Now Available! NDSP Biennial Report to Congress, Fiscal Years 20142015 (FEMA P-1067)
When it comes to vying for grants, your application needs to stand out. If your agency is one of the many nationwide that has to be prepared for dam and flooding incidents, new information from FEMA is available for you. This info can help your need and application stand out from the pack.
Get the latest risk assessment for dams considered high hazards, and use this info for creating or modifying your agency’s response plans. This information from FEMA can be critical to grant applications showing this high-risk need that your agency has to be prepared for.
FEMA NDSP Biennial Report to Congress, Fiscal Years 20142015 (FEMA P-1067)
FEMA has prepared and published The National Dam Safety Program Biennial Report to the United States Congress, Fiscal Years 2014–2015 (FEMA P-1067), pursuant to the Dam Safety Program Act of 2006, which requires a biennial report to Congress on the progress that has been achieved in dam safety during the previous two fiscal years.
The National Dam Safety Program (NDSP) mission is to “reduce risks to life, property, and the environment from dam failure by guiding public policy and leveraging industry best practices across the dam safety community.” To help improve the condition and safety of the Nation’s dams, FEMA provides grants to the states to reduce the likelihood and consequences of dam failures, promote public awareness of the benefits and risks related to dams, and promote research and training for state dam safety and other professionals.
In fiscal years 2014 and 2015, NDSP was guided by the National Dam Safety Program Strategic Plan (FEMA P-916). All goals and objectives from the strategic plan have been met for the reporting period. The following is a sample list of the many reported accomplishments and improvements of NDSP:
- For 2014, 24 states reported 90 percent or more of their state-regulated high hazard potential dams had an existing emergency action plan. In fact, many states had increases of several hundred to several thousand percent.
- The national average for the inspection of existing state-regulated high hazard potential dams has remained relatively steady during the reporting period from 1998 to 2014, as inspection of existing dams has been a state priority. States reported completion of 98 percent of scheduled inspections for high hazard potential dams in 2014.
- Seven federal agencies have implemented risk practices in policy and process and are using risk to make dam safety decisions.
- Turning planning into action, a number of federal agencies reported positive accounts of dam incidents in which emergency action plans were activated and proved to be satisfactory in effectively managing the risk associated with the event.
- To read the full report and other NDSP publications, visit the FEMA Library and National Dam Safety Program Information.