FEMA Region I Mitigation Division
Hazard Mitigation Assistance Branch
The Hazard Mitigation Assistance Branch works to reduce risk to life and property through the use of land use controls, building practices and other tools. The Branch is also responsible for the promotion of state and local planning strategies and the administration of a variety of grant programs that support these actitivites. These activities address risk in both the existing built environment and in future development, and they occur in both pre- and post-disaster environments.
Programs currently administered by the Hazard Mitigation Assistance Branch in Region I include the following:
Hazard Mitigation Planning
Mitigation planning is a process for States and communities to identify policies, activities and tools to implement mitigation actions. Mitigation is any sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to life and property from a hazard event.
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
Authorized under Section 404 of the Stafford Act, the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides grants to States and local governments to implement long-term hazard mitigation measures after a major disaster declaration.
Flood Mitigation Assistance Program (FMA)
FEMA provides FMA funds to assist States and communities implement measures that reduce or eliminate the long-term risk of flood damage to buildings, manufactured homes, and other structures insurable under the National Flood Insurance Program.
Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (PDM)
The Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) program provides funds to states, territories, Indian tribal governments, communities, and universities for hazard mitigation planning and the implementation of mitigation projects prior to a disaster event.
Severe Repetitive Loss Program
The Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL) grant program was authorized by the Bunning-Bereuter-Blumenauer Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004, which amended the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to provide funding to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk of flood damage to severe repetitive loss (SRL) structures insured under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
Repetitive Flood Claims Program
Up to $10 million is available annually for FEMA to provide RFC funds to assist States and communities reduce flood damages to insured properties that have had one or more claims to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
Last Modified: Tuesday, 01-Apr-2008 08:52:17 EDT