Resources for Municipalities
Municipal Guidance for Flood Emergencies
- Municipal Guidance for Flood Emergencies: Franklin and Berkshire Counties, Massachusetts
- Municipal Guidance for Flood Emergencies in Vermont
- Comprehensive list of resources for flood prediction and preparedness
- USGS Flood-Inundation Mapper website: a set of maps that shows where flooding may occur over a range of water levels in the community’s local stream or river. There are three interactive maps done in the Deerfield River watershed. Zoom in where you see a green triangle on the map.
- Insurance Outreach Toolkit for Flood Map Updates
- After the Flood: Talking Points for Community Officials
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) – Flood Risk, Preparedness, Grants :
Links to information about the National Flood Insurance Program for residences and businesses. Also links to sites about flooding, flood risks and flood preparation and recovery.
Before a Flood – Links to flood hazard maps links, flood insurance information, how to make a flood emergency kit and family communications plan
- Causes of flooding
- Flood hazard terms
- Driving: Flood facts
- Climate Resilient Mitigation Activities are eligible under the Hazard Mitigation Assistance programs to support communities in reducing the risks associated with climate change. These activities are:
- Aquifer Storage and Recovery
- Floodplain and Stream Restoration
- Flood Diversion and Storage
- Green Infrastructure Methods.
- Federal and State grants for flood mitigation
- FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grants 101
- Hazard Mitigation Assistance:
(From USACE site) Five Hazard Mitigation Assistance grant programs provide funding for eligible activities that reduce disaster losses and protect life and property from future disaster damages:
- Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) — PDM provides funds on an annual basis for hazard mitigation planning and the implementation of mitigation projects prior to a disaster. The goal of the PDM program is to reduce overall risk to the population and structures, while at the same time, also reducing reliance on Federal funding from actual disaster declarations.
- Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) — HMGP assists in implementing long-term hazard mitigation measures following Presidential disaster declarations. Funding is available to implement projects in accordance with state, tribal, and local priorities.
- Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) — FMA provides funds on an annual basis so that measures can be taken to reduce or eliminate risk of flood damage to buildings insured under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
- Repetitive Flood Claims (RFC) — RFC provides funds on an annual basis to reduce the risk of flood damage to individual properties insured under the NFIP that have had one or more claim payments for flood damages. RFC provides up to 100% Federal funding for projects in communities that meet the reduced capacity requirements.
- Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL) — SRL provides funds on an annual basis to reduce the risk of flood damage to residential structures insured under the NFIP that are qualified as severe repetitive loss structures. SRL provides up to 90% Federal funding for eligible projects.
- National Flood Insurance Program:
Tabs for information on:
- Plan, Prepare, Mitigate
- Disaster, Survivor Assistance
- Response and Recovery
- Topics and Audiences
- see riversmart page
- see our policy recommendation report, Supporting New England Communities to Become River-Smart: Policies and programs that can Help New England Towns Thrive Despite River Floods.