National Dam Safety Program Publications
The National Dam Safety Program provides a variety of publications, including:
- Research Needs Workshop Reports
- Technical Manuals, Guides and Reports
- Technical Advisories
- Safety Series Fact Sheets
- Response and Recovery (R&R) Dam Response Operations Matrices
- Dam Safety & Risk MAP/Flood Mapping Studies Fact Sheet Series
- DSS-WISE Fact Sheets
- FEMA P-1015, Technical Manual: Overtopping Protection for Dams (ZIP, 410MB)
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2019 NDSP Technical Seminar Presentation
The purpose of this policy, inclusive of FEMA’s Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams Grant Program Guidance (June 2020), is to establish the framework and requirements to implement the HHPD grant program.
The Rehabilitation of HHPD Grant Program Checklist provides the required actions needed when applying for a FY20 award under this program.
The purpose of FEMA’s Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams Grant Program Guidance is to establish the framework and requirements to implement the HHPD grant program. This Guidance document is incorporated by reference as part of FEMA Policy 104- 008-7 as FEMA’s official policy on, and interpretation of, the requirements for implementation of FEMA’s HHPD grant program.
Rehabilitation of HHPD Grant Program 101 PPT
This powerpoint summarizes the eligibility requirements for the 2021 Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams Grant Program.
2020 NDSP Technical Seminar Presentation
Improvements in Preparedness and Resiliency for the Current & Future Climate | Thomas E. Evans and John M. McCain