by admin | Jan 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has announced a $40m grant program for municipalities to strengthen clean energy infrastructure against storms. In addition, “the Patrick Administration is also investing $10 million in critical coastal infrastructure and dam...
by admin | Jan 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Northridge Earthquake: “Like a Punch Delivered from Below” from LA MagazineIt’s been two decades since the magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake shook Los Angeles to its core. Richard Andrews presided over the Herculean effort to make the city whole again.Andrews...
by admin | Jan 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
Superstorm Sandy, which wreaked havoc on the metro-New York region a year ago, is part of a growing series of natural and man-made catastrophic events that have caught communities in the U.S. and around the world unprepared. Will Puget Sound be resilient in the face...
by admin | Jan 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
A FEMA update from STARR: “FEMA’s Region X Mitigation Planning Team has released Integrating the Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan into a Community’s Comprehensive Plan: A Guidebook for Local Governments.This guidebook was developed by FEMA to explain and...
by admin | Jan 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Many different agencies, organizations, and researchers have their own definitions of resilience. Here’s one from NOAA/National Ocean Service. (Source: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/resilience.html)”Coastal resilience means building the ability of a...
by admin | Jan 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
On December 23, 2013, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued guidance through our Regional offices to state, local, tribal, and territorial partners on the ability to incorporate sea level rise estimates in Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) project...
by admin | Dec 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
“RiskMAP and CRS Synergy” is a recorded, one-hour webinar that introduces FEMA’s Community Rating System and Risk MAP initiative and shows how communities can use both to improve their floodplain management programs. Class materials, including the handouts, the...
by admin | Dec 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Nominations Open for CRS Award for Excellence Nominations are being sought for the 2014 CRS Award for Excellence, which acknowledges outstanding effort by an individual at the local level to improve people’s understanding of the dangers of flooding and the ways flood...
