FEMA’s 17 year old Technical Bulletin 2 has been updated

FEMA Technical Bulletin 2 cover page

FEMA Technical Bulletins provide specific guidance on complying with the NFIP’s minimum floodplain management criteria. The Technical Bulletins are used by state and local floodplain management officials, including design professionals (e.g., architects, engineers), contractors, building owners and operators, planners, and other interested stakeholders Technical Bulletin (TB) 2 is intended to provide current guidance on what... Continue Reading →

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FEMA’s Building Science Releases Four Recovery Advisories from the Maui Wildfires

FEMA Pamphlet: Reducing Wildfire Risk to Your Home

The Building Science Disaster Support (BSDS) team has released four recovery advisories following the unprecedented wildfires in Maui, Hawaiʻi. The BSDS Program sent experts to assess the performance of buildings and structures after the disaster, and the advisories are based on their observations of the impact of wildfires. Wildfire Recovery Resources for Maui (Maui Wildfires... Continue Reading →

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Meet Maui County’s New Floodplain Administrator

old sam sato puunene store

Sherilyn “Berry” Ueoka was born and raised in Wailuku, Maui. She is a licensed civil engineer with the Department of Public Works, Engineering Division since 2023. Berry has over 20 years of civil and coastal engineering experience in the private sector with specialized expertise in performing and integrating numerical models of coastal, estuarine, fluvial, and... Continue Reading →

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Key Fundamentals of Flood Insurance Webinar 2.0

Key Fundamentals of Flood Insurance for Agents 2.0 is a two-part course on FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program. This course brings participants the latest information on the NFIP, including instruction on the NFIP’s pricing methodology – Risk Rating 2.0: Equity in Action. Key Fundamentals of Flood Insurance for Agents 2.0 also reviews the key elements that insurance agents need to know about the NFIP and how it works.

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FEMA unveils updated Flood Risk Maps for Oʻahu; residents invited to informational open houses

Top view of a stream in Oʻahu

O‘AHU – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), and the City and County of Honolulu (City) invite Oʻahu residents, especially home and business owners, to attend an important informational open house on significant updates to FEMA’s Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for Oʻahu. Since 2019, FEMA has undertaken an... Continue Reading →

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