Welcome to a Silver Jackets Webinar:FEMA’s National Mitigation Planning Program – Overview and Updates

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Jenny Burmester• Program Manager for FEMA’s National Mitigation

Planning Program.• Since joining FEMA in 2002, she supported the

mitigation planning program, business analysis activities, as well as the Pre-Disaster Mitigation program.

• She worked in the private sector performing various solid waste management and environmental planning activities as well as evaluating potential environmental liabilities.

• Holds a Master of Planning from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Science from the College of William and Mary.

FEMA’s National Mitigation Planning Program – Overview and Updates

Jenny Burmester

FEMA, National Mitigation Planning Program

Session Overview• FEMA’s National

Mitigation Planning Program

• State Mitigation Plan Review Guide

• Mitigation Program Consultation

• FEMA Mitigation Planning Resources Johnson Bayou Branch Library

Cameron Parish, LA, July 20, 2013Source: FEMA News Photo / Lillie Long

FEMA’s Mitigation Planning Program

State Mitigation Plan Review Guide

Effective Date

• The State Mitigation Plan Review Guide will be effective on March 6, 2016

• The transitional period provides FEMA and states an opportunity to become familiar with the Guide

• The Guide will supersede the 2008 Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning Guidance

MARCH 2016

Purpose

• Clarify FEMA’s interpretation of Federal regulations, policy, and guidance around state mitigation plans

• Support states in adapting to changing conditions

• Ensure a consistent state plan review process across FEMA regions

• Outline enhanced and standard plan requirements

Structure▸ Introduction▸ Responsibilities▸ Standard Plan

Requirements▸ Enhanced Plan

Requirements▸ Appendices

(Procedures, Tools, Templates)

Standard Plans

• Planning process

• Future hazard events

• Changes in development

• Plan adoption

Enhanced Plans• Planning Process• Commitment to

Comprehensive Program

• Effective Use of Available Funding

• Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants Management Performance

Appendix B - Plan Review Tool

Components

• Plan Review Tool Summary• Standard State and Enhanced

Plan Regulation Checklist (pictured to the right)

• Determine if requirements are met• Completed by FEMA

• Strength and Opportunities

Mitigation Program Consultation

Mitigation Program Consultation

Requirement

• Establishes a mitigation program consultation between FEMA and each State

Intent

• Institute active, ongoing coordination and communication between each State and FEMA on mitigation programs

• Improve use and implementation of the state mitigation plan

• Meet FEMA’s responsibility for providing technical assistance and reviewing state activities, plans, and programs to ensure mitigation commitments are fulfilled

The intent is NOT to audit the state’s programs, require the state to update its plan, or be authoritative or punitive in nature!

Benefits

Enhance coordination Align activities and resources Share best available data, analyses, and tools Improve management of HMA and other mitigation

programs Lessen revision cycles during plan review period Better understand each other Provide ongoing technical support

Mitigation Planning Resources

FEMA Mitigation Planning Resources

• FEMA’s regional mitigation planners: https://www.fema.gov/hazard-mitigation-planning-contacts

• FEMA mitigation planning website: https://www.fema.gov/multi-hazard-mitigation-planning– State Mitigation Plan Review Guide (effective 3/6/16)– State Mitigation Plan Review Guide Fact Sheet (Marc

h 2015)– Local Mitigation Plan Review Guide – Tribal Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning Guidance

FEMA Mitigation Planning Resources (continued)

• FEMA mitigation planning website: https://www.fema.gov/multi-hazard-mitigation-planning– Local Mitigation Planning Handbook (FP 302-094-1)– Integrating Hazard Mitigation Into Local Planning: Cas

e Studies and Tools for Community Officials (2013)

– Mitigation Ideas: A Resource for Reducing Risk to Natural Hazards (2013)

Questions?