24th Annual Missouri Emergency Management Conference

SEMA's 2012 Annual Conference will be held April 3rd - April 6th in Branson. The conference is designed for all individuals with a responsibility in Emergency Management and an interest in any area of Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery. Visit this website to learn more.

National Preparedness Month 2011: Involve Your Community All Year Long

If you have plans to help prepare your community in the future, please sign up your organization today by clicking on the following link: http://community.fema.gov.

In addition to creating your family emergency plan and getting a kit, we encourage all of you in earthquake prone states to participate in the Great Central ShakeOut earthquake drill, coming up on February 7th. Pacific Time. To join, go to www.ShakeOut.org/register and make your pledge. It's free to sign up, and registered participants will receive information on how to plan their drill and how to create a dialouge with others about earthquake preparedness.

October 20, 2011: California, Oregon, Nevada, Guam
February 7, 2012: Central United States (Missouri included)
April 17, 2012: Utah
 

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Natural Hazard Mitigation Plans

A current NHMP allows your county, and the included communities, to be eligible for financial funding from FEMA for both pre and post-disasters, and is designed to help the participating communities become more sustainable and disaster-resistent through selecting the most appropriate mitigation measures. NHMPs must be updated every 5 years, and the Hazard Mitigation Coordinator at KBRPC works closely with the counties and communities to ensure their NHMP is current and up-to-date.

KBRPC's Hazard Mitigation Coordinator is Sam Dingfelder-Keeran: the assistant coordinator is Tom Hutchings. Their contact information can be found on the Staff Members page.

FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grants

Cost Share Requirements:

HMGP: Hazard Mitigation Grant Program-funds are available following a Presidential disaster declaration.  Eligible applicants include States, local governments, Indian Tribes, and some private non-profit organizations.  Examples include:

• Elevating flood-prone homes or businesses
• Acquiring flood-prone homes from willing owners and returning the property to open space
• Retrofitting buildings to minimize damages from high winds, flooding, earthquakes, and other hazards
• Constructing safe rooms inside schools or other buildings in tornado-prone areas
   

PDM: Pre-Disaster Mitigation-is a nationally competitive program that provides funds to States and communities, including Tribal governments, for hazard mitigation planning and implementation of mitigation projects prior to a disaster event.  Communities and States must have FEMA-approved mitigation plans in order to receive project grant funds.  Possible projects include:

• Elevation of existing public or private structures
• Localized flood control projects that are designed specifically to protect critical facilities
• Relocation of public or private structures
• Stormwater management projects
• Construction of safe rooms for public and private structures
• Voluntary acquisition of real property
   

FMA: Flood Mitigation Assistance-provides funding to States and communities for measurers that reduce or eliminate the long-term risk of flood damage to buildings, manufactured homes, and other structures insured under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).  Example projects include:

• Planning grants used to assess flood risks and develop Flood Mitigation Plans
• Project grants are used to implement mitigation activities that reduce flood losses to NFIP-insured properties by elevating, acquiring, and demolishing or relocating NFIP-insured buildings
   

RFC: Repetitive Flood Claim-is designed to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk of flood damage to structures that are insured under the NFIP and have had one or more claim payment(s) for flood damages.  RFC funds may only be used to mitigate structures located within a State or community that is participating in the NFIP and cannot meet the requirements of the FMA program due to lack of cost share or lack of capacity to manage the activities.  This is a nationally competitive grant.  All grants are eligible for up to 100% Federal assistance.  A FEMA-approved State/Tribal standard or enhanced hazard mitigation plan is required; however, a local plan is not required.  Projects include:

• Acquisition, structure demolition, or structure relocation with the property deed restricted for open space uses in perpetuity.
   

SRL: Severe Repetitive Loss-provides funds to assist States, Indian Tribal governments, and local governments participating in the NFIP in reducing or eliminating the long term flood risks to severe repetitive loss properties, thus reducing outlays from the National Flood Insurance Fund (NFIF).  For a property to be designated SRL , it must:

• Be a residential property currently insured under the NFIP
• Have incurred flood losses that resulted in either (1) four or more flood insurance claims payments that each exceeded $5,000 with at least two of the payments occurring within a 10-yr period, or (2) two or more flood insurance claims payments that cumulatively exceeded the value of the property.
   

Eligible SRL activities include:

• Elevation, relocation, or demolition of existing residential properties
• Floodproofing measures for historical properties
• Minor physical localized flood control projects
• Demolition and rebuilding of properties to at least the Base Flood Elevation (BFE) or greater if required by any local ordinance.