MAPPING AND MODELING YOUR WAY TO A MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY MARCH 7, 2018

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1 MAPPING AND MODELING YOUR WAY TO A MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY MARCH 7,

2 PRESENTERS Keri Brennan, GISP DataMark Product Manager Michael Baker International IGIC Education Committee Member URISA Board of Directors Kevin Mickey Director, Professional Development and Geospatial The Polis Center, IUPUI IGIC Board of Directors / Co-Chair IGIC Education Committee Immediate Past Chair, National Institute of Building Sciences Multihazard Mitigation Council 2

3 AGENDA The Power of Nature and the business case for reducing its impact From Maps to Action using GIS to increase community resiliency After disaster strikes Into the Future 3

4 THE POWER OF NATURE AND OUR ABILITY TO REDUCE ITS IMPACT 4

5 THE GROWING IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS 5

6 FREQUENCY OF NATURAL DISASTERS 6

7 COST OF NATURAL DISASTERS 7

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9 FLOODS - #1 US HAZARD Average flood claim amounts from were $42, , total flood insurance claims averaged more than $3.5 billion per year Statistics from 9

10 MITIGATION OF RISK 10

11 NATURAL HAZARD MITIGATION SAVES: AN INDEPENDENT STUDY TO ASSESS THE FUTURE SAVINGS FROM MITIGATION ACTIVITIES (2005) Money spent on reducing the risk of natural hazards is a sound investment. On average, a dollar spent by FEMA on hazard mitigation provides the nation about $4 in future benefits. 11

12 A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION... BUT QUESTIONS REMAINED Private Sector Initiatives Lifelines Building Codes 12

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14 NATURAL HAZARD MITIGATION SAVES: 2017 INTERIM REPORT FINDINGS Federal grants: The impacts of 23 years of federal mitigation grants provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Economic Development Administration (EDA) and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), resulting in a national benefit of $6 for every $1 invested. Exceed code requirements: The costs and benefits of designing all new construction to exceed select provisions in the 2015 International Building Code (IBC) and the 2015 International Residential Code (IRC) and the implementation of the 2015 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code (IWUIC). This resulted in a national benefit of $4 for every $1 invested. 14

15 BENEFIT COST RATIOS BY HAZARD AND MITIGATION MEASURE 15

16 FROM MAPS TO ACTION USING GIS AND MODELING TO INCREASE COMMUNITY RESILIENCY 16

17 MOVING FROM MAPS TO ACTIONS Trend toward GIS-informed websites and tools that offer actionable information (rather than just information) New technologies are leveraging: Models Dynamic visualization Ability to link information to decision making 17

18 WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 18

19 WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 19

20 WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 20

21 NORTH CAROLINA 21

22 NC INTEGRATED HAZARD RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM 22

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25 FEMA S NATIONAL RISK INDEX 25

26 NRI GOALS DEVELOP a Nationwide Risk Index for Natural Hazards To include a national set of hazard-specific risk indices To be used independently or combined to create a multi-hazard index To represent an indicator of risk leveraging existing baselines and datasets as much as possible To create an interactive online viewer that will allow the user to: Focus on a defined geographic region Export tabular and geospatial results for each hazard Generate maps and reports compatible with mitigation plans 26

27 NRI GOALS ENHANCE FEMA Initiatives To inform regional project prioritization, resource allocation, mitigation/land use planning, and community engagement strategies across FEMA SUPPORT National Stakeholders To incorporate the data into State Business Plans and State and Local Hazard Mitigation Plans To inform the Areas of Mitigation Interest 27

28 NRI FACTORS 28

29 NRI DEVELOPMENT CYCLE (2016 TO RELEASE SUMMER 2018) 29

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32 AFTER DISASTER STRIKES 32

33 UTILIZATION OF GIS FOR DAMAGE ASSESSMENT Hurricane Matthew first major hurricane to hit landfall in Florida in over 10 years Paralleled the Florida Georgia Coast Came ashore on October 7, 2016 Caused damage and flooding in Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina 33

34 PRE-PLAN TRAINING AND SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS Utilization of cloud-based Web Apps to speed process of damage assessment Integration of local government data, from GIS to Assessors info Example software: IDAM Fulcrum Emergency Management Apps State level applications Indiana CrisisTrack FEMA App 34

35 INTO THE FUTURE 35

36 ENCOURAGING ACTION Awareness of risk alone is not often sufficient to encourage action. Incentives are needed Policy Financial 36

37 AVOID THE 10,000 FOOT APPROACH One size fits all? Source: Esri Digital Globe GeoEye, Earthstar Geographics CNES Airbus DS USDA USGS AeroGRID IGN and the GIS User Community 37

38 BETWEEN THEORY & PRACTICE We d like to think we are managing risks like this: 38

39 IFRM BETWEEN THEORY & PRACTICE In reality the status quo is more like this: Damage Assessment Plan Recovery Warning Rescue Preparedness 39

40 PLATFORM (NOT PORTAL) THINKING South Carolina CHAMPS Others? 40

41 THANKS! 41