Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000

http://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/4596?id=1935

DMA 2000 (Public Law 106-390) provides the legal basis for FEMA mitigation planning requirements for State, local and Indian Tribal governments as a condition of mitigation grant assistance. 

DMA 2000 amended the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act by repealing the previous mitigation planning provisions and replacing them with a new set of requirements that emphasize the need for State, local, and Indian Tribal entities to closely coordinate mitigation planning and implementation efforts. 

The requirement for a State mitigation plan is continued as a condition of disaster assistance, adding incentives for increased coordination and integration of mitigation activities at the State level through the establishment of requirements for two different levels of state plans.

DMA 2000 also established a new requirement for local mitigation plans and authorized up to 7 percent of HMGP funds available to a State for development of State, local, and Indian Tribal mitigation plans.

EMForum: Tennessee Baptist Convention Disaster Relief. Webinare Recording

The Webinar recording of the August 28th EMForum.org program, "Tennessee Baptist Convention Disaster Relief," with State Disaster Relief Director David Acres, is now available. This is a large file and requires Windows Media Player or Windows Media Components for QuickTime or a similar product to view. The recording is also available in MP4 format for mobile users. The Transcript,  Audio Podcast, Slides, as well as Ratings and Comments are available from the Background Page. The Audio Podcast and MP4 recordings are also available from the iTunes Store. 

Thanks to all who participated.  Please take a moment to rate this program for relevance and share your comments.

KABOOM...and child playspaces

KaBOOM! is a national nonprofit that envisions a great place to play within walking distance of every child in America. KaBOOM! recognizes the impact of unstructured play on the health and well-being of children and seeks to create opportunities to provide children with access to safe and engaging places to play. The KaBOOM! and Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) missions are very complementary, and you may recall our office teamed with the organization last summer to build a playground at the Children’s Inn on the NIH campus.

KaBOOM! recognizes the importance of creating playspaces, but also wants to determine the quality of existing ones. The existence of a playspace does not necessarily mean it is a viable place for play. To help with this assessment, KaBOOM! developed the Map of Play web site.

MRC volunteers can help by identifying and assessing playgrounds in their communities by utilizing the Map of Play. KaBOOM! has developed a special “team” link for MRC volunteers to sign up.

We encourage all MRC units to participate in this initiative and share the special link established for the MRC (http://mapofplay.kaboom.org/teams/register?token=c4db422de5ff9150a) with your volunteers. Your support can help to ensure that children in your communities have the opportunity to be healthier by having safe places for active play.

Below are instructions for joining the MRC Team on the KaBOOM! Map of Play web site:

1.       Go to http://mapofplay.kaboom.org/teams/register?token=c4db422de5ff9150a. This is a special link for MRC members.

2.       Sign in to your KaBOOM! account or create a new one.

3.       After you’ve signed in/signed up, click the Join the Team button.

4.       Each time you add or edit a playspace, the team can see your collective efforts in the stats area at the top of the team page. You can see your team’s progress at any time by visiting your profile page or the MRC team page (http://mapofplay.kaboom.org/teams/2).

Note that the Map of Play is accessible from mobile devices. If you encounter a problem or need help, you can contact KaBOOM! by visiting http://mapofplay.kaboom.org/help.

We encourage all of you – MRC leaders, volunteers and partners – to explore your community (preferably by walking or biking) and learn about its playspaces. If the playspace is already listed on the Map of Play, rate it or provide comments about it. If not, take pictures and share information about it through the Map of Play.

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September is National Preparedness Month....Join the community.

September is National Preparedness Month and FEMA invites you to join the National Preparedness Community and download the 2013 National Preparedness Month Toolkit.

The National Preparedness Community is where more than 29,000 people connect and collaborate on emergency preparedness. You can use the community and the Toolkit to empower yourself to prepare and coordinate preparedness activities with your family, neighbors, and those with whom you worship during National Preparedness Month.
Here are the top 5 reasons to join:

·         Download the 2013 National Preparedness Month Toolkit

·         Get access to preparedness resources

·         Promote your national preparedness event on the calendar

·         Connect and build relationships with emergency management personnel

·         Share and compare preparedness plans

Join the National Preparedness Community Now!

Training Opportunity: RAND Corporation. BUILDING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES: AN ONLINE TRAINING

Community resilience updates, resources, and events from RAND | view in browser

August 2013 Periodic updates on community resilience work at RAND Building Resilient Communities: An Online Training Emergency preparedness can get a community through the first few days following a disaster. But how does a community bounce back over the long term? With disasters becoming more common and costly, and with some areas enduring overlapping disasters, the importance of building community resilience has never been greater. As a business, nonprofit, faith-based organization, or other community organization, you bring valuable assets to supporting overall community recovery. RAND's new easy-to-use, self-guided online training can help your community strengthen its resilience. Your organization can use the training to build its own resilience, too. Resilience means: ·         mitigating and withstanding the stress of manmade and natural disasters ·         recovering in a way that restores normal functioning ·         applying lessons learned from past responses to better withstand future incidents. When your organization or community completes this training, you will have a real action plan that will help build resilience, bolstering capacity to respond to and recover from disaster. The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis.