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Dan Cotter Director First Responders Group Science and Technology Directorate Improving Decision Making For Flood Resilience March 8, 2016
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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
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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
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the trend … 4 Source: EM-DAT (25th January 2016) : The OFDA/CRED - International Disaster Database: www.emdat.be Université catholique de Louvain Brussels - Belgiumwww.emdat.be Université catholique de Louvain Brussels - Belgium
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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
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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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