Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Silver Jackets Team is an interagency team dedicated to working collaboratively with the commonwealth and appropriate stakeholders in developing and implementing solutions to flood hazards by combining available agency resources, which include funding, programs, and technical expertise.

Participation

Federal

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region 3
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service (NOAA/NWS)
• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
• U.S. Economic Development Agency (EDA)

Commonwealth

• PA Department of Transportation (PennDOT)
• PA Insurance Department
• PA Department of Agriculture
• Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA)
• PA Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED)
• PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
• PA Department of Conservation of Natural Resources (DCNR)

Regional

• Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC)
• Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC)
• Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB)

Professional

• PA Association of Floodplain Managers (PAFPM)
• Keystone Emergency Management Agency (KEMA)
• American Rivers Organization (ARO)

Initial Focus Areas

1. Mitigating Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL)/Repetitive Loss (RL) properties
2. Interagency program guide (pdf, 349 KB) (including Commonwealth programs)
3. Outreach and education

Contact Information

USACE , Baltimore District
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency

Meetings and Events

Recent

May 7-9, 2013
Nonstructural Flood Proofing Workshops

• Overview of Programs (pdf, 2.90 MB)
• Overview of Non-Structural Measures (pdf, 8.90 MB)
  

 

March 21, 2013
Webinar

February 21, 2013
Webinar

January 17, 2013
Quarterly Meeting
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 55 KB) | PA Flood Maps (pdf, 49 KB)

December 20, 2012
Webinar
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 43 KB)

November 15, 2012
Webinar
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 38 KB)

October 18, 2012
Quarterly Meeting
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 51 KB) | DCED Disaster Recovery (pdf, 385 KB) | Flood of 1913 (pdf, 3.85 MB)

September 20, 2012
Webinar
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 46 KB)

July 26,2012
Quarterly Meeting
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 48 KB) | PADEP's Role in Levees (pdf, 3.13 MB) | USACE's Role in Levees (pdf, 985 KB) | USACE Levee Safety Program (pdf, 10.5 MB) | FEMA's Role in Levees (pdf, 1.35 MB) | FEMA Levee Certification Process (pdf, 1.05 MB)

June 21, 2012
Webinar
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 39 KB)

May 17, 2012
Webinar
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 39 KB)

April 19, 2012
Quarterly Meeting
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 42 KB)

February 16, 2012
Webinar
Meeting Mintues (pdf, 39 KB) | 1913 Anniversary Outreach Presentation (pdf, 1.14 MB)

January 19, 2012
Quarterly Meeting
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 49 KB) | NRCS EWP Factsheet (pdf, 1.01 MB) | NRCS EWP In-Kind Flyer (pdf, 56 KB) | Presentation by FEMA (pdf, 192 KB) | Presentation by NWS (pdf, 1.15 MB)
Presentation by PA DCED (pdf, 58 KB) | Presentation by PADEP (pdf, 190 KB) | Presentation by PEMA (pdf, 240 KB) | Presentation by PENNDOT (pdf, 3.57 MB)
Presentation by SRBC (pdf, 1.12 MB) | Presentation by USACE (pdf, 196 KB) | Presentation by USGS (pdf, 1.71 MB)

December 15, 2011
Webinar
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 39 KB) | CRS Presentation (pdf, 2.50 MB) | ESF#14 Presentation (pdf, 241 KB)

November 17, 2011
Webinar
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 39 KB) | AHPS Presentation (pdf, 2.47 MB)

October 20, 2011
Quarterly Meeting
Meeting Agenda (pdf, 93 KB) | Presentation by Harrisburg JFO (pdf, 720 KB) | Presentation by PEMA (pdf, 3.85 MB)

September 24, 2011
PEMA Workshop
PA Silver Jackets Team Presentation (pdf, 1.42 MB)

August 25, 2011
Webinar
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 42 KB)

July 14, 2011
Quarterly Meeting
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 40 KB)

June 16, 2011
Webinar
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 34 KB) | Presentation by USGS (pdf, 1.7 MB)

May 12, 2011
Quarterly Meeting
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 39 KB)

March 17, 2011
Webinar
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 42 KB) | SRBC Map Viewer

February 17, 2011
Webinar
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 37 KB) | Presentation by NWS (pdf, 5.7 MB)

January 13, 2011
Quarterly Meeting
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 48 KB) | Presentation by PA DCED (pdf, 254 KB)

December 16, 2010
Webinar
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 36 KB)

November 18, 2010
Webinar
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 34 KB)

October 19, 2010
Quarterly Meeting
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 48 KB)

September 23, 2010
PA SJ Webinar
USACE Presentation (pdf, 1.02 MB)
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 45 KB)

August 18, 2010
First PA SJ Working Meeting - Harrisburg, PA
USACE Presentation (pdf, 3.12 MB)
FEMA Presentation (pdf, 470 KB)
PADEP Presentation (pdf, 2.48 MB)
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 68 KB)

March - June 2010
Participation in HMP Update (meetings, reviews)

March 22, 2010
Silver Jackets Introduction to PA Reps Mtg - Harrisburg, PA
Presentation (pdf, 1.23 MB)
Meeting Minutes (pdf, 20 KB)

Related Links

So, You Live Behind a Levee! (ASCE, 2010)

Draft Harrisburg Tropical Storm Lee (Sept 2011) Flood Inundation Maps (pdf, 175 MB)

Harrisburg Agnes/Lee Mapbook (pdf, 188 MB)

Flood Risk Management Resources

The Great Flood of 1913 - 100 Years Later

PA SJ Charter (pdf, 3.18 MB)

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Revised 17 May 2013