Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Topic 2: Understanding and Communicating Risk Exposure and Costs

Administrator’s Intent Statement: As a Nation we often lack a full understanding of the true risk exposure over time from our decisions, be they land use, development, or engineering in nature – and more importantly, who bears the cost of that exposure.

Share your thoughts on any of the following items:

• The extent of our understanding of risk exposure and how to coordinate information to create a complete picture of risk exposure (nationally, locally);
• Shortfalls in our communication about and understanding of risk exposure, or ways to approach this communication;
• How costs of disaster and climate risk are distributed today (e.g., Federal assistance, insurance, private sector and citizens);
• How costs of disaster and climate risk could be distributed in the future (e.g., Federal assistance, insurance, private sector and citizens).