Hazards, Emergency Management

Question 1

what does FEMA funding go into

Answer 1

public assistance

individual assistance

HMGP - hazard mitigation grant program

pre-disaster mitigation

Question 2

definition of hazard mitigation

Answer 2

any sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate the long term risk to life and property from hazrad events

Question 3

what is included in a hazard mitigation plan

Answer 3

organize resources

assess risks

develop a mitigation plan

implement plan and monitor progress

Question 4

what is required before getting grant funding from fema

Answer 4

a hazard mitigation plan

Question 5

definition of resilience

Answer 5

ability to resist, absorb and recover from change in conditions

ability of a community to bounce back

ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, recover from, and more successfully adapt from adverse events

Question 6

what is NFIP (National Flood Insurance Policy)

Answer 6

federal program enabling property owners in participating communities to purchase insurance protection against losses from flooding

Question 7

what is CRS (Community Rating System)

Answer 7

program developed by FEMA to provide incentives for those communities in the regular program that have gone beyond minimum floodplain management requirements to provide extra measures

Question 8

what is Base Flood Elevation (BFE)

Answer 8

elevation of surface water resulting from a flood that has a 1% chance of equaling or exceeding that level in any given year

100 year flood zone

Question 9

Biggert - Waters

Answer 9

eliminate discounted flood insurance, everyone must pay the real annualized rate for their insurance premium

Question 10

what did disaster mitigation act of 2000 do

Answer 10

requires states and local governments to adopt a state or local hazard mitigation plan approved by FEMA to qualify for grants

Question 11

what is a flood plain

Answer 11

all the area water goes out to during a flood

Question 12

what is a floodway

Answer 12

area readily impacted by water flowing into main channel, no development allowed (impacted by travelling water)

Question 13

floodfringe

Answer 13

portion of floodplain outside floodway. development is usually allowed subject to loacl floodplain ordinance requirements

Question 14

what is federal emergency management agency

Answer 14

independent agency reporting to secretary of homeland security and tasked with resonding to, planning for and recovering from and mitigating against disaster