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Members of the media may contact the HSEMD public information officer at (515) 725-3231. After regular business hours (8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m., weekdays) this phone number will be answered by the Iowa Department of Public Safety Dispatch Center. Inquiries may also be emailed to us, any time, at HSEMDPIO@iowa.gov, however, this email is not monitored 24/7.

Publications
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After-Action Reports
- Floods of 1993 (DR 986 and DR 996) – 10.7 MB
- 2008 Summer Storms (DR 1763)
- 2011 Missouri River Flood (DR 1998)
- Missouri River Flood Coordination Task Force (2011)
Brochures/Fact Sheets
Miscellaneous Reports/Guidance
- HSEMD Annual Report 2022
- HSEMD Annual Report 2021
- HSEMD Annual Report 2020
- HSEMD Annual Report 2019
- HSEMD Annual Report 2018
- 911 Annual Report 2023
- 911 Annual Report 2022
- 911 Annual Report 2021
- 911 Annual Report 2020
- 911 Annual Report 2019
- Iowa Flood Mitigation Board Annual Report 2022
- Iowa Flood Mitigation Board Annual Report 2021
- Iowa Flood Mitigation Board Annual Report 2020
- Iowa Flood Mitigation Board Annual Report 2019
- Iowa Flood Mitigation Board Annual Report 2018
State of Iowa Disaster Recovery Plan, March 2020
- Iowa Comprehensive Emergency Plan, Part C: State of Iowa Disaster Recovery Plan
- Recovery Support Function: Economic
- Recovery Support Function: Health & Social Services
- Recovery Support Function: Housing
- Recovery Support Function: Infrastructure Systems
- Recovery Support Function: Natural & Cultural Resources
2022 Levee Districts Study
The appendices, case studies, and attachments have been removed from this report to meet our website accessibility policy. If you would like to request the full report with visual representations, please email HSEMDPIO@iowa.gov.
Other
- Iowa HSEMD Notice of Nondiscrimination
- FEMA Resources to Assist with Reconstruction after an Extreme-Wind Event (Derecho)
- 2020 Emergency Response Guidebook
- Design and Construction Guidance for Community Safe Rooms (link to FEMA website)
- Local Mitigation Planning Handbook (link to FEMA website)
- Local Mitigation Plan Review Guide (link to FEMA website)
Newsletters
The Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division publishes a newsletter for those involved in the homeland security/emergency management system in Iowa. Newsletters are now sent out via email instead of PDF.
For archived issues of the newsletter, go to Iowa Publications Online and choose “Iowa Department of Homeland Security & Emergency Management” under the “Jump to a Department” search.


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