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Flood Apex Program
The Flood Awareness Apex applies new and emerging technologies to improve community resilience from flood disasters. Our goals are to reduce flood fatalities and property losses, as well as enhance community-wide resiliency to disruptive flood events.
Overview
On Oct. 7, 2019, the Wharton Risk Center finalized an issue brief on the National Flood Insurance Program’s (NFIP) mandatory purchase requirement that identifies its origins and evaluates its effectiveness in achieving NFIP goals. The team is currently working on a series of related projects under DHS S&T’s Flood Apex program. The team is also conducting a study on flood risk in the U.S. mortgage lending system. Finally, they are exploring the determinants of voluntary purchase of flood insurance policies and why some communities have a large share of their policies outside the high-risk area. Read The Mandatory (Flood Insurance) Purchase Requirement (pdf, 19 pages, 946kb) for more information.
Watch the Flood Apex video
To mitigate the impact of flood disasters, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has initiated multiple projects across the nation through its Flood Apex Program.
Fact Sheets
- Automated National Structures Inventory Project Fact Sheet
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Storm Water Services Partnering to Plan for Flood Risk Fact Sheet
- Community Hazard Assessment and Mitigation Planning System (CHAMPS) Assessed to Help Mitigate Disasters Fact Sheet
- Enhanced Resiliency Experiment Framework Fact Sheet
- Flood Analytics: Improving Risk Assessment and Community Resilience Fact Sheet
- Internet of Things (IoT): Low-Cost Flood Inundation Sensors Fact Sheet
- National Resilience Standards for Flood Proofing Products Project Fact Sheet
- Private Flood Insurance Market Evaluation Project Fact Sheet
- Rethinking America's Costliest Disaster Fact Sheet
- Smart Alerts Pilot Project Fact Sheet
- Utilizing the Landsat Mission and Spectral Indices to Automate Flood Extent Mapping Fact Sheet
Publications
- Low-Cost Flood Sensors: Performance Analysis
- Low-Cost Flood Sensors Urban Installation Guidebook
- Low-Cost Internet of Things (IOT) Flood Inundation Sensors- Stakeholder Feedback
- Flood Apex Program: Rethinking America's Costliest Disaster Infographic Infographic
- Flood Apex Program Overview: Rethinking America’s Costliest Disaster
- New Orleans Flood Resilience Experiment After Action Report
News
- Feature Article: New Guidebooks Help Urban Communities Install Low-Cost Sensors to Reduce Flood Risks
- Snapshot: S&T, N.C. Partner to Test Flood Sensors, Build Resilience
- Snapshot: S&T Supports FEMA with Comprehensive Flood Insurance Report
- News Release: DHS S&T Partners with Local Communities to Improve Flood Resiliency
- Snapshot: National Conversation on Homeland Security Technology: Commercial Flood Insurance Roundtable
- Snapshot: S&T Helps Train Public Safety Practitioners in Flood Preparation
- Snapshot: Making Flood Forecasting Easier, Faster
- Snapshot: Homeowner Flood Insurance Roundtable Dialogue
- Snapshot: S&T & New Orleans Teamed Up to Conduct Flood Relief Planning Exercise
