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August 8, 2011
Jennifer Jia
Where flat terrain exhibits unconfined floodplains, a dam breach or natural flood wave can potentially travel in all directions since water is not confined to a narrow valley. By applying 2-D hydrologic and hydraulic models, mathematical calculations are used to route flows in eight potential…
July 26, 2011
Jake Jarosz
Technology has changed the way we do everything, from travel to business to relaxation. One of the greatest innovations in the past decade is the personal mobile communication device. These handheld devices allow us to stay in touch with family and friends even if they are thousands of miles away.
July 18, 2011
Laurel McGinley
Dewberry’s disaster cadre can be called upon to support our planning, response, and recovery work. The cadre is a group of experienced professionals hired by Dewberry to work on deployments to support FEMA assistance programs for federally declared disasters. Cadre members may also be asked to…
June 27, 2011
Stephanie Vallez
Zombie warnings, tornadoes in Boston, Mayan doomsday calendars, rabid beaver attacks: Are headlines starting to look like a game of fact or fiction to anyone else?
June 21, 2011
Recently, FEMA decided to take a different approach to a common issue in flood resistant design: evaluating flood damage-resistant materials. Using existing guidance as a starting point and working with partners in the construction and restoration industries, codes and standards organizations…
May 23, 2011
Chris Zambito
FEMA is about to release a major update to its regional loss estimation methodology software. HAZards US-Multi-Hazard (HAZUS-MH) has been on a major release cycle every one to two years. The current release, known as MR 5, has been released in early 2011, but it’s not the big change. The big change…
April 18, 2011
Jerry Sparks
After seeing a tweet by FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate about some new FEMA widgets, I had to check them out. The widget “Are You Prepared For Flooding?” is a simple, effective way for public agencies and firms like Dewberry who support local, state, and federal hazard mitigation and emergency…
March 16, 2011
This past February, Sarah Ice, CFM, and I had the opportunity, as two RAMPP team members representing FEMA, to present at a workshop for the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors Conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey. We presented our four-hour workshop, “The Newest Letter of Map…
January 1, 2009
The National Research Council has released a report on the accuracy of flood maps by the National Research Council of the National Academies, Committee on FEMA Flood Maps, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources/Mapping Science Committee, and Water Science and Technology Board Dewberry's Dave Maune, PhD, CP, CFM, was on the Committee on FEMA Flood Maps, and Stephanie Dunham, PE, and Jerry Sparks, PE, CFM, are acknowledged for supporting computations.
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