2012 USACE Flood Risk Management Program and Silver Jackets Workshop Silver Jackets US Army Corps of Engineers
 

Program

Workshop Agenda  (pdf, 331 KB) | Agenda At-a-Glance (pdf, 485 KB)

Theme

The theme for the 2012 workshop is "Integrating People and Programs."

Objectives:

  • Demonstrate results and benefits of collaborative approaches across all levels of government to improve effectiveness and efficiency in managing flood risk and improving community resiliency;
  • Unify and refine approaches to communicating the nature and degree of flood risk in the context of shared and individual responsibility; with the purpose of effecting action at the individual, community, watershed, state and Federal levels; and
  • Refine approaches to providing federal government services in a more coordinated, effective manner, with a focus on local and state priorities.

Workshop Highlights

  • CFM training session and exam
  • Understanding the 2011 Pennsylvania Floods Experience
  • Communicating Risk
  • Efforts, Updates & Experiences with Mapping Tools
  • Mitigation & Mitigation Planning
  • Tools for Flood Risk Management
  • Training Sessions
  • Continuing Education Credits with the Association of State Floodplain Managers

Additional Information