An Overview of Local Floodplain Administrators and Training Needs in FEMA Region 6

IF 0.7 4区 管理学 Q4 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Pub Date : 2022-03-30 DOI:10.1515/jhsem-2021-0016
Laura K. Siebeneck, Elyse M. Zavar, Rejina Manandhar
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Abstract The management of flood risk poses significant challenges for communities across the United States. At the forefront of managing flood risk in the U.S. are local floodplain administrators (FPAs). Despite the importance of their role in addressing flood hazards at the local level, little is known about those who serve in this capacity. Using survey data gathered from local floodplain administrators in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, this study provides an overview of floodplain administrators in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region 6. Specifically, this research examines perceived strengths and challenges of floodplain administrators in their ability to carry out their roles and responsibilities, and explores how perceived strengths and challenges in ability vary based on location, experience, and previous floodplain management training. This study provides new insights into the strengths and challenges individuals experience in this role and analyses suggest that significant differences exist in the perceived abilities of floodplain managers based on whether they work in an urban and rural setting, their years of experience, and previous training. Based on the findings, this study offers recommendations about training needs and strategies that would benefit current floodplain administrators as they enhance resilience to floods in their communities.
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联邦应急管理区地方洪泛区管理人员概况和培训需求
洪水风险的管理对美国各地的社区构成了重大挑战。在美国,处于洪水风险管理前沿的是地方洪泛区管理员(fpa)。尽管他们在地方一级应对洪水灾害方面发挥着重要作用,但人们对他们知之甚少。利用从阿肯色州、路易斯安那州、新墨西哥州、俄克拉何马州和德克萨斯州当地洪泛区管理员收集的调查数据,本研究概述了联邦紧急事务管理局(FEMA)第6区洪泛区管理员的情况。具体而言,本研究考察了洪泛区管理者在履行职责和职责方面的感知优势和挑战,并探讨了能力的感知优势和挑战是如何根据地点、经验和以前的洪泛区管理培训而变化的。本研究对个人在这一角色中的优势和挑战提供了新的见解,分析表明,洪泛区管理者的感知能力存在显著差异,这取决于他们在城市和农村环境中工作、他们的经验年限和以前的培训。基于这些发现,本研究提出了有关培训需求和策略的建议,这些建议将有利于当前洪泛区管理者提高其社区对洪水的抵御能力。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management publishes original, innovative, and timely articles describing research or practice in the fields of homeland security and emergency management. JHSEM publishes not only peer-reviewed articles, but also news and communiqués from researchers and practitioners, and book/media reviews. Content comes from a broad array of authors representing many professions, including emergency management, engineering, political science and policy, decision science, and health and medicine, as well as from emergency management and homeland security practitioners.
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