Below is an alphabetical list of the projects we are currently working on along with some long-term programs we’ve been administering over the years. Use the search bar at the top of the page to search for a specific project.
- ASFPM Conference Sessions: Video Recordings - Funding: Federal Emergency Management Agency. Committee Overlap: Professional Development & Continuing Education. The ASFPM Annual National Conference has numerous concurrent session presentations on flood insurance and floodplain management related topics that could support and educate local officials on flood insurance and floodplain management related issues. Unfortunately, many local officials who would most benefit from this … Continued
- ASFPM Flood Resource Library - ASFPM and the Flood Science Center have produced and continue to produce numerous floodplain management publications. Additionally, FSC has identified, acquired or received through donations a substantial number of flood-related books and resources, such as the FEMA Collection, that contains hundreds of books, reports and guidance documents. To help share all these publications and resources … Continued
- Cooperating Technical Partners Support - Funding: Federal Emergency Management Agency. Committee Engaged: Cooperating Technical Partners Subcommittee. ASFPM supports Cooperating Technical Partners. The project involves documenting best practices and providing training. In conjunction with this effort, a Mapping and Engineering Standards Subcommittee has been established that focuses on CTPs. Alan Lulloff with the ASFPM executive office is on the FEMA CTP … Continued
- Course 273: Managing Floodplain Development through the NFIP - Funding: Federal Emergency Management Agency. Committee Overlap: Professional Development & Continuing Education. ASFPM manages field deployment of the FEMA 273 course and has developed a cadre of instructors to support states interested in providing this training in their state. Please contact ASFPM Training for more information on deploying FEMA 273 in your state.
- DART / Substantial Damage Initiative - Funding: Federal Emergency Management Agency. Committee Overlap: Flood Insurance, Floodplain Regulations. Now that the statute has changed, it is ASFPM’s goal to be the national coordinating entity for facilitating post-flood floodplain management regulation administration and enforcement. Similar to the International Code Council’s actions for other types of building inspections, ASFPM is the most logical choice … Continued
- FEMA Online Course Hosting - Funding: Federal Emergency Management Agency. Committee Overlap: Professional Development & Continuing Education. To support the maintenance of the existing units of the NFIP 101: Introduction to Floodplain Management within ASFPM's learning management system and the development of a certification track. The role of the nation's floodplain managers is expanding due to increases in disaster losses, … Continued
- Floodplain and Wetland Restoration Strategic Planning - Funding: Woolpert Inc. in support of the NOAA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Partner: Wisconsin Wetlands Association. Committee Overlap: Natural & Beneficial Functions. The Wisconsin Wetland Association (WWA) has witnessed that not all wetlands are created equal. There is direct and indirect loss of wetland storage across Wisconsin’s Lake Superior Basin in northern Wisconsin. Wetlands and … Continued
- Floodplain Management 2024: Local Programs Assessment - Funding: Federal Emergency Management Agency. Committee Overlap: All. To scope, develop, disseminate, and analyze responses to the local floodplain management assessment. As more communities enter into the NFIP, adapt to climate change, and deal with rising and changing flood insurance rates with the implementation of Risk Rating 2.0 (and other potential reforms to the NFIP … Continued
- Floodplain Management 2024: State Programs Assessment - Funding: Federal Emergency Management Agency. Committee Overlap: All. To support splitting the existing long-form state floodplain management assessment into a series of smaller, less burdensome assessments targeted to the individuals tasked with specific roles and/or duties within the state. The objective of this project is to: Assess and make public, by way of a report, … Continued
- Floodway and 2D Modeling Outreach - Funding: Federal Emergency Management Agency. Committee Overlap: Mapping & Engineering Standards, Risk Communication & Outreach. Flood hazard models associated with flood mapping studies provide valuable data needed for determining risk and managing development in the Special Flood Hazard Area and the floodway portion of the SFHA. The models combined with the community regulatory standards are … Continued
- FPM Program Assessments - Over the last few decades, ASFPM has produced numerous assessments on the status of state and local floodplain management programs.
- Great Lakes Coastal Flood Study Outreach - Funding: Federal Emergency Management Agency. Committee Overlap: Mapping & Engineering Standards, Coastal Issues. FEMA is updating the Great Lakes Coastal Methodology and is revising the FIRMs for the Great Lakes coastline. FEMA has funded ASFPM to assist with outreach and host a website associated with the project. Staff have been attending the workmap rollout meetings … Continued
- Higher Standards Guide - Funding: Federal Emergency Management Agency. Committee Engaged: Floodplain Regulations. Most of the materials FEMA has related to higher standards are located in guidance related to the Community Rating System (CRS) and building code standards (i.e., ASCE24), but standards are more than just building codes. They can include technical, zoning, subdivision, and other land use standards, … Continued
- Impacts of Floodway Surcharge - Funding: Federal Emergency Management Agency. Committee Overlap: Mapping & Engineering Standards. As 2D modeling becomes more prevalent, there is an interest in mapping SFHAs and floodways using 2D modeling technology. FEMA Guidance for Flood Risk Analysis and Mapping: Floodway Analysis and Mapping (December 2020) includes provisions related to 2D modeling. This project focuses on two … Continued
- Integrating Clean Water Act and Hazard Mitigation Planning - Funding: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Partner: National Association of Wetland Managers. Committee Overlap: Professional Development & Continuing Education. This project will advance integration of Clean Water Act programs with natural hazard mitigation planning and implementation. To meet this goal, ASWM and ASFPM will: 1) assemble a national advisory workgroup to provide project guidance; 2) develop … Continued
- Model State Enabling Legislation - Funding: Federal Emergency Management Agency. Committee Overlap: All. To create a literature review and library of the existing state enabling legislation. Model state enabling legislation is a carefully drafted model act or code developed by an organization for potential enactment by state legislatures. Model acts can provide consistency and legal uniformity from state-to-state in areas … Continued
- NAI and the Community, Health and Resource Management (CHARM) Workshops - Funding: Federal Emergency Management Agency. Partner: Texas Community Watershed Partnership. Committee Engaged: No Adverse Impact. ASFPM and the Texas Community Watershed Partnership (TCWP) at Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension Service continue to work together to integrate TCWP’s CHARM scenario planning platform with ASFPM’s No Adverse Impact approach. Funding from FEMA supports hosting 3 workshops around … Continued
- National Flood Barrier Testing & Certification Program - Funding: ASFPM and Vendor Application Fees. Partners: FM Approvals; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nonstructural Flood Proofing Committee. Committee Overlap: Nonstructural Floodproofing, Flood Mitigation. ASFPM in partnership with FM Approvals and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ National Nonstructural/Flood Proofing Committee have implemented a national program of testing and certifying flood barrier products used for … Continued
- NOAA Digital Coast Fellow 2022-2024 - Funding: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Partner: Coastal States Organization. Committee Overlap: Coastal Issues. Annika Tomson is the 2022-24 NOAA Digital Coast Fellow working with ASFPM’s Flood Science Center and the Coastal States Organization on the Shifting Property Lines project. The project is creating technical resources for coastal communities that are planning for the management … Continued
- NOAA Digital Coast Partnership - Partner: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office for Coastal Management. ASFPM in partnership with the NOAA Office of Coastal Management and seven NGOs help guide the development of the Digital Coast website - a single web resource for coastal data, tools and training. The partnership helps ensure content is relevant, shapes the future of the Digital … Continued
- Planning Information Exchange - Funding: Federal Emergency Management Agency. Partner: American Planning Association. Committee Overlap: Professional Development & Continuing Education. The Planning Information Exchange (PIE) webinar series is now moving into its 7th and 8th year! With a new award agreement granted by the FEMA, the successful PIE webinar series has been extended for two additional years, starting October … Continued
- ReduceFloodRisk.org – Flood Mitigation Library - Launched: May 2022. Funding: Federal Emergency Management Agency. Committees Engaged: Flood Mitigation, Flood Insurance, Nonstructural Floodproofing, Risk Communication & Outreach. ReduceFloodRisk.org was developed by the Association of State Floodplain Managers to help property owners and buyers in flood prone areas identify strategies to reduce their property's risk of flooding. ASFPM has taken mitigation resources from … Continued
- Shoreline Inventory & Oblique Photo Viewer - Funding: Wisconsin Coastal Management Program; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Partners: See contributors on About page. The Wisconsin Shoreline Inventory and Oblique Photo Viewer was initially developed in 2008, beginning with the creation of a shoreline inventory and analysis based on Lake Michigan oblique photos from 1976 and 2007. Through subsequent projects and funding, FSC … Continued
- State Coordinator Mentoring Program - Funding: Federal Emergency Management Agency. Committee Overlap: Professional Development & Continuing Education, Floodplain Regulations, Flood Insurance. ASFPM has developed and maintains a nationwide formal mentoring program targeted specifically to state floodplain managers. The program builds upon existing capability among state floodplain managers, ensures continuity as state floodplain management programs transition staff (especially small one-person operations), … Continued
- Strengthening Coastal Communities’ Resilience in the Great Lakes Region - Funding: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Partners: American Planning Association; Coastal States Organization; Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative; Great Lakes Sea Grant Network via Wisconsin Sea Grant. Committee Overlap: Coastal Issues, Flood Mitigation. Strengthening Coastal Communities' Resilience in the Great Lakes Region will build the capacity of coastal communities in the Great Lakes … Continued