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Campaign: Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) Market Research
RISK MAP - All Hazards
RISK MAP should be made an all hazards program. We have 10 of thousands of locals doing mitigation planning, most include flood. FEMA should take this tool and allow for to incorporate all hazards. In these budget times, we need to be streamline outdate single silo planning concepts.
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Campaign: Innovative Models and Tools
Convert Federal Data RSS to GEO RSS
There is a tremendous amount of data out there created and maintained by Federal Agencies that can be leveraged in Spatial Viewers. As they each create different viewers for their data, we are left with multiple windows to view the data. RSS has helped with pushing this information. If we could have a standard for changing these feeds to GEO RSS, then we could leverage this data in Mitigation, Response, and Recovery. ...more »
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Campaign: Innovative Models and Tools
NOAA Sites and Seimic Monitoring
In seismic hazard areas, combine weather and riverine montioring stations with seismic monitoring. Example in the Puget Sound we have many USGS and WS DOE Stream Gages and Weather Stations in areas of higher ground shaking. Why not add seismic monitoring to these stations to take advantage of existing sites!
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Campaign: Data Sharing
Data Sharing
We have so many platforms to share information but few connect in existing functions such as mitigaiton, preparedness, response, and recovery or across functions. A national platform, such as in a Microsoft SharePoint would be creative way to share information. This could include mapping for response, libraries for mitigation, etc. I know we have LLIS, but a more robust system with regional groupings by State and County ...more »
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Campaign: Presidential Policy Directive 8
Emergency Management Standard
Instead of TCLs or CCL, we should use and endorse a national standard for an emergency management program. There are a few out there such as NFPA 1600 or EMAP. I like these because they require documentation to prove you have a Mitigation Plan as an example. I think the fundamental failure of TCL and potentially with CCL is that it is a check the box and the box is vague and not the reality for most across the country. ...more »
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Campaign: PPD-8 National Planning Frameworks
Leverge Hazard Mitigation Risk Assessment
Thousands of mitigation plans have been created under 44 CFR. Meanwhile, with DHS planning risk assessments and BZPPS and Fusion Centers and now a THIRA we are about to come to a nexus on risk assessments in this country. One plan says we have a bridge it is terror target. Why becuase it is important to the community. The other says it is essential or critical faciliity. Both have same bridge in differenent database in ...more »