To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Tyler Brown, Arapahoe County Sheriff
Prepared By:
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Nathan Fogg, Director, Office of Emergency Management
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Presenter: Nathan Fogg, Director, Office of Emergency Management
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1:15 PM *Updates on FEMA restructuring and impacts to Arapahoe County
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Purpose and Request:
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Based on Executive Order 14180, a federal council was convened to conduct a systemic review of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The final report from the review was released on May 7, 2026. This study session aims to provide an overview of the final report and the most likely impacts to Arapahoe County and its Office of Emergency Management, covering structural, financial, and disaster preparedness cycle impacts, among others.
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Alignment with Strategic Plan: Safe and Healthy Communities - Advance public safety by strengthening partnerships across law enforcement, emergency response, and community stakeholders.
Background and Discussion: The FEMA Review Council released its final report on May 7, 2026, establishing sweeping reforms to national disaster programs and directly affecting how Arapahoe County will prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies. The County's Impact Report synthesizes the changes indicated in the report and interprets their operational implications for the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC). The report explains significant changes across Public Assistance (PA), Individual Assistance (IA), hazard mitigation, environmental/historic review, audits, procurement, and national standards - together representing the most substantial shift in disaster management since the 1980s.
Dramatically Increased Damage Thresholds: The national PA Per-Capita Indicator rose from $1.89 to $2.99, a 1.582? increase. Applying the same proportional logic locally increases Arapahoe County's indicator from $4.72 to ? $7.46, raising the County's project...
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