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NAFSMA Annual Meeting- Opening Session
Roy Wright, Deputy Associate Administrator for Mitigation
Monday, December 9, 2013
Resilience is a National Priority
 “Resilience is the ability to
FEMA Administrator’s Intent
FY 2015- FY 2019
Priority 4: Enable Disaster Risk
Reduction Nationally
anticipate, prepare for, and adapt
to changing conditions and
withstand, respond to, and
recover rapidly from disruptions.”
• FEMA will work to enable and facilitate greater
disaster risk reduction at all levels nationally,
thereby enhancing our resilience to disasters.
• We will provide analysis, tools, and information
that support choices that guide individuals,
communities, and national decisions towards
reducing disaster risk.
• FEMA will foster and support adaptation in the
face of a changing climate through our
programs and our interactions with our
partners.
• We will work to make best available data on
projected hazard impacts- both current and
future- widely accessible to communities.
• And where we can act directly, we will leverage
our mitigation and insurance programs to
maximize opportunities to further reduce the
Nation’s current and future exposure to
disaster risk.
• Executive Order- Preparing the
United States for the Impacts of
Climate Change (November 1,
2013)
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Hurricane Sandy: Using best
available data to drive rebuilding
 Federal, State, and local collaboration
to inform recovery and rebuilding
 FEMA provided best available data
 Partnered with NOAA and USACE on
Sea Level Rise tools to consider future
risks
 State and local leaders used the
science and other resources to meet
their needs
• NJ rebuilding standards
• NYC resiliency planning
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Best Available Data to Rebuild
Homes and Infrastructure
 Informs homeowner decisions as
they make repairs or rebuild
 Elevating to new requirements
can yield significant savings on
flood insurance premiums
 Leverage recovery resources to
incorporate mitigation into
rebuilding of infrastructure
 Federal flood risk reduction
standard for federally-funded
Sandy-related rebuilding projects
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Building Resilience Based on
Future Conditions
 NFIP Climate Change Report
• Combined Riverine and Coastal: By 2100 the
weighted national average size of SFHAs may
increase by about 40% to 45%
• By 2100, population within riverine and coastal
SFHAs will increase by approximately 130-155%
• Total number of NFIP policyholders is estimated
to increase approximately 80-100%
cumulatively through 2100
 The President’s Climate Change Action Plan
• Directs federal agencies to “update their flood-
risk reduction standard.”
• The flood risk reduction standard should
provide a minimum level of risk reduction
against flood hazards and rely on the best
available, actionable science.
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Building Resiliency Across the
Nation
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