Related Resources
Tools and Best Management Practices
The questionnaire refers to numerous ways to improve coastal community resilience by completing a risk and vulnerability assessment, providing public outreach, integrating existing planning efforts, preparing and responding to coastal storms, and mitigating vulnerabilities within your community. The following are a handful of the tools and best management practices being utilized throughout the country. Take this opportunity to explore these tools and identify how to incorporate them into your municipal efforts. If you are a New Jersey community with a municipal tool or best management practice targeted to improve coastal resilience, please contact Lisa Auermuller (Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve) at auermull@marine.rutgers.edu.
Risk and Vulnerability Assessments
- HAZUS-MH
- Software: https://www.fema.gov/hazus-software
- Training: http://www.fema.gov/hazus-training
- SLOSH
- Website: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/surge/slosh.php
- Obtain Access to GIS Data: http://slosh.nws.noaa.gov/sloshPub/disclaim.php
- NOAA Coastal Inundation Training: http://csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/training/inundationmap
- Coastal GIS Training: http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/training/index.html
- Coastal Community Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping Protocol: http://www.nj.gov/dep/cmp/docs/ccvamp-final.pdf
- Climate Impacts in the Northeast: http://epa.gov/climatechange/impacts-adaptation/northeast.html
- NJ Storm Smart - Identifying Hazards: http://nj.stormsmart.org/before/hazard-id/
Public Outreach and Engagement
- Public Participatory Mapping: http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/_/pdf/participatory-mapping.pdf
- Register Ready: https://www13.state.nj.us/SpecialNeeds/
- Flood Signage
- High Water Mark Signs: http://www.weather.gov/os/water/high_water/
- CRS Credit for a High Water Mark Fact Sheet: http://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/89278
- Storm Ready
- National Weather Service: http://www.stormready.noaa.gov/
- Storm Preparedness
- Ready: http://www.ready.gov/
- NJ Storm Smart - Training & Outreach: http://nj.stormsmart.org/before/ed-outreach/
- EPA's What You Can Do At Home Climate Change Tips: http://epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/home.html
- FloodSmart Community Resources: https://www.floodsmart.gov/floodsmart/pages/partner/partner_index.jsp
- American Red Cross
- Flood Safety Checklist: http://www.redcross.org/images/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m4340128_Flood.pdf
- Hurricane Safety Checklist: http://www.redcross.org/images/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m4340160_Hurricane.pdf
- Returning Home After a Hurricane or Flood: http://www.redcross.org/images/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m14240163_ReturningHomeChecklist.pdf
- Repairing Your Flooded Home: http://www.redcross.org/images/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m4540081_repairingFloodedHome.pdf
- Pets and Disaster Safety Checklist: http://www.redcross.org/images/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m3640126_PetSafety.pdf
Planning Integration
- American Planning Association’s Model Hazard Element: http://www.planning.org/GrowingSmart
- New Jersey Model Floodplain Ordinances: http://www.nj.gov/dep/floodcontrol/modelord.htm
- Getting to Resilience Questionnaire: http://www.nj.gov/dep/cmp/docs/gtr-resilience.pdf
- Model Bylaw For Effectively Managing Coastal Floodplain Development: http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/hawau/hawaut09001.pdf
- What Does Tidal Flooding Look Like? http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/feb14/tidal-flooding.html
- Understanding Your Risks: Identifying Hazards and Estimating Losses: http://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/4241?id=1880
- Rolling Easements Primer: http://water.epa.gov/type/oceb/cre/upload/rollingeasementsprimer.pdf
- Plan & Prepare - Resources and Links for Local Government Officials: http://www.state.nj.us/njoem/plan/local-officials.html
- NJ Storm Smart - Planning: http://nj.stormsmart.org/before/planning/
Disaster Preparedness and Recovery
- Storm-Ready Communities: http://www.stormready.noaa.gov/resources/toolkit.pdf
- Community Emergency Response Team (CERT): http://www.fema.gov/national-flood-insurance-program-community-rating-system
- Community Rating System: http://www.fema.gov/national-flood-insurance-program-community-rating-system
- Hurricane Planning and Impact Assessment Reports: http://www.csc.noaa.gov/hes/about.html
- Post-Disaster Redevelopment Plan: http://www.floridadisaster.org/Recovery/documents/Post%20Disaster%20Redevelopment%20Planning%20Guidebook%20Lo.pdf
- NJ Storm Smart: http://nj.stormsmart.org/
- Earthquake Safety Guide: http://www.areavibes.com/library/earthquake-safety-guide/
- EPA's Quick Tip Guide for Small Manufacturing Businesses on Reducing Toxic Releases Related to Storm Events: http://www.njbia.org/docs/default-source/pdf-files/Quick-Tips-Guide_for_Businesses_-_approved_by_P2C2.pdf?sfvrsn=0
- EPA's Using Pollution Prevention to Make a Visible Difference in Communities: http://www.epa.gov/region2/p2/p2_communities.html
Hazard Mitigation Implementation
- Hazard Mitigation Planning Tools:
- Community Rating System: http://www.fema.gov/national-flood-insurance-program-community-rating-system
- Local Mitigation Plan Review Guide: http://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/23194?id=4859
- Hazard Mitigation Grant Programs: http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=4225
- Land Acquisition:
- New Jersey Green Acres/Blue Acres: http://www.nj.gov/dep/greenacres/
- Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP): http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/land/welcome.html
- Property Acquisition Handbook for Local Communities. https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/3117
- Structural Mitigation Guidance:
- Homeowner’s Guide to Retrofitting
https://www.fema.gov/homeowners-guide-retrofitting - Against the Wind: Protecting Your Home From Hurricane and Wind Damage http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=1641
- Catalog of FEMA Flood and Wind Publications, Training Courses, and Workshops: http://www.fema.gov/library/viewRecord.do?id=3184
- Structural Mitigation Guidance http://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1910-25045-7987/fema_datasheet_rebuild_aezone05.pdf
- NJ Storm Smart - Emergency Management: http://nj.stormsmart.org/before/emergency-services/
- FEMA - Best Practice Stories: http://www.fema.gov/best-practice-stories