FEMA’s Risk Management Directorate and Flood Mapping Program 2016 National Flood Determination Association Conference Sarah Ice, Risk Management Directorate March 21, 2016

1 Our organization is focused on helping communities to change their risk profile INSURING AGAINST RISK MITIGATING RISK UNDERSTANDING RISK

2 Risk MAP continues to be a key element for FEMA to achieve its strategic priorities Enable disaster risk reduction nationally Through collaboration with State, Local, and Tribal entities, Risk MAP will deliver quality data that increases public awareness and leads to action that reduces risk to life and property Objective 4.1 Provide Credible and Actionable Data and Tools to Support Risk-Informed Decision-Making Affirmed through funding Affirmed through legislation

3 FIMA’s organization is designed to help communities to identify and manage their risk Roy Wright, Deputy Associate Administrator for Insurance and Mitigation FIMA Integration Office Action BranchStrategy Branch Flood Insurance Advocate Customer Experience Director Office of Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation Risk ManagementMitigation Federal Insurance Funds Management

4 The Risk Management Directorate is designed to integrate risk assessment, analysis, and communications Risk Management Assistant Administrator- vacant Deputy Assistant Administrator- Angela Gladwell Communications and Management Division Engineering and Modeling Division Planning, Safety, and Building Sciences Division Data and Communications Branch Program Management Branch Actuarial & Catastrophic Modeling Branch Engineering Services Branch Engineering Resources Branch Building Science Branch Planning and Safety Branch

5 Coastal Inventory – Schedule of Preliminary FIRMs National Coastal Project Metrics 100% of studies have been initiated 55.5% of studies have gone preliminary 26.0% of studies have gone effective 76.4% of studies have been fully funded

Mapping Priorities New, Validated, and Updated Engineering Increase LiDAR purchases Increase assessment of flood hazard miles Digitize paper map inventory First Order of Approximation NFIP reform & TMAC recommendations

7 Legislation provided affirmation of our work, and we have made significant progress implementing mapping reforms

8 The FY16 appropriation will enable the mapping program to target additional resources that will build the foundation for more transformational changes Risk MAP FY2009 – FY2016* d d dddd

9 The Technical Mapping Advisory Council has produced two reports and associated recommendations Credible Flood Data Digital Delivery and Inventory Customer Oriented Products

is a critical year for addressing legislative requirements and TMAC recommendations

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