National Dam Safety Program Publications
The National Dam Safety Program provides a variety of publications, including:
- Research Needs Workshop Reports
- Technical Manuals, Guides and Reports
- Technical Advisories
- Safety Series Fact Sheets
- Response and Recovery (R&R) Dam Response Operations Matrices
- Dam Safety & Risk MAP/Flood Mapping Studies Fact Sheet Series
- DSS-WISE Fact Sheets
- FEMA P-1015, Technical Manual: Overtopping Protection for Dams (ZIP, 410MB)
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Search for documents below, or view our pages on Federal Guidelines, National Dam Safety Program Information, Resources for the General Public, or Resources for States.
You can order publications from the FEMA Distribution Center.
Under the National Dam Safety Program (NDSP) State Assistance (SA) grant, the purchase of technology supporting State dam safety programs is an allowable expense. Unmanned aerial systems, also known drones or controlled equipment, are authorized for purchase using these grants. In this fact sheet, unmanned aerial systems are referred to as detection equipment.
Hosted by FEMA's National Dam Safety Program (NDSP), the research summit had 55 attendees from 39 different federal and state agencies and industry partners in attendance. The mission of the Research Summit was to evaluate near-term industry needs for dam safety and to outline a path forward for the future. This report summarizes each phase of the process taken to identify these priorities and projects.