This document provides a single, complete list of external resources used in IS-318, Mitigation Planning for Local and Tribal Communities. Exemplary Excerpts are provided with permission for reference only. FEMA does not endorse any non-Federal Government entities.
Extensive graphic resources were made available for the development of this course. Where applicable, Tribal image source references are included throughout the content of the course. Additional photo and graphic images were provided courtesy of the FEMA Photo Library and other agencies (i.e., NOAA, USGS, etc.). This exhaustive sharing of graphic resources is greatly appreciated.
Module 1 | Module 2 | Module 3 | Module 4 | Module 5 | Module 6 | Module 7 | Module 8
Module 1: Defining Mitigation & Mitigation Planning
- Community Rating System
- Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000
- FEMA How-to Guide #7: Integrating Manmade Hazards into Mitigation Planning (FEMA 386-7) (pdf)
- Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA)
- Local Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning Guidance (pdf)
- Title 44: Emergency Management and Assistance
- Tribal Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning Guidance (2010) (pdf)
Module 2: The Planning Process
- FEMA How-to Guide #1: Getting Started: Building Support for Mitigation Planning (FEMA 386-1) (pdf)
- FEMA How-to Guide #1: Getting Started: Building Support for Mitigation Planning (FEMA 386-1), Worksheet #1 (pdf)
- Hazard Mitigation Planning: Act Before Disaster Strikes (FEMA 444) (DVD available from the FEMA Publications Warehouse)
- Exemplary Excerpts:
Module 3: Assessing Risk
- Base Flood Elevation (BFE)
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- EPA American Indian Tribal Portal
- EPA Tribal Programs
- FEMA How-to Guide #2: Understanding Your Risks: Identifying Hazards and Estimating Losses (FEMA 386-2) (pdf)
- FEMA How-to Guide #6: Integrating Historic Property and Cultural Resource Considerations into Hazard Mitigation Planning (FEMA 386-6) (pdf)
- FEMA Mitigation Planning Web Site
- Flood Insurance Study (FIS)
- HAZUS
- HUD Office of Native American Programs
- Indian Health Service Area Offices and Facilities
- Landfire
- Map Service Cente
- National Congress of American Indians
- National Geophysical Data Center
- National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project
- National Tribal Environmental Council
- NOAA, Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory, Hurricane Research Division, Frequently Asked Questions
- NOAA, Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory, Hurricane Research Division, Probability of a Named Storm in September
- Risk MAP
- State Hazard Mitigation Officers and National Flood Insurance Program Coordinators
- Tornado Activity in the United States
- Tribal Risk and Emergency Management Association
- Tsunami Data and Information
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Landslide Hazards Program
- United South and Eastern Tribes
- USGS, Earthquake Hazards Program
- USGS Landslide Hazards Program, Landslide Overview Map of the Conterminous United States
- Wildland Fire Assessment System
- Exemplary Excerpts:
- Beaverhead County, Montana, Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan (2009) (pdf)
- Fannin County, Texas Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (2009), 1 (pdf)
- Fannin County, Texas Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (2009), 2 (pdf)
- Jasper County, Iowa, Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan (2009) (pdf)
- Lake County, Indiana, Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan (2010) (pdf)
- Navajo Nation Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan as presented in the FEMA Tribal Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning Guidance (2010) (pdf)
Module 4: Prepare the Mitigation Strategy
- FEMA How-to Guide #3: Developing the Mitigation Plan: Identifying Mitigation Actions and Implementation Strategies (FEMA 386-3) (pdf)
- FEMA How-to Guide #3, Worksheet Job Aid #1, Alternative Mitigation Actions by Hazard (pdf)
- FEMA How-to Guide #3, Worksheet #1, Identify Alternative Mitigation Actions (pdf)
- Leadership Breeds Success
- National Flood Insurance Program Participation
- Planning for a Sustainable Future: The Link Between Hazard Mitigation and Livability (FEMA 364)
- Exemplary Excerpts:
- City of Colorado Springs, CO, Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan Update (2010) (pdf)
- Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, Tribal Hazard Mitigation Plan (2009) (pdf)
- Pala Band of Mission Indians (CA) Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan (2009) (pdf)
- Pre-Disaster Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians (pdf)
- San Francisco Hazard Mitigation Plan (2008) (pdf)
- The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan (pdf)
- Union County, PA, Hazard Mitigation Plan Update (2010), 1 (pdf)
- Union County, PA, Hazard Mitigation Plan Update (2010), 2 (pdf)
- University of Wisconsin—River Falls, Hazard Mitigation Plan (2008) (pdf)
Module 5: Implementing and Maintaining the Mitigation Plan
- FEMA How-to Guide #4: Bringing the Plan to Life: Implementing the Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA 386-4) (pdf)
- FEMA How-to Guide #4, Worksheet #3, Evaluate Your Project Results (pdf)
- Exemplary Excerpts:
- Union County, PA, Hazard Mitigation Plan Update (2010), 1 (pdf)
- Union County, PA, Hazard Mitigation Plan Update (2010), 2 (pdf)
- City of Colorado Springs, CO, Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan Update (2010), Part 1 (pdf)
- City of Colorado Springs, CO, Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan Update (2010), part 2 (pdf)
- City of Tulsa, Oklahoma: Multi-hazard Mitigation Plan Update (2009) (pdf)
- Fannin County, Texas, Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (2009) (pdf)
- Washoe Tribe of California and Nevada Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan and from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan, as presented in the FEMA Tribal Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning Guidance (2010) (pdf)
Module 6: Reviewing the Mitigation Plan
- Local Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning Guidance (pdf)
- Tribal Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning Guidance (pdf)
Module 7: Updating the Plan: Showing Progress Over Time
- Local Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning Guidance (pdf)
- Tribal Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning Guidance
- Exemplary Excerpts:
Module 8: Conclusion
- Hazard Mitigation Planning Contacts
- Hazard Mitigation Planning Resources
- Regional Operations
- State Hazard Mitigation Officers (SHMO)