Introduction to Mitigation Solutions Corporation

1. Introduction: Objective Statement
Mitigation Solutions Corporation appreciates the
opportunity to submit the following document
outlining our capabilities, resources and experience,
as it pertains to Flood Mitigation and Disaster
Preparedness/Response Activities. The intent of this
document is for your use in considering Mitigation
Solutions Corporation (MSC) for limiting flood
damage risks for communities, agencies, and
corporations.
This document specifically addresses our flood
mitigation and slope stabilization services. It also
covers additional services that supports the base
flood deterrence activities, including FEMA
Certification, Grant Writing, Federal Funding
Consulting as well as disaster response/recovery and
slope stabilization. Upon review of this document
should you have any questions or would like to
schedule a meeting to discuss how Mitigation
Solutions can assist you, please feel free to contact:
Jeff H. Jones
President‐MSC
859.473.3422
jhj@mitigation.solutions
Flood events are a part of nature. They have existed since the dawn
of time and will continue to exist.
Natural and manmade Disasters cause loss of life; damage buildings
and infrastructure; and have devastating consequences for a
community’s economic, social, and environmental well‐being.
Of all of the Natural Disasters, Flooding is our nation’s number one
natural disaster, and it can occur inland, along the coast, and across
every region of the country. Even though you may think your
community has little or no risk of flooding, the reality is that anywhere
it rains, it can flood. In fact, roughly 25 percent of all flood insurance
claims are filed in low‐to‐moderate flood‐risk areas. As shown on
chart to the right, from a period of 33 years (1965‐1998) of
Presidential Disaster Declarations in the USA it can be seen that
flooding, severe storms and tornados with floods are by far the major
causes of disaster declarations.

2. Mitigation Solutions Corporation
Mitigation Solutions Corporation’s (MSC) story began in 2014 when while working for a flood mitigation
and slope stabilization product manufacturer, MSC Founder and President, Jeff H. Jones realized that while
his employer’s product was perfect for certain applications it was far from a perfect application for many
others. After a considerable amount of research, he found that there was NO ONE product that was
optimal for all applications and each manufacturer tried to push their products into applications that their
product was just not suited.
Many of the products researched showed that they were quality products, but most were DIY when it came
to installation and nearly none had an Operations and Maintenance program and only one or two had a
Response or Deployment services and if they did, were very limited in scope or reach. In short, these
companies were manufacturers and no company was looking at their client’s best interest, but looking to
maximize the market share of their own company.
Another factor was the technical side of developing a custom system for dealing with flood waters and
storm surges. While there were design engineers who were familiar with Flood Zone requirements, some
with capabilities for a certain products and grant writers, there was no company that provides all of these
services in house which lead to flood mitigation projects being broken up into several separate contracts
which resulted in watered down protection, long project schedules and elevated budgets. In short it was
impractical, inefficient, and expensive.
What was needed was a Design/Build General Contractor that could provide comprehensive cradle to grave
services that could be customized and scaled from protecting one home to a whole community. A company
that could not only design a system that would work with existing flood mitigation structures to maximize
their effectiveness and install that system, but also assist its clients in finding monies through grants and
initiatives to pay for the system as well as maintaining the systems and providing nationwide deployment
services. This company also needed not only to “Specialize” or “Focus” on Flood Mitigation and Slope
Stabilization but these services to be its “day job” not a sideline.
These criteria were Mitigation Solutions Corporation design specifications. Built on experience and
resources acquired over thirty years in Disaster and Emergency Response, Environmental and Construction
fields, MSC has the personnel experience, resources and capabilities to take on the most challenging flood
mitigation and slope stabilization project and complete them in professional and value‐added
manner,,,,,,NATIONWIDE.
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This year, the U.S. was hit by three Cat 4 hurricanes that caused flooding damage in over ten
states. Hurricane Harvey which devastated Houston and Eastern Texas resulted in $37 Billion in
damages with 134,000 homes damaged or destroyed in Houston alone. Hurricane Irma impacted
Florida just weeks after Harvey and caused over $38 Billion in damages across a four‐state area
with 25% of Homes in the Keys destroyed with another 65% damaged. One month later Hurricane
Maria struck US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico resulting in over $40 Billion in damages and up to
60% of homes were damaged or destroyed on the islands.
Flooding is a natural disaster where damage and losses can be at the least mitigated and at best
be prevented entirely. While Flood protection is never absolute, in flood‐prone areas, deterrence
measures can and should be taken to reduce damage and losses to floods on communities,
facilities and infrastructure.

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MSC Overview
MSC’s mission is to support our citizens, communities, private corporations, and government agencies by
providing full Design‐Build services to provide our clients the maximum protection available from the
destruction results of Flooding. MSC provides Turn Key Flood Mitigations Services that minimize the
effects of flooding due to excessive rain, Tropical Storm Systems, Storm Surges, and Snow Melt.
To ensure that the community can remain a viable home and business center, MSC provides slope and
stream bank stabilization to prevent and/or repair slope failures to protect highways, railways, power
plants and transmission facilities as well as residential and commercial developments from highly erosive
soils, steep slopes, and areas with weathered rock that presents a high risk for slope instability resulting in
landslides.
Through our mission, MSC provides a broad scope of products and services to federal, state and local
authorities as well as utilities, corporations and private property owners in the emergency preparedness
and emergency response markets across the North East, Mid Atlantic and South Eastern United States.
MSC core competencies include;
 Flood Mitigation Systems
 Emergency Flood Defense
 Flood Mitigation Plans
 Slope/Streambank Stabilization
 Beach and Dune Renourishment
 FEMA PA & IA Grant Services
 FEMA Flood Plane Certification
 Permanent Flood Mitigation Infrastructure Design & Construction
Core Competencies
MSC has the capabilities to develop mitigating
strategies through a combination of flood
control projects and good floodplain
management activities. In addition, MSC has
experts to obtain FEMA hazard mitigation grants
to assist homeowners and communities
affected by flooding, prevent future damages.
In short, MSC has the capabilities to develop a
Flood Mitigation Plan and System to mitigate
damages during a flooding event and the
capabilities and resources to provided needed
resources during Response and Recovery
phases of the event.