11/12/2015 Disaster Preparedness and Recovery November 12, 2015 Webinar sponsored by Florida Housing Finance Corporation Catalyst Program Overview Preparedness • SHIP Disaster Strategy • Local Mitigation Strategy • Disaster Mitigation Features Recovery • Timing • Long term recovery committee • Examples of SHIP Disaster Recovery 1
11/12/2015 Introductions • Jamie Leigh Price: Lead Mitigation Planner, Bureau of Mitigation • Meredith Van Valkenburgh: RCMP Program Manager • Danny Hinson: Community Rating System Coordinator • Ken Skalitzky, Emergency Management Director, Volunteer Florida • Evan Rosenberg: Bureau Chief for Recovery • George Romagnoli, Pasco County Community Development Manager Disaster Preparedness 2
11/12/2015 SHIP Disaster Strategy • For Federally or State declared disasters • Provides Temporary Stabilization and the next wave of Recovery • Keep the strategy general • Update Strategy and Procedures Manual • Advertise now: 30 days before applications Highlight from SHIP Disaster Strategy Repairs will be prioritized as follows: • Immediate threats to health & life safety in cases where the home is still habitable. • Imminent residual damage to the home (such as leaking roof) in cases where the home is still habitable. • Repairs to make the home habitable. • Repairs to mitigate dangerous situations (exposed wires) 3
11/12/2015 Procedures for amending the LHAP • Initially submit documents electronically in their current file format (word, excel) • Email robert.dearduff@floridahousing.org Subject Line: LHAP Amendment and the local government name • Send main LHAP document and any exhibits affected • State this is a technical revision updating an existing strategy • State SHIP Administrator notifies if approved or that more information is needed Disaster Strategy funded from: • Unencumbered local SHIP funds • Special allocations of funds from Legislature • SHIP Disaster annual set ‐ aside: up to $5 million held back from statewide distribution – Distributed based on damage data from FEMA and FL Div. of Emergency Management 4
11/12/2015 Plug Into Existing Efforts Jamie Leigh Price: Lead Mitigation Planner, Bureau of Mitigation • Introduction to Disaster Mitigation • Local Hazard Mitigation Plans The Local Mitigation Strategy Local Hazard Mitigation Plans are required by DMA 2000 to be eligible for federal hazard mitigation grant funding Purpose • Assess vulnerability to natural hazards, • Identify mitigation to lessen vulnerability, • Rank and implement projects to reduce risk from natural hazards. 5
11/12/2015 The Local Mitigation Strategy • LMS plans: multi ‐ hazard, multi ‐ jurisdictional plans organized by county • Plans expire every 5 years 4 Sections of the LMS Plan: • Planning Process, • Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment, • Mitigation Strategy, and • Maintenance. Poll of Participants Is SHIP specifically mentioned in your Local Mitigation Strategy? 6
11/12/2015 Mitigation: Single Family Dwellings VS Multifamily Properties • Mitigation for all dwellings • Mitigation features for Multifamily Properties Residential Construction Mitigation Program (RCMP) Meredith Van Valkenburgh: RCMP Program Manager • RCMP funding from the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Trust Fund (ch. 215.559, Florida Statutes) • FL Statutes 215.555 & 215.559: $10 million dollars annually appropriated to provide funding for Wind Mitigation • $3.5 million of this for grants to counties, non ‐ profits, and/or for profit agencies to assist low to medium income families with Wind Hardening for Single Family homes. 7
11/12/2015 Residential Construction Mitigation Program (RCMP) • RCMP funding from the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Trust Fund (ch. 215.559, Florida Statutes) • RCMP works well with SHIP and CDBG. Rehab VS Retrofit Standards • Construction standards and mandates listed in Florida Statute 553.844. Disaster Mitigation: Avoiding Damage from Future Disasters • FIRST: Monitor SHIP assisted rehabilitation and new construction for code compliance • NEXT: Add mitigation features to your SHIP Strategies 8
11/12/2015 Wind Mitigation for New Construction & Rehabilitation Key components of protecting structural integrity: • A continuous load path • Roofing protections • Protect Openings Community Rating System Danny Hinson, CFM, FPEM Florida CRS Initiative 9
11/12/2015 Florida CRS Initiative Florida CRS Initiative CRS Benefits • Florida : $181 million / annual savings – Only 45% FL communities participating! • Nationally : $360 million / annual savings – Only 6% participating! 10
11/12/2015 What is the Community Rating System (CRS)? A voluntary part of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) CRS: Everything done above and beyond minimum NFIP requirements NFIP minimum requirements Provides reduced flood insurance premiums for better floodplain management! CRS program goals • Reduce and avoid flood damage to insurable property • Strengthen and support the insurance aspects of the NFIP • Foster comprehensive floodplain management The Florida CRS – CAV Pilot Initiative: 11
11/12/2015 Florida CRS Initiative Florida CRS Initiative Assist Community CRS participation Conduct workshop(s) for community staff Seek additional credit points Liaison with FEMA Outreach & Planning by State DEM Publicize : Flood Insurance Premium Discount Florida CRS Initiative ELE / BFE $ Insurance Rate/$100 Sub ‐ Total Total / Year +2 60,000 / 140,000 .42 / .08 = 252 / 112 = $364 +1 60,000 / 140,000 .71 / .10 = 426 / 140 = $566 * 0 60,000 / 140,000 1.78 / .13 = 1,068 / 182 = $1,250 Example: $200,000 coverage, at BFE, +1, +2 Freeboard Basic/Additional coverage, no loadings ‐ Federal + Reserve * 45% less than premium ‐ annually THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 12
11/12/2015 Florida CRS Initiative Danny Hinson, CFM, FPEM State CRS Coordinator ‐ 850 ‐ 544 ‐ 8383 danny.hinson@em.myflorida.com http://www.floridadisaster.org/mitigation/CRS/ THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT More Preparedness: The Role of VOADs and COADs Ken Skalitzky, Emergency Management Director, Volunteer Florida • Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters • Community Organizations Active in Disasters • VOAD & COAD Activities • How SHIP is involved • How to contact your local VOADs & COADs 13
11/12/2015 Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan • Framework to ensure adequate preparedness • Unifies Efforts: Responsibilities and Coordination mechanisms • Coordinates response and recovery activities with VOADs & COADs • Local Mitigation Strategy is where SHIP is involved Recovery Topic • Long term Recovery Committee (LTRC) – Assists survivors over the long ‐ term with disaster ‐ related unmet needs that cannot be met through the standard assistance process. • True recovery from a disaster takes years • LTRC is a network of community agencies: neighbors helping neighbors • Case prioritization based on local criteria • How SHIP is involved 14
11/12/2015 Disaster Recovery D ISASTER R ECOVERY D ISASTER P REPAREDNESS & R ECOVERY W EBINAR N OVEMBER 12, 2015 15
11/12/2015 Basics of Disaster Recovery “Recovery” is a wide ranging concept that can involve several different issues: • Historically, a successful recovery was judged on the speed at which we could rebuild what was destroyed • But this ultimately proves to be an unsatisfying definition once we start looking beyond mere rebuilding… • Do we want to rebuild in the same way? • What mistakes from the past can we correct? • What is the most effective use of limited funds? It all Starts with Money Either way that you look at recovery, we need to find a funding source • Historically, the federal government would come in and start infusing money into the impacted area – a top down approach… if your event made enough headlines! – Very few federal declarations, but when one was granted, the federal checkbook opened up • Today, the story is reversed… – Lots of federal declarations are issued, based off of standards & thresholds which are generally defined in advance, – But now with a declaration comes lots of scrutiny on what resources survivors can bring to the table themselves, before they actually get any disaster relief 16
11/12/2015 2 Different Sets of Needs • There are two ways that you can think of Recovery, where the difference is in who we are assisting, each with a different set of needs: – Recovery for impacted survivors (individuals, households & businesses) • Repair/replacement of housing & personal goods • Fulfillment of social service needs (case management, mental health, legal help, etc…) • Restore commerce and local tax base – Recovery for impacted governments (governments & some PNP’s) • Clean/clear debris • Restore capacity to provide services (rebuild damaged facilities and replace depleted supplies) Federal Recovery Funding • Not surprisingly, federal recovery funding is tightly aligned with these two different types of needs: – Funding for Survivors & Businesses • FEMA Individual Assistance Grants • SBA Disaster Loans • Disaster Assistance Programs from other federal agencies (USDA, HUD, HHS, etc…) – Funding for Governments • FEMA Public Assistance Grants • FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grants • Disaster Assistance Programs from other federal agencies (USACE, FHWA, FAA, etc…) 17
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