WA State Emergency
Management Division

June 22, 2011. 9:00am – 4:30pm

University Club, UW Campus, Seattle, WA

 

The Washington Association of Floodplain Managers along with the organizations listed along the left invite you to apply to, participate in, and evaluate a pilot of a DHS/FEMA performance-level coastal floodplain management course developed by the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center (NDPTC).

The coast is a complex extremely dynamic environment that provides both threats and opportunities to our built environment. Climate change, tsunamis and storms are changing our coast. These same processes also build the coastline, provide flat land, and offer access to the sea. Within the next decade most Americans may live within a day's travel from the coast and their lives will be affected by how the coast is managed.

This is a one-day performance level course will increase your ability to apply coastal risk reduction and opportunity enhancement measures to real situations.

The course includes seven modules beginning with a discussion of how we view the coast followed by a presentation of coastal processes, practice in applying approaches and tools, and concluding with the development of real world strategies.

Modules include:

Module 1 – Welcome, Administration, and Introduction

Module 2 – The Coast, People, Public Trust Doctrine and Resiliency*

Module 3 – Risk and Opportunity

Module 4 – Coastal Processes (changes and impacts)

Module 5 – Capabilities (Approaches) *

Module 6 – Capabilities (Tools)

Module 7 – Discussion of Strategies, NAI, and Administration

The pilot is funded by the Department of Homeland security through the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center at the University of Hawaii.

Instructors include:

Bob Freitag CFM, Course Principal Investigator and Director of the Institute for Hazards Mitigation Planning and Research, University of Washington and ASFPM Region 10 Director

Alan Lulloff CFM, P.E., Science Services Program Manager, Association of State Floodplain Managers

Susan Bolton Ph.D., P.E., Professor, School of Forest Resources and Adjunct Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Jan Kinney PhD, Course Design and Development, University of Washington

Course participants will apply course concepts within the context of 5 member teams, and will participate in the course and evaluate its content, substance, and applicability.

Please contact Bob Freitag for application information. Email bfreitag@uw.edu or call (206) 818.1175. Participation is limited and we will try to make our selection by May 22nd.

The course will be delivered at no cost to the participants and lunch will be provided.

Continuing Education Credits may be available upon request.