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Past IAFSM Conferences

Construction Erosion Control, Post Construction BMPs, and Illicit Discharge Detection
Strategies for Compliance with Stormwater NPDES Regulations
May 25, 2010, I-Wireless Center, Moline, IL

Workshop Presentation Files for Download
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• Practical Guidelines for Application of Temporary BMPs, Minal Hahm, P.E., CFM
• Elements of Effective Erosion and Sediment Control Programs, Michael E. Novotney, P.E.
• Green Infrastructure for Clean Water, Public Act 0096-0026, Amy Walkenbach
• Acquiring your Permit & Keeping your Local Authority Happy!, Erica Williams
• Elements for Effective Erosion & Sediment Control, Kelsey Musich, CPESC
• Post-Construction Stormwater Management, Satisfying Today's & Tomorrow's Requirements, Michael E. Novotney, P.E.
• Key Components of an Illicit Discharge Detection & Elimination Program
• Keys to the ILR40, The Six Minimum Control Measures, Shauna Urlacher

2010 IAFSM Annual Conference, March 9-10, 2010

Conference Photos have been posted!

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Pre-Conference Seminars:

• Floodplain 101
• HEC-HMS & HEC-RAS "User's Group" Workshop
  • Addressing Unique Storage Characteristics
  • Debugging Unsteady Flow
  • HEC-GEORAS
  • Outlet Structure Modeling
  • Lateral Weirs
  • Levees
• LID Workshop
  • LID Workshop - EXISTING COND.ini (.zip file)
  • LID Workshop - EXISTING COND.inp (.zip file)

Sessions:

• 1A CRS NAI Presentation Handouts
• 1A CRS and Ottawa
• 1A CRS Primer
• 1A Lake in the Hills CRS from 10 to 7
• 1C Flood Forecasting Watershed Study
• 1C IDNR Realtime Floodplain Mapping
• 1C Lake County SMC Flood Response
• 1D Groundwater Flooding in Residential Subdivisions
• 1D Riverside Ave. Floodway - Creative Floodplain Management
• 1D Twin Orchard CC Drainage Improvements
• 2A All LID Modeling
• 2B Las Cruces Guatemala Post-Flood Analysis and Mitigation
• 2B Lessons Learned from the Analysis of the El Aguacate River Guatemala
• 2C Earthquakes
• 2C Elmhurst Levee Certification
• 2C Non-Levee Non-Dam Embankments
• 2D Keith Creek Greenway Flood Mitigation Project
• 2D Levees - What you should know to manage risk
• 2D Tale of Two Graftons
• 3A DeBugging Unsteady Flow
• 3A Lower Des Plaines River Calibration using Clark Unit Hydrograph
• 3B FEMA's RiskMAP Program
• 3B Let's Get Digital
• 3B MapMod to RiskMAP in IL
• 3C How Many Dams Does it Take to Impact a Watershed
• 3C Low Head Dam
• 3C St. Charles Riverwall
• 3D DuPage County Website Presentation
• 3D Innovative Regulatory Approaches
• 3D Progressive Stormwater Programs
• 4A Developing Mitigation Projects
• 4A IL Mitigation Update
• 4A Hazard Mitigation Grants Programs and Projects
• 4B Flood Risk and Flood Insurance
• 4B Resolving Floodplain Violations
• 4C Sun Valley Pilot Study
• 4C Village of Glenview Stormwater Planning
• 4C Wheaton Northside Park Main Street Flood Control Project
• 4D Adaptive Design-Build-Manage for Successful Ecological Restoration of the Spring Creek Greenway
• 4D Transitioning from Watershed Planning to Watershed Plan Implementation
• 4D Wetland - Richland Creek Mitigation Bank
• 5A New Standard in Sustainable Design
• 5A Runoff Reduction through BMPs
• 5B Elevation Certificate
• 5B IL Height Modernization
• 5B Post-Construction SW Runoff Reduction NPDES
• 5C Chicago Wilderness Climate Action Plan for Nature
• 5C Climate Change and Design of Hydraulics
• 5C Climate Change and Flood Risk Assessment
• 5D Buffalo Grove SW Improvement Project
• 5D IDNR Regs on RR Bridge Permitting and Modeling a Zero-Slope Channel
• 5D McCollum Park Flood Control Facility
• Final Session - Cook Co. WMO

Plenary & Lunch:

• Day 1.0 Plenary - FEMA Region V
• Day 1.1 Plenary - IEMA
• Day 1.2 Lunch, Welcome, Sponsors
• Day 2.0 Plenary - ASFPM Foundation
• Day 2.1 Plenary - Keynote - FP Management Aussie Style
• Day 2.2 Lunch - Awards

MWRDGC Cook County Oridinance and Watershed Studies Dinner Seminar EE&WR,
ASCE, IAFSM, November 12, 2009
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• MWRDGC Stormwater Management Program Presentation, John P. Murray, P.E., CFM

Stormwater Management Committee BMP Design Workshop, September 29, 2009
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• LID Modeling Using SWMM, Gregory P. Kacvinsky, P.E.
  LID Example .zip
• Stormwater BMP Design Course
• The Main Parking Lot at the Morton Aboretum, Sikich Engineering, Inc.
• Maintenance Challenges and Success Stories, Foth
• Dupage County Water Quality BMPs, Clayton Heffter
• Infiltration BMP Design Exercise
• The RECARGA Model, Linda Severson, Montgomery Associates Resource Solutions, LLC
• WinSLAMM Analysis of Treatment Practices, Caroline Burger, P.E. & Roger Bannerman
• Infiltration Stormwater Control Practices - Guidelines, Roger Bannerman, WDNR

2009 IAFSM Annual Conference, March 11 & 12, 2009
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• 1C Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Megan Elberts, CMAP
• 1C LEED 2009 and other Green Initiatives Programs Related to Stormwater Measures,
  Engineering Resource Associates, Inc.
• 1C Sustainable, Multi-Use Compnents, Kim Sarmento, P.E.
• 1D Stormwater Utility 101, Engineering Resource Associates, Inc.
• 1D Stormwater Utility Credit Programs, Doug Noel, AMEC
• 2A Benefits of GIS developed Zone A, Mark Everett and Matt Faulkner
• 2A Exploring FEMA DFIRM on Internet
• 2A FEMA's Digital Vision and Benefits of Digital Flood Hazard Data,
  Suzanne K. Vermeer, P.E., CFM, FEMA
• 2B Application of Innovative Stormwater Management Approaches to Develop the Calumet-Sag Channel Detailed Watershed Plan,
  Jonathan Grabowy, MWRDGC & Tim Coleman, CH2M Hill
• 2B City of Lockport Stormwater Master Conveyance Plan,
  Kristina M. Falat, Baxter & Woodman
• 2B Downers Grove Watershed Infrastructure Improvement Plan,
  Village of Downers Grove and V3 Companies
• 2C A Case for the Design and Modeling of BMP Infiltration and LID Techniques,
  Bob Murdock, Baker
• 2C RECARGA Infiltration Modeling, Matthew R. Bardol, Cowhey, Gudmundson, Leder, Ltd.
• 2D Illinois Interagency Levee Workgroup
• 3A Cultural Sustainability: Gaining Support for Natural Areas and Best Management Practices, Hey and Associates, Inc.
• 3B Flood Study of Welch Creek and Big Rock Creek, Kane County, IL, ISWS
• 3B Ivanhoe LOMR, Ralph Stark, SEC Group, Inc.
• 3B Plum Creek / Hart Ditch Flooding Watershed Study,
  Dave Buckley, Christopher B. Burke Engineering
• 3C Stormwater Management Bioswale Design , Huff & Huff Inc.
• 3C Montgomery Village Hall - A Case Study in Matching Conservation Design with Project Conditions, Timothy N. Paulson, Jason M. Bauer, Engineering Enterprises, Inc.
• 3D Prudent and Ethical Floodplain Manager, David T. Williams & Michael DePue, PBS&J
• 4A Have a Mitigation Plan?,Molly J. O'Toole, Molly J. O'Toole & Associates, Ltd. & Christine M. Gaynes, Lake County Stormwater Management Commission
• 4A Local Mitigation Plans and HAZUS, Kingsley M. Allan, University of Illinois INRS-ISWS
• 4A Updating Mitigation Plans, Rich Roths, URS
• 4B Detailed Unsteady Flow Model Development for the Little Calumet River Watershed,
  Susen K. Gali, Daniel G. Bounds, Daniel H. Lau, CDM & John Morgan, AECOM
  
• 4B Geneva Rock Ramp Evaluation
• 4B Public Safety at Run-of-River Dams, G. Nicholas Textor, Daniel W. Tornil, Lee Von Gynz-Guethle, AECOM
• 4C Butterfield Country Club Stream Restoration Project, Michael D. Cothard, Donald Dressel, Casey D. Perry, Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd.
• 4C Fox River Bank Restoration Lessons Learned, Kenneth N. Anderson, Jr.
• 4C Spring Brook Meander Project, Leslie A. Berns, Lake Co. Forest Preserve Dist. and Erik L. Gil, Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd.
• 4D BMP Monitoring Programs, Deanna Doohaluk & Jeff Wickenkamp, Hey and Associates, Inc.
• 4D Increasing Flood Peaks in Northeastern Illinois, Momcilo Markus, Sally McConkey, Mohamad Hejazi, Illinois State Water Survey
• 4D Current Changes in Illinois Weather Patterns and their Effect on Hydrologic Analysis, Lillian B. Prince, Engineering Resource Associates, Inc.
• 5A Cook County Watershed Management Ordinance, John P. Murray, MWRDGC
• 5B Use of Reclaimed Floodprone Land, Prairie Park, Elgin, IL,
  Sandra Homola, V3 Companies, Ltd.
• 5B Using Zoning to Reduce Flood Damages, Richard Roths, URS
• 5C Natural Benefit Functions WWTP Case Studies, William C. Blecke, Baxter & Woodman, Inc. & Karen C. Kabbes, Kabbes Engineering, Inc.
• 5C New General Permit ILR10 & Erosion/Sediment Control Practice Examples,
  Carrie Pintar, V3 Comapnies of Illinois
• 5C Treatment Wetlands for Water Quality, MWRDGC & V3 Companies of Illinois
• 5D Improving Illinois Dams: Alpine Dam Rehabilitation Project, Brian Eber, City of Rockford and Michael Schwar amd Robert Ivarson, HNTB
• 5D Lake-Wee-Ma-Tuk Dam, Timothy F. Sumner, CMT
• 5D McDowell Grove Dam Removal and River Restoration
• Plenary 1 Are You Ready for Risk and Uncertainty Analysis?, David T. Williams, PBS&J
• Plenary 2 ASFPM 2009, Jerry Robinson, ASFPM
• Plenary 2 Future of the IL CFM Program, Cleighton D. Smith, Dewberry, Matt Wahl, Peoria Co.
• Plenary 2 FEMA Flood Hazard Mapping Future Vision
• 2009 IAFSM Awards Presentation
• 2009 IAFSM Presentation - Dan Cook
• Prairie du Pont Levee Rehabilitation Initiative,
  Gary Hoelscher & Bryan Martindale, Hoelscher Engineering, P.C.

Stormwater Master Planning Workshop, 9/23/08
Workshop Presentation Files for Download

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• City of Bloomington Stormwater Presentation, Kevin Kothe, P.E.
• Stormwater Infrastructure Financing:Getting Decision Makers on Board, Mike Hall
• Proactive Stormwater Master Planning: Pre-development versus Post-development Scenarios, Nick Hayward
• Wisconsin’s Stormwater Management Rules, Roger Bannerman, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
• Storm Water Master Planning and Best Management Practices, Howard E. Sloan, CFM
• General Permitting, DuPage County Stormwater Ordinance
• Integration Of Stormwater Master Plans with Watershed Plans, Bob Murdock, P.E., CFM

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• Stormwater Master Planning for Urban Settings Development

Vacancies exist in the offerings for fiscal year 2010 courses at the Emergency Management Institute in Emmitsburg, Maryland.  For more information, please go to: http://training.fema.gov/emicourses or contact the Admissions Office at (301) 447-1035 or via email at netc-admissions@dhs.gov .  Send completed applications to your State Training Officer for approval.  The State will then forward them to Admissions.

If interested, apply immediately!

As of 8/12/10

Applications for course vacancies must be received at least 6 weeks before the course start date for the applicant to be considered for the course.  Vacancies within 6 weeks of the course start date shall only be filled from the established waitlist, so it’s important to apply early!

Held at National Emergency Training Center

E123   EMAP Accreditation Manager
8/30-31/10                   6 vacancies

E124   EMAP Assessor Training
9/02-03/10                   10 vacancies

E270   Managing Floodplain Development Through NFIP TTT
9/13-16/10                   10 vacancies

E275   Benefit Cost User Workshop
9/20-22/10                   20 vacancies

E317   Comprehensive Data Management for HAZUS-MH
9/13-16/10                   4 vacancies

Emergency Management Institute (EMI) Training Opportunities

Vacancies exist in the offerings for fiscal year 2011 courses at the Emergency Management Institute in Emmitsburg, Maryland.  For more information, please go to: http://training.fema.gov/emicourses or contact the Admissions Office at (301) 447-1035 or via email at netc-admissions@dhs.gov .  Send completed applications to your State Training Officer for approval.  The State will then forward them to Admissions.  

If interested, apply immediately!

As of 08/12/10

Applications for course vacancies must be received at least 6 weeks before the course start date for the applicant to be considered for the course.  Vacancies within 6 weeks of the course start date shall only be filled from the established waitlist, so it’s important to apply early!

Held at National Emergency Training Center

E123   EMAP Manager Orientation
3/14-15/11                   25 vacancies

E124   EMAP Assessor Training
3/17-18/11                   25 vacancies

E147   Homeland Security Exercise & Evaluation Program TTT
11/15-18/10                17 vacancies
02/28-3/3/11                30 vacancies

E155   Building Design for Homeland Security
3/22-24/11                   25 vacancies

E172   HAZUS MH for Flood
1/03-06/11                   20 vacancies

E174   HAZUS MH for Earthquake
2/07-10/11                   25 vacancies

E179   Application of HAZUS MH for Disaster Operations
2/14-17/11                   23 vacancies

E190   Intro to ARCGIS     
11/01-04/10                 17 vacancies
3/14-17/11                   22 vacancies

E194   Advanced Floodplain Management Concepts
2/14-17/11                   24 vacancies

E202   Debris Management                                                                         
2/14-17/11                   28 vacancies

E210   Recovery from Disaster       
10/18-21/10                 25 vacancies

E263   Dam Break Analysis:  HEC-HMS & RAS
1/10-13/11                   35 vacancies

E270   Managing Flood Development through NFIP TTT
1/3-6/11                       20 vacancies
3/28-31/11                   20 vacancies

E273   Managing Floodplain Dev Through the NFIP
10/11-14/10                 20 vacancies
01/24-27/11                 32 vacancies

E276   Benefit-Cost Analysis:  Entry Level
11/15-17/10                 23 vacancies  

E278   NFIP:  Community Rating System
11/8-11/10                   26 vacancies

E313   Basic HAZUS Multi-Hazards
10/11-14/10                 12 vacancies
1/17-20/11                   25 vacancies

E317   Comprehensive Data Management
2/28-3/3/11                  23 vacancies

E340   Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program & Planning
2/28-3/3/11                  25 vacancies

E361   Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools
11/1-4/10                     14 vacancies
2/28-3/3/11                  40 vacancies

E388   Advanced Public Information Officer Course
10/4-7/10                     2 vacancies                                                                                                                 12/13-16/10               33 vacancies
1/17-20/11                   35 vacancies  

E390   Emergency Management Planning, Preparedness, Training & Education
12/13-16/10                 30 vacancies                                                                                                                          
E431   Understanding & Implementing EMAC   
10/25-28/10                 40 vacancies

E449   ICS Curricula TTT 
11/15-18/10                 25 vacancies
12/13-16/10                 28 vacancies
01/24-27/11                 30 vacancies

E580   Emergency Management Framework for Tribal Govt
3/14-17/11                   36 vacancies

E581   Emergency Management Ops for Tribal Govt     
11/29-12/2/10              34 vacancies

E601   Management & Supervision of Training
12/06-9/10                   6  vacancies
3/14-17/11                   23 vacancies

E602   Performance & Needs Analysis
12/13-16/10                 1 vacancies
3/21-24/11                   15 vacancies

E603   Instructional Design
1/24-27/11                   9 vacancies

E604   Course Development
2/14-17/11                   10 vacancies

E605   Instructional Delivery
3/28-31/11                   12 vacancies

E609   Master Trainer Practicum Workshop
10/25-28/10                 6 vacancies

E900   IEMC/All Hazards:  Preparedness & Response   
10/11-14/10                 22 vacancies                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
E905   IEMC/Hurricane:  Preparedness & Response
1/24-27/11                   47 vacancies

E910   IEMC/Earthquake:  Preparedness & Response   
11/15-18/10                 37 vacancies               (All disciplines)

E915   IEMC/Homeland Security:  Preparedness & Response
1/31-2/3/11                  55 vacancies               (All disciplines)                     

E920   IEMC/Hazardous Materials:  Preparedness & Response
1/3-6/11                       55 vacancies               (All disciplines)      

E947   IEMC:  EOC/IMT Interface
11/1-4/10                     29 vacancies
11/29-12/2/10              42 vacancies
2/28-3/3/11                  48 vacancies

E951   NIMS ICS ALL-HAZARDS Incident Commander TTT
10/4-8/10                     22 vacancies

E953   NIMS ICS ALL-HAZARDS PIO TTT
10/18-22/10                 16 vacancies

E955   NIMS ICS ALL-HAZARDS Safety Officer TTT
1/17-20/11                   19 vacancies

E957   NIMS ICS ALL-HAZARDS Liaison Officer TTT
11/8-9/10                     23 vacancies

E959   NIMS ICS ALL-HAZARDS Operations Section Chief TTT
1/3-6/11                       23 vacancies

E963   NIMS ICS All-Hazards Planning Section Chief TTT
1/24-27/11                   19 vacancies

E968   NIMS ICS All-Hazards Logistics TTT
2/7-11/11                     29 vacancies

E974   NIMS ICS All-Hazards Finance/Admin TTT
10/12-14/10                 21 vacancies