The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers established the Flood Risk Management Program in May of 2006 for two primary purposes:

• To work across the agency to focus the policies, programs and expertise of the Corps toward reducing overall flood risk, including reducing the risk of loss of life, reducing long-term economic damages to the public and private sector, and improving the natural environment.
• To convene and facilitate dialogue at all levels of government and with other key interests (e.g., national organizations and the private sector) to develop a national vision for flood risk management.

The flood risk management mission is one of the Corps’ three core Civil Works mission areas.  The Corps seek to reduce the threat to life and property from riverine flooding and coastal storms.

Silver Jackets teams are interagency teams that facilitate collaborative solutions to state flood risk priorities. The state-led teams bring together multiple state, federal, and sometimes tribal and local agencies to learn from one another and work together to reduce risk from floods and sometimes other natural disasters. By applying their shared knowledge, the teams enhance preparedness, mitigation, and response and recovery efforts. The state or territory sets the priorities, with each agency member supporting the team using its own programs and resources within the constraints of available budgets and agency authorities.

Federal participation typically includes the Federal Emergency Management Agency,  National Weather Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Geological Survey, as well as the Natural Resource Conservation Service, Environmental Protection Agency, among others.  Some teams include membership from Tribes and academic institutions, regional and local government, and non-governmental organizations.

• Silver Jackets Teams
• Silver Jackets Resources
  • ​FRM Buzz Newsletter
  • Silver Jackets Webinars
  • Interagency Nonstructural Efforts
  • Federal Flood Risk Management Resources

The Floodplain Management Services (FPMS) program, first authorized in Section 206 of the Flood Control Act of 1960, addresses the need for those who live and work in floodplains to know about flood hazards and the actions they can take to reduce property damage and prevent the loss of life caused by flooding. Visit the USACE HQ page on Floodplain Management Services for more information.

The Flood Damage Data Collection Program was created to provide economists, planners and other analysts with tools to more accurately and efficiently estimate the economic impacts of flooding by collecting primary data, providing analysis, and supplying analytical tools as determined by soliciting information from USACE economists. The program is designed to compile generic damage relationships, estimation models, and data collection tools for organizing floodplain inventory data.

This program will enable USACE districts and communities applying for FEMA Hazard Mitigation grants to more accurately and efficiently estimate the economic consequences of flooding. Field analysts will not have to collect their own basic data, make their own detailed analyses of damage relationships, or invent their own tools for collecting and managing data.

Program accomplishments include the design, testing and release of updated OMB-approved questionnaires for flood damage surveys, the release of a floodplain inventory tool, and the collection of data and development of a model for estimating damages to roads.