Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
FEMA's mission is to support U.S. citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards, including hurricanes, earthquakes, tornados, floods, fires or a hazardous spill, an act of nature or an act of terrorism. In March 2003, FEMA became part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The Strategic Foresight Initiative (SFI) is a collaborative effort of the emergency management community facilitated by the FEMA. SFI was launched so the emergency management community can seek to understand how the world is changing, and how those changes may affect the future of emergency management.
Participants in SFI have identified nine drivers that are likely to affect the field of emergency management significantly over the next 15 years including: the changing role of individual in society, climate change, critical infrastructure, the evolving terrorist threat, global interdependencies, government
budgets, technological innovation and dependence, universal access to and use of information, and U.S. demographic shifts.
A significant discussion within the SFI community has been the role of emergency management in the policy debate over climate change. Many emergency managers now believe they can and should play a leadership role, particularly as it relates to climate change adaptation.
Phone: (202) 646-2500
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Related Resources:
- Federal Action to Support State, Local and Tribal Leaders as They Prepare Communities for the Impacts of Climate Change
- Federal Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans Mandated by Executive Order 14008
- Federal Triangle Stormwater Drainage Study
- Priority Agenda: Enhancing the Climate Resilience of America's Natural Resources
- National Integrated Heat Health Information System - Urban Heat Island Mapping Campaign
- National Drought Resilience Partnership
- State of Connecticut Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan 2007-2010
- California 2013 State Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan
- Colorado Future Avoided Cost Explorer (FACE:Hazards) Tool
- Public Assistance Grant Program
- Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program
- FEMA Severe Repetitive Loss Program
- FEMA Repetitive Flood Claims Program
- Flood Mitigation Assistance Program
- Hazards - United States (Hazus)
- Connecticut's 2010 Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
- The Impact of Climate Change and Population Growth on the National Flood Insurance Program Through 2100
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap
- Floodplain Management and the Endangered Species Act (A Model Ordinance)
- Louisiana Coastal Hazard Mitigation Guidebook
- DHS/FEMA FY 2015 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) Program
- Silver Jackets
- EPA - FEMA Partnership on Hazard Mitigation and Sustainability
- Regional Resilience Toolkit: 5 Steps to Build Large Scale Resilience to Natural Disasters
- FEMA Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element
- FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
- Iowa Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Report
- FEMA's Ready Program (Ready.gov)
- FEMA Local Mitigation Planning Handbook
- Planning for Flood Recovery and Long-Term Resilience in Vermont: Smart Growth Approaches for Disaster Resilient Communities
- FEMA Threat and Hazard Identification Risk Assessment (THIRA)
- Iowa Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Report – Findings Related to Infrastructure
- Sea-Level Rise Tool for Hurricane Sandy Recovery
- FEMA Mitigation Best Practices Portfolio
- FEMA Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP)
- FEMA Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program, Grants
- FEMA, NOAA Draft Interagency Concept for Community Resilience Indicators and National-Level Measures
- Climate Resilient Mitigation Activities for Hazard Mitigation Assistance
- Public Assistance Required Minimum Standards FEMA Recovery Policy (FP-104-009-4)
- FEMA: Mitigation Ideas - A Resource for Reducing Risk to Natural Hazards
- Draft Federal Flood Risk Management Standard Implementing Guidelines
- FEMA: How to Prepare for a Wildfire
- Level Up Audio Project
- FEMA Guides to Expanding Mitigation
- Building Community Resilience with Nature-Based Solutions: A Guide for Local Communities
- FEMA Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Grant Program
- FEMA National Risk Index
- S.3418 – Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation Act of 2020 (STORM Act)
- FEMA Community Rating System (CRS) User Groups
- FEMA Community Rating System
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