Dan Cotter Director First Responders Group Science and Technology Directorate Improving Decision Making For Flood Resilience March 8, 2016

 Quick Overview  Global View: Gregg Sheiowitz, Assistant Vice President, Zurich North America  State View: Michael Dossett, Director, Division of Emergency Management, Commonwealth of Kentucky, USA  Local / Operator View: John Miri, Chief Administrative Officer, Lower Colorado River Authority, Austin, Texas, USA Topics

World Events 3 Fukashima Daiichi Disaster (2011): Earthquake, tsunami, nuclear reactor meltdown Superstorm Sandy (2012): Hurricane, post-tropical cyclone Paris Terror Attacks (2015): Suicide bombers, mass shootings Haiti Earthquake (2010): Earthquake, infrastructure devastation San Bernadino Terrorist Attack (2015): Mass shooting, attempted bombing OPM Cyber Attack (2014): Cyber attack, PII stolen Russian MetroJet Bombing (2015): ISIS terror attack, passenger plane destroyed Deepwater Horizon (2010): Offshore drilling explosion, nation’s largest oil spill

the trend … 4 Source: EM-DAT (25th January 2016) : The OFDA/CRED - International Disaster Database: Université catholique de Louvain Brussels - Belgiumwww.emdat.be Université catholique de Louvain Brussels - Belgium

Some US Flood Statistics 5  Floods of all kinds represent a leading cause of fatalities and economic losses in the United States  Over last 30 years causing an average of 82 fatalities and $7.96 Billion in damages per year in the US per year  National Flood Insurance Program  5.25 Million Policies in Force  Over $1.2 Trillion of insurance coverage in force  From 2010 to 2014, the average flood claim amounted to nearly $42,000.  From 2005 to 2014, total flood insurance claims averaged more than $3.5 billion per year. Sources: National Weather Service; FEMA

DHS S&T Flood Apex 6  Part of the DHS Science & Technology visionary goal for Resilient Communities  Five year program partnering with FEMA, State and Local jurisdictions, industry and other stakeholders  Goals  Save lives  Reduce economic damages  Increase community resilience  How  Develop and transition to operational use capabilities for: o “Predictive Flood Analytics” o Decision Support Tools based on resilience metrics and indices o Advancing technologies such as Geo-Targeted Flood Alerts

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