coast. Geodata developed under the FSMI will help inform critical climate adaptation strategies, including infrastructure development and maintenance; habitat mapping; environmental restoration; emergency response; coastal hazard studies; and more.
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FEMA Region 3: Connecting Funding Opportunities to Mitigation Actions Coffee Break
Mitigation actions are one of the most important parts of a hazard mitigation plan. They help to assign responsibilities, create timelines, and set criteria for success. FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) Grant Program provides funding for eligible mitigation measures that reduce disaster losses. This webinar will explore various funding opportunities, the projects they can support, and mitigation alternatives.
Tetra Tech: Voluntary Home Buyout Program (VHBP)
To increase community resilience, Monroe County, Florida, participated in a HUD-funded VHBP and acquired 19 storm-damaged, flood-prone properties. The parcels were converted to deed-restricted public open space, allowing ecosystems to adapt while reducing negative impacts to lives and property.
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FEMA: FEMA Seeks Volunteers for Virtual BRIC National Review Panels
FEMA is seeking volunteers from state, local, tribal and territorial governments and other federal agencies to participate on the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) virtual national review panels. Participation in these panels will strengthen the BRIC review process by ensuring it is transparent, equitable and inclusive.
The agency is accepting Expression of Interest forms until Feb. 15. These volunteers will leverage their mitigation experience and expertise to determine how subapplications meet BRIC qualitative evaluation criteria.
The virtual panels will run from April 8 to May 3 on Zoom. Panelists will serve 30 hours on one weekly panel from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, as well as participate in a three-hour training.
FEMA anticipates that panel participants will commit eight hours a day over the course of five business days. All reviews will be conducted virtually, and there is no compensation for participating on the panels.
For more information, visit the BRIC homepage on FEMA.gov
Monongalia County Health Department: Raising the Bar: The West Virginia Stop the Bleed Verified Instructor Initiative
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) Stop the Bleed program has trained over three million people globally in bleeding control skills since 2015. In northern West Virginia, the Monongalia County Health Department (MCHD) and West Virginia University Hospitals (WVUH) have been actively promoting and teaching Stop the Bleed (STB) courses. Recognizing the importance of standardization and verification of STB instructors, MCHD and WVUH introduced the West Virginia Stop the Bleed Verified Instructor program in November 2023. The program aims to deliver ACS STB courses effectively and coordinately, ensuring high-quality equipment and instructors that are verified by the WV Committee on Trauma. While not mandated by ACS, this verification program seeks to enhance the capabilities of STB instructors in West Virginia and ensure effective teaching by knowledgeable instructors.
Please reach out to Joseph.L.klass@wv.gov for more information.
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3 Sided Cube: The Impact of AI to Reduce Risks of Disasters Survey
The number of disaster events is projected to reach 560 a year – or 1.5 disasters a day – by 2030. Every $1 invested in making infrastructure disaster-resilient saves $4 in reconstruction (UNDRR).
Our aim for this survey is to get a pulse on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in forecasting, risk mitigation, preparedness, and response to disasters; AI has the potential to change millions of lives for the better. We are surveying trailblazers, early adopters, and the AI-curious in the disaster risk reduction (DRR) space to generate a report to showcase the findings. By joining forces, we can champion the use of big data and AI in DRR. We can also encourage cooperation and widespread adoption to help save more lives.
We intend to promote the key findings via a downloadable report. We will also shout from the highest mountaintops, a.k.a. our social platforms, YouTube, paid search, website, and all the marketing channels. We will share all assets with marketing teams for those participating and across the RNPN to further spread the word. Together, we can generate some noise around what an incredible tool AI is in the DRR space.
Please reach out to krystal@3sidedcube.com for any additional information.
FEMA Region 8: Unified Federal Review Regional Coordinators Spring 2023 Workshop, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Joint Recovery Office
We are now approaching the 10-year anniversary of the Unified Federal Review, or UFR (Section 429 of the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act, or SRIA). Clearly, its tenets relating to all aspects of federal disaster response, recovery, and mitigation are now more important than ever. FEMA’s UFR cadre is committed to collaborating with Regional Steady State Interagency Recovery Coordination teams and the National Disaster Recovery Framework.
The recent Puerto Rico workshop focused on the importance of the UFR within FEMA and to our partners. We thought broadly about planning and engagement with members of the SRIA memorandum. We examined the UFR’s inherent value and how to better involve and support other federal agencies in the process of disaster recovery as they embrace their UFR responsibilities. Other agenda items included improving UFR implementation at the regional level and learning from Puerto Rico’s recent disaster experience. Our group left the workshop embracing the notion that disaster recovery involves more than one federal agency, and that we have a leading role in effectively establishing interagency collaboration and stakeholder engagement.
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Patriot Energy Systems: "Designing Solutions for the AG and Farming Industries" Summary
Important takeaways from the article:
- Maintaining food systems is critical to achieve development goals in nearly every other industry.
- Farming and agriculture may be the most important tool to end poverty.
- The AG industry is a source of income.
- The AG industry has limited access to dependable grids and has little to no access to utilities, especially in remote areas.
- Land, water and power are the most important and interdependent farming resources.
- Renewable power can help decrease the cost of accessing, purifying and transporting water.
- Farming requires large amounts of power (250 kilowatts up to 1 megawatt).
- There is a need for farming facilities to move “grids” on a “no-notice” basis.
- Modern AG does not have a reputation of being environmentally aware.
- Using mobile electrical generators powered by renewable energy can reduce the cost per watt of power sources.
To receive a copy of the article at no charge, please contact Thomas Quinlin at thomas@patriotenergysystems.com.
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