Program
Theses HMA programs are only available post-disaster after a presidential declaration
What is HMGP and HMGP Post Fire
Collecting data for a BCA, environmental compliance, and other program requirements
What are project scoping/advance assistance eligible activities?
SHPO
What is the State Historic Preservation Officer?
The first step in the project scoping process
What is Develop alternative solutions to the problem?
Cost, technical feasibility, and community support
What should be considered when scoping alternatives?
Planning process description; risk assessment; mitigation strategy; plan maintenance; plan adoption
What are the sequential steps for mitigation planning?
Mitigation planning
What is the first step or an eligibility requirement for the mitigation process?
BCA Toolkit or pre-calculated benefits
What are methods for demonstrating cost-effectiveness of a proposed project?
Costs that occur prior to awarding the project
What are Pre-Award Costs?
These costs may be incurred before award but are only reimbursed if the subapplication is approved.
What are pre-award costs?
These FEMA programs help reduce risk for people, structures, and infrastructure.
What is Hazard Mitigation Assistance?
Identify the hours needed by role and hourly rate including any needed for closeout
What are key considerations in budget development for the planning process?
Expedited and unified interagency EHP review process, to ensure Federal agencies coordinate EHP compliance for activitie
What is Unified Federal Review?
Provides a subapplicant with funding to determine if a complex mitigation project will meet FEMA's eligibility requirements
What is a phased project or project scoping?
Measurable durations for tasks and milestones; time needed for bidding/procurement process; time needed for review and adoption for mitigation planning subapplications
What are items included in a subapplication schedule?
Any sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and property from natural hazards and their effects.
What is Hazard Mitigation?
FEMA-approved hazard mitigation plan
What is required for a jurisdiction to apply for a project scoping/advance assistance project (or any project other than a new or updated plan)?
This calculation is a method that determines the future risk reduction benefits of a hazard mitigation project and compares those benefits to its costs.
What is the Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA)?
The effort to identify a community’s risks and vulnerabilities associated with hazards and to develop and implement strategies to reduce or eliminate risk
What is Hazard Mitigation Planning?
C - Establishing partnerships across the US to reverse the effects of climate change
What is the answer you should select for post-test question #14?
Among the HMA programs, this one excludes projects focused on building codes and standards.
What is Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)?
Project type that could focus on land use ordinances, zoning ordinances and floodplain management ordinances
What is Codes and Standards?
Also known as "non-Federal share," or "match," this is the portion of the costs of a federally assisted project or program not covered by FEMA.
What is Cost Share?
Eligibility, technical feasibility and effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, environmental and historic preservation compliance
What are the evaluation criteria for project alternatives in the project scoping decision-making process?
Project description, location, goals, needs, and problems addressed, and tasks of the proposed project
What is included in the scope of work narrative?