Game Based on FEMA Program Gamers Awards

摘要

A GAME DESIGNED to help people better understand the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) program Risk MAP (Mapping, Assessment, and Planning) has been recognized for its creativity and for the marketing prowess exhibited by its developers. Risk MAP, the Game was developed in 2010 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, STARR-a consortium comprising the engineering firms Atkins, CDM, Greenhorne & O'Mara, and Stantec-and Outreach Process Partners, a marketing outreach and new media firm headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland. The game illustrates the details of Risk MAP, a program that provides communities throughout the United States with digital data so that they can better assess flood risks and develop damage limitation plans. The game earned second place in the special-purpose product category of the National Association of Government Communicators' 2011 Blue Pencil and Gold Screen Awards. It also captured a bronze award for creative excellence in the trade show and display category of Summit International's Summit Creative Awards program and a gold award for marketing in the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals' Hermes Creative Awards competition.