Tool Box

The following tools are designed to help ensure the creation and ongoing success of Silver Jacket state teams:

Program Guides

• Program guide (pdf, 462 KB)
• Pennsylvania Program Guide (pdf, 345 KB)

Flood Risk Management Team Charters

• State Team Charter Template (doc, 61.8 KB)

For advice from successful state teams visit the Develop a Team page.

Collaborative Planning

• Patchwork Quilt (pdf, 3.20 MB)
• Shared Vision Planning
• Conflict Resolution and Public Participation Center (ppt, 748 KB)

Tips for Emergency Managers

• Long-Term Community Recovery and ESF #14
  

Nonstructural Measures

• National Nonstructural Flood Proofing Committee

Other Resources

• Recent Floodplain Management Legal Resources (pdf, 35KB)
• Demonstrating Measurable Benefits: Silver Jackets Pilot Projects' Approaches for Documenting Specific Actions Leading to Reduced Flood Risks and Future Costs (working draft document) (pdf, 199 KB)

Public Outreach

• So, You Live Behind a Levee! (ASCE Levee Guide)
• FEMA Floodsmart

Revised 16 January 2013

Patchwork Quilt Credit: Ed Thomas