The Risk and Insurance Management Society said it is holding a webinar with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to address and clarify the Federal Emergency Management Agency's new policy on reimbursing repetitive loss claims by public entities.
RIMS said the session is being held Sept. 9, from 1-to-2 p.m. EDT, because of recent confusion about FEMA aid provided to public entities following successive disasters.
Panelists on the webinar, titled “FEMA and Disaster Aid to Public Entities,” will include Scott Clark, risk and benefits officer at Miami-Dade County Public Schools; Terry Fleming, director of the division of risk management at Montgomery County, Maryland; and James Walke, director of FEMA's public assistance division.
FEMA delivers financial assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Response Act of 2000.
RIMS said the session will include discussion of reports that FEMA is actively pursuing a goal of reducing public agency dependence on federal financial aid when disasters cause repeated damage to properties.
Municipalities, school districts, airports and other public entities located in areas that face a high risk of flooding, windstorms or earthquakes are potentially affected by this issue, RIMS noted.
More information is online at www.RIMS.org/FEMAwebinar.
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