Training

Flood Hazard Assessment Tools for Transportation

Virtual Training Workshops

Friday, December 5, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT

Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EDT

Description:

These online webinars will offer technical training on two flood hazard assessment tools, which help evaluate the potential impacts of natural hazards on transportation assets. The first tool is the Area of Interest (AOI) Tool Resilience Report, a screening tool that evaluates hazard exposure for a user-specified area of interest and summarizes exposure to multiple hazards, including current and future flood risks and extreme heat, wildfire risk, sinkhole risk, and severe thunderstorm. The second tool is the Sketch Planning Tool, a publicly accessible GIS tool (sls.geoplan.ufl.edu) helps identify transportation infrastructure exposed to current and future flooding. Both webinars will cover the same material and both tools.

Who Should Attend?

FDOT, MPO/TPO, Regional Planning Councils, county, and municipality staff involved in transportation planning, coastal resiliency efforts, and GIS & mapping.

Please note: The Resilience Report is a component of the EST, so users need a an EST login or associated credentials to access the Area of Interest (AOI) Tool to submit requests for reports. This training workshop is open to non-AOI users with an interest in resilience. 

Learning Objectives: 

The learning objectives for the training include:

• Demonstrate how to request, access, and interpret the AOI Tool Resilience Report.
• Demonstrate how to use the Sketch Planning Tool to visualize and compare areas of current and future flood risk and affected transportation infrastructure.
• Demonstrate how to create maps of flood exposure and affected infrastructure and download GIS data using the Sketch Planning Tool.

Agenda:

• Background and Purpose of Tools
• Sketch Planning Tool: Background, Data Sources, and Updates
• Sketch Planning Tool: Demo
• AOI Tool Resilience Report: Background, Data Sources, and Updates
• AOI Tool Resilience Report: Demo
• Questions & Answers, Wrap-up

To register:

December 5, 2025, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4300332264599069272

December 9, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7904802959820972122

AICP Credits