This option appears in resilience plans from around the country.
| Option from plan | Hazards Sort descending | Assets | Region | Source Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test new technologies, materials and tools to increase preparedness for extreme heat. For example, test new pavement materials that can withstand extreme temperatures. | Northeast | Climate Ready Boston - Resilience Initiatives | ||
| Test new technologies, materials and tools to increase flood preparedness. For example, test inflatable flood barriers. | Extreme HeatFlooding – CoastalFlooding – General | Transportation and MobilityMultiple or All Assets | Northeast | Climate Ready Boston - Resilience Initiatives |
| Evaluate and test heat absorbing materials on infrastructure such as roads and parking lots. | Extreme Heat | Transportation and Mobility | Southeast | West Palm Beach, FL - Rethink Paradise: Sustainability Action Plan |
| Evaluate and pilot smart technologies to manage and monitor stormwater and flooding. One example technology is the use of real-time controls in detention systems across the watershed to manage volumes | Flooding – CoastalFlooding – General | Water Infrastructure – Stormwater | Southern Great Plains | Resilient Houston (p. 102 (pdf p. 104)) |
| Test new technologies, materials and tools to increase preparedness for power outages during extreme weather. For example, test various means of backup power to protect traffic-control facilities, including | WindSevere Winter WeatherFire (Wildfire)Extreme HeatFlooding – CoastalFlooding – General | Transportation and MobilityEnergy and Utilities | Northeast | Climate Ready Boston - Resilience Initiatives |
This option appears in resilience plans from around the country.
| Option from plan | Hazards Sort descending | Assets | Region | Source Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Take advantage of FEMA's Community Rating System (CRS), a program that gives cities and towns the opportunity to earn credits for each step they take to reduce their exposure to flooding. Reduce flood | Flooding – CoastalFlooding – General | Multiple or All Assets | Southeast | Charleston, South Carolina - All Hazards Vulnerability & Risk Assessment (p. 178) |
| Adopt practices that comply with the National Flood Insurance Program floodplain management requirements, such as proper issuance of development permits in a floodplain. | Flooding – CoastalFlooding – General | Multiple or All Assets | National | HUD Community Resilience Toolkit (p. 15) |
| Develop a program to implement flood preparedness and damage reduction measures in the Community Rating System. Efforts could focus on acquisition, relocation, retrofitting and maintenance of drainage | Flooding – General | Multiple or All Assets | National | HUD Community Resilience Toolkit (p. 15) |
| Promote and leverage existing policies and programs designed to reduce flood risks and economic losses. Promote local mitigation strategy activities and the Federal Emergency Management Agency National | Flooding – General | Economy | Southeast | Southeast Florida Compact Regional Climate Action Plan - Energy and Fuel |
| Reduce flood insurance premiums by improving CRS rating. | Flooding – Rainfall-induced | Property | Southeast | Charleston, South Carolina - All Hazards Vulnerability & Risk Assessment (p. 178) |
This option appears in resilience plans from around the country.
| Option from plan | Hazards Sort descending | Assets | Region | Source Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Increase Firewise programming and wildland-urban interface (WUI) code enforcement within neighborhoods. Firewise is a program of the National Fire Protection Association. It aims to help neighbors in | Fire (Wildfire) | Urban Landscape and Tree CanopyNatural Areas and WildlifePeopleProperty | Southwest | Flagstaff Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (p. 71) |
| Consider becoming a Firewise Community, a process that will prompt the development of a wildfire risk assessment, an action plan, educational outreach and more steps toward fire-readiness. Jurisdictions | Fire (Wildfire) | Multiple or All AssetsAgriculture and Food SupplyUrban Landscape and Tree CanopyWater Infrastructure – WastewaterCritical FacilitiesNatural Areas and WildlifeProperty | Southeast | West Palm Beach, FL - Rethink Paradise: Sustainability Action Plan |
| Continue to participate in the Firewise program to increase knowledge and capacity to prepare for wildland fires around the utility plant | Fire (Wildfire) | Energy and Utilities | Northwest | City of Seattle, WA: Preparing for a Changing Climate (p. 27 (pdf p. 60)) |
| Use FireWise toolkit/certifications to increase public awareness on Wildland Urban Interface areas | Fire (Wildfire) | Natural Areas and Wildlife | Southeast | Triangle Region, NC Regional Resilience Assessment |
| Support development of Firewise Communities in partnership with County emergency management and community stakeholders. | Fire (Wildfire) | Critical Facilities | Southeast | West Palm Beach, FL - Rethink Paradise: Sustainability Action Plan |
This option appears in resilience plans from around the country.
This option appears in resilience plans from around the country.
This option appears in resilience plans from around the country.
| Option from plan | Hazards Sort descending | Assets | Region | Source Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expand public awareness campaigns on human-caused fires. | Fire (Wildfire) | Agriculture and Food SupplyUrban Landscape and Tree CanopyAquatic and Marine ResourcesNatural Areas and WildlifeProperty | Southwest | Flagstaff Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (p. 71) |
| Launch an outreach campaign to help the public identify and clear fuel loads — large areas of dry, flammable material — and how to prune dead vegetation, | Fire (Wildfire) | Agriculture and Food SupplyUrban Landscape and Tree CanopyAquatic and Marine ResourcesMultiple or All AssetsNatural Areas and WildlifeProperty | National | HUD Community Resilience Toolkit (p. 21) |
| Explore creation of a public outreach campaign with material to help the public conduct effective fuels management through pruning and clearing dead vegetation, performing selective logging, and cutting | Fire (Wildfire) | Property | National | HUD Community Resilience Toolkit (p. 21) |
| Encourage residents and staff to report maintenance needs in the easements of power lines (e.g., clearing woody plants) to utilities to help prevent wildfires. | Fire (Wildfire) | Energy and Utilities | Southeast | Triangle Region, NC Regional Resilience Assessment (p. 211 (pdf p. 223)) |
| Partner with utility companies to ensure employees are prepared to respond when wildfires occur. Coordinate educational opportunities, wildfire training and mutual aid agreements. | Fire (Wildfire) | Energy and UtilitiesPeople | Northwest | City of Seattle, WA: Preparing for a Changing Climate (p. 27 (pdf p. 60)) |
| Provide information to homeowners about vegetation management requirements and promote fuel breaks to slow fire spread in forested and fire-prone areas. | Fire (Wildfire) | Property | Southwest | Statewide Summary Report: California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment |
| Provide information to homeowners about statutory vegetation management requirements and promote fuel breaks to slow fire spread in forested and WUI areas | Fire (Wildfire) | Property | Southwest | Statewide Summary Report: California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment |
| Conduct an outreach program that educates the public on the dangers of removing natural vegetation from dunes and slopes near buildings and infrastructure. | LandslidesErosion – Coastal | Urban Landscape and Tree CanopyAquatic and Marine ResourcesNatural Areas and Wildlife | National | HUD Community Resilience Toolkit (p. 28) |
This option appears in resilience plans from around the country.
This option appears in resilience plans from around the country.
| Option from plan | Hazards Sort descending | Assets | Region | Source Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connect community organizations with experts and resources to guide and efficiently support the development of neighborhood resilience hubs. Encourage community members to establish resilience hub locations | Multiple or All Hazards | Multiple or All AssetsPeople | Southwest | Statewide Summary Report: California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment |
| Creating community spaces where meetings and movement-building activities can occur. | Multiple or All Hazards | People | Midwest | Cleveland Climate Action Plan |
| Develop resilience hubs in high risk neighborhoods that can be managed by community members and retrofitted to stay online during any emergency event. The hub should also be able to support emergency | Multiple or All Hazards | Multiple or All Assets | Midwest | Cleveland Climate Action Plan |
| Connect community organizations with experts and resources to guide and efficiently support the development of neighborhood resilience hubs. | Multiple or All Hazards | Multiple or All Assets | Southwest | Los Angeles, CA Resilience Strategy (p. 58 (pdf p. 31)) |
This option appears in resilience plans from around the country.
| Option from plan | Hazards Sort descending | Assets | Region | Source Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leak detection sensors alert utilities to faults and failures along distribution pipelines or in water storage facilities, enabling rapid action to reduce loss of vital drinking water supplies. | Drought | Water Infrastructure – Drinking Water | National | Toolkit for Resilient Cities: Infrastructure, Technology and Urban Planning (p. 26) |
| Work with the water utility to monitor water loss in water supply systems through leak detection programs and sensors. Make improvements based on monitoring data. For example, improvements might minimize | Drought | Water Infrastructure – Drinking WaterProperty | National | Toolkit for Resilient Cities: Infrastructure, Technology and Urban Planning (p. 26) |
| Create financing incentives that would encourage local businesses, building managers and owners to regularly conduct maintenance that includes checks for water losses, such as checking for leaky pipes | Drought | Property | NationalSoutheast | HUD Community Resilience Toolkit Triangle Region, NC Regional Resilience Assessment (p. 24) |
| Monitor water loss in water supply systems through leak detection programs and sensors. | Drought | Water Infrastructure – General | Southeast | Triangle Region, NC Regional Resilience Assessment (p. 205 (pdf p. 217)) |
| Find and address leaks in drinking water distribution systems. | Water Pollution | Water Infrastructure – Drinking Water | Midwest | Columbus, OH Climate Action Plan |
This option appears in resilience plans from around the country.
