MultiHazard Flood Map Modernization

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Multi-Hazard Flood Map Modernization

• The National Academies
• Disasters Roundtable Workshop
• Mike Howard, FEMA

March 2, 2004
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Supporting Agency Strategic Goals

• Multi-Hazard Flood Map Modernization will
• Facilitate planning and prevention efforts
• Reduce loss of life and property
• Minimize suffering and disruption caused by
  disasters
• Provide a component of the emergency management
  information portal
• Enable Multi-Hazard risk identification and
  mitigation planning

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Multi-Hazard Flood Map Modernization Vision

• Network the nation using Internet portal
  technology
• Easy access to digital flood hazard risk
  information
• Connecting all levels of government community
  map ownership
• Leverage the use of Federal, State, and local
  resources
• Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program
• Business Planning Process
• Reduce processing time and costs for map updates
• Increase accountability for spending with
  results-oriented systems
• Standards allow seamless data flow among partners
  
• Increase partners, stakeholders, users
  understanding of flood hazards and risks
• Communicate widely, effectively, consistently,
  and continuously
• Enable Multi-Hazard Risk Identification and
  Management

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Multi-Hazard Flood Map Modernization

• Business Planning Process
• National Level FEMA HQ and National Service
  Provider
• Reflected in National Business Plan OMB Exhibit
  300
• Regional Level FEMA Regional Offices
• Reflected in Regional Business Plans
• State/Local Level Flood Hazard Mapping
  Partners
• Reflected in State Business Plans
• Program-Wide Monitoring of Cost and Schedule

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Overview
Program NEXT
Program NOW
Map production cycle time 5 years or more
Map production cycle less than 3 years
Centralized data collection/ ownership of flood
map data (FEMA does mapping)
Decentralized data collection/ownership of flood
map data
Outdated maps
All 20,000 communities digitally mapped
Flood data only
Enable access to Multi-Hazard data
Limited Leverage of CTP Funds
Increased CTP leverage more qualified CTPs
Many at-risk properties are uninsured
NFIP coverage for all at risk users informed
Decreasing public spent on flood emergencies
Better/more responsible flood plain management
Increased Trust
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Data Sharing

• Maximize the use of existing data
• Maximize the data that can be published in the
  public domain
• Maximize the ability for users of the Map Mod
  Portal to find existing data
• Maximize cost sharing with partners for data
  acquisition
• Minimize the burden on States and locals for
  coordination on data
• Maximize the use of standards to make data
  reusable.

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Digital FIRM Layers
Special Flood Hazard Areas
Land Ownership
Transportation
Surface Waters
Boundaries
Geodetic Control
Elevation
Aerial Imagery
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Program NEXT Analysis and Modeling
Special Flood Hazard Areas
Repetitive Loss
Critical Infrastructure
Structures
Aerial Imagery
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Real-Time Inundation Mapping
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Three Parts of a Successful System
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Management Information Portal (MIP) Conceptual
Construct

• Key Concepts
• Open distributed network
• Captures intermediate data and makes it available
  for other applications
• Provides tailored interfaces
• Includes workflow processes
• Tools and workflow processes are integrated
• Provides Program Management tools

This construct allows division of IT into
manageable parts. It also helps focus on items of
key importance.
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Tools available for Mapping Partners
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Data Capture Points
Mapping / DFIRM Production
Field Survey
Base Map
DFIRM Database
Terrain Development
Scoping
Engineering
Review
Current Capture Points
MOD TEAM Data Capture Points
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MIP Users Span the Community
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Other MIP Functions
Collaboration
National Flood Layer
Repository
Performance Management
Data Sharing
Knowledge Management
Enable Partnering
Outreach
Learning
Geospatial One-Stop
EVMS
Risk Education
Collect metrics for BPI
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Other Initiatives

• Coastal Methodology Assessment
• Transition to Digital Maps Online

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Coastal Methodology Assessment

• Objectives
• Evaluate and update guidelines for analyzing and
  mapping coastal flood hazards on the Atlantic and
  Gulf Coasts
• Develop guidelines for the Pacific Coast
• Implement new guidelines for FY 2005

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Coastal Methodology Assessment

• Project Initiated
• October 2003
• Phase 1
• Evaluate the existing guidelines as they apply to
  all three major coastlines (May 2004)
• Phase 2
• Develop new draft guidelines for the Pacific
  Coast (October 2004)
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Coastal Methodology Assessment

• Participants
• A team of technical experts with experience in
  various coastal processes and their effects in
  different geographic regions of the country
• Federal agencies
• academic institutes
• engineering firms
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Digital Maps Online

• Scanned inventory of existing paper maps in 2002
• Viewing tool allows users to view and print
  8.5x11 portion of map on typical home computer
• Requests from general public for paper maps
  reduced by 50
• Eliminated need for 500,000 paper maps per year
• Map Mod will produce on-line GIS data

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