Capabilities

Hazard Mitigation Planning

Mapping Sustainability has specialized expertise in the areas of:

• Floodplain Management and the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
• DFIRM Data Production and Quality Assurance
• Using GIS for Risk Assessment, Vulnerability Analysis, Asset/Damage Inventories, Hazard Mitigation Planning, and Response and Recovery.

We have several ASFPM Certified Floodplain Managers on staff. In addition, Mapping Sustainability is a FEMA Authorized HAZUS-MH Vendor, which qualifies us to provide technical training and assistance using HAZUS-MH for flood and hurricane risk assessment. Our President, Denise Castronovo, has developed the curriculum and co-taught FEMA’s Digital Hazards Data Course (E234) several times at FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute with Harvard Design & Mapping Co. (HDM). The course is designed for Floodplain Managers and Emergency Planners to explain FEMA’s DFIRM data and how to use hazards data and a GIS for hazard mitigation planning and emergency response and recovery.

Our capabilities include:

• Technical Assistance for HAZUS-MH and DFIRM Production
• GIS Vulnerability Analysis
• Floodplain Management Education and Outreach
• Mobile GIS Application development for Asset Inventories and Damage Assessment

Capabilities

• Public Health
• Environmental Planning & Assessment
• Sustainable City Planning
• Hazard Mitigation Planning
• GIS Process Management
• Muncipal GIS