Events
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December Webinar for Members-Quantifying Benefits of Green Infrastructure and Nature Based Solutions
NAFSMA will be hosting a webinar on December 12, 2024 at 11 am eastern on how to Quantify the Benefits of Green Infrastructure and Nature Based Solutions. Join Dave Skuodos, Mile High Flood District’s Director of Design, Construction and Maintenance and Brandon Parsons, American Rivers, Director of River Restoration discuss how to quantify the benefits of nature based solutions when capitol planning. They will provide real world examples of successful projects and lessons learned.
Registration Link is provided in our newsletters. If you are interested in joining NAFSMA reach out to Sunny.
Monthly Committee Meetings All members are invited to participate in the monthly committee meetings on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 11 am est. Committees will provide an update on NAFSMA activities and then an open forum to discuss issues and collaborate. Zoom links and topics will be provided in the NAFSMA Newsletter.
December 18th-Flood Infrastructure and Management Committee
January 15th – Floodplain Management and Mapping Committee
February 19th – Water Quality and Environment Committee
2025 Mentoring Session – Flood Evacuation and Real Time Forecasting: Flood evacuation is a life-or-death issue, but in many places’ evacuation decisions appear to cross many disciplines, often too many disciplines to ensure a community is prepared. Flood agencies may have the best information on the risk of flooding, where flood waters are likely to go, and how long they may take to get there. Departments of Transportation may have the best information on the capacity of roads and the best way to route people, assuming all roads are available. Cell phone companies can warn large numbers of people, but often lack the ability to send their messages to very specific locales, or to share clear messages of evacuation routes depending on locale. Offices of Emergency Services and First Responders are often forced to try to meld all this information together, in emergency situations, into a plan that can save lives. And the connections needed to perform effectively in an emergency may not exist until the emergency has already started.
NAFSMA will convene a cross-discipline mentoring session on flood evacuation and advance in real time forecasting tentatively scheduled for February 26 and 27, 2025 in Sacramento. NAFSMA will bring together flood managers, city and county officials, OES professionals at the State and county level, as well as first responders, and to learn from the lessons of others and gain insight into how to prepare and manage flood evacuations. The second day will focus on success stories of real time forecasting and discussing where public agencies need to go with this technology to reduce risk for our communities. More details to come!
Save the date for 2025 Annual Meeting in Chicago July 21-24!
