FEMA Region IV Has a Process to Identify Single Sites Damaged by Multiple Events

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Region IV has a process for identifying and evaluating single sites damaged by multiple disasters, which it followed in administering Public Assistance in fiscal year 2022 for three federally declared weather-related events in Kentucky. Specifically, Region IV uses a geographic information system tool (the tool) that incorporates historical information and allows FEMA to create and maintain a visual electronic record, or representation, of prior weather damage. This tool ensured damages were being claimed or attributed to the applicable declaration. The visual representation produced by the tool can be used throughout various phases of the Public Assistance grant program process, including preliminary damage assessment, site inspection, project worksheet (or project) formulation, and eligibility review.