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Flood Insurance Flood Hazard Mapping Floodplain Management State & Local Official Publications Dam Safety Earthquakes Fires Floods Hurricanes Tornados Multi-Hazard Terrorism Prevention

Flood Insurance

General Publications • Answers to Questions about the NFIP • Avoiding Flood Damage: A Checklist for Homeowners -- 178 KB • Coping with a Flood - Before, During & After • How to Prevent Mold After a Flood -- 166 KB How to Prevent Mold After a Flood -- 11 KB • Flood: Are you Protected from the Next Disaster? • How the NFIP Works • How You Can Benefit from the New ICC Endorsement • Myths & Facts • Nothing Could Dampen the Joy of Home Ownership • Preferred Risk Policy • Things You Should Know About Flood Insurance • Tips on Handling Your Flood Insurance Claim • Top 10 Facts Every Consumer Needs to Know About the NFIP • What You Need to Know About Federal Disaster Assistance & National Flood Insurance • Who is at Risk for Flooding? • Why You Should Have a Preferred Risk Policy • Your Homeowners Insurance Doesn't Cover Floods • Flood Zone Determination Companies • National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Program Description -- 621 KB     • Nada Podria Arruinar el disfrute de su Hoger • Su Seguro de Vivienda de residencia no cubre Inundaciones...     Insurance Professional Publications • Flood Insurance Manual • Here's What to Tell Your Clients About the Benefits of Flood Insurance • Top 10 Facts Every Agent Needs to Know About the NFIP • Flood Insurance Rating Software Vendors     Lender Publications • Mandatory Purchase of Flood Insurance Guidelines • Resources for Lenders, Services & Examiners • Top 10 Facts Every Lender Needs to Know About the NFIP     Claims Adjusters • Claims Forms • Steps For the Assignment of Coverage D - Increased Cost of Compliance Coverage • Use of Adjuster Preliminary Damage Assessment Form for Substantially Damaged Properties -- 131 KB

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Flood Hazard Mapping

• Compendium of Flood Map Changes Archive • Mitigation's Flood Hazard Mapping Services • Modernizing FEMA's Flood Hazard Mapping Program: Map Modernization Progress Reports

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Floodplain Management

• Above the Flood: Elevating Your Floodprone House • Addressing Your Community's Flood Problems • After a Flood: The First Steps • Alluvial Fans: Hazards and Management • Answers to Questions About Substantially Damaged Buildings • Answers to Questions About the National Flood Insurance Program • A Report - Mitigation of Flood and Erosion Damage to Residential Buildings in Coastal Areas • A Unified National Program for Floodplain Management • Coastal Construction Manual: Principles and Practices of Planning, Siting, Designing, Constructing, and Maintaining Residential Buildings in Coastal Areas • Code Capability Report and Appendices A-F • Design Guidelines for Flood Damage Reduction • Engineering Principles and Practices of Retrofitting Floodprone Residential Structures • Elevated Residential Structures • Engineering Principles and Practices of Retrofitting Floodprone Residential Structures • Federal Programs Offering Non-structural Flood Recovery and Floodplain Management Alternatives • Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book • Floodplain Management Bulletins • Floodplain Management in the United States: An Assessment Report Summary and Volume 2: Full Report • Floodproofing Non-Residential Structures • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Desk Reference • Homeowner's Guide to Retrofitting: Six Ways to Protect Your House from Flooding • Managing Floodplain Development in Approximate Zone A Areas - A Guide for Obtaining and Developing Base (100 yr) Flood Elevations • Manufactured Home Installation in Flood Hazard Areas • National Flood Insurance Program - Community Rating System (CRS) Coordinator's Manual - 3.9 MB • Protecting Building Utilities from Flood Damage • Protecting Floodplain Resources - A Guidebook for Communities • Protecting Building Utilities from Flood Damage: Principles and Practices for Design and Construction of Flood Resistant Utility Systems. • Property Acquisition Handbook for Local Communities • Repairing Your Flooded Home • Reducing Flood Losses through International Code Series • Reducing Losses in High Risk Flood Hazard Areas: A Guidebook for Local Officials • Report of the Floodplain Management Forum • Technical Bulletins

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State & Local Official Publications

• Federal Programs Offering Non-Structural Flood Recovery and Floodplain Management Alternatives -- 381 KB • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Desk Reference • Managing Floodplain Development in Approximate Zone A Areas • Managing Floodplain Development through the NFIP, student manual • Property Acquisition Handbook for Local Communities • Reducing Flood Losses through International Code Series • Reducing Risk: Information for Communities • Federal Programs Offering Non-Structural Flood Recovery and Floodplain Management Alternatives -- 381 KB • NFIP Study Guide • Report of the Floodplain Management Forum

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Dam Safety

• FEMA 64, Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety: Emergency Action Planning for Dam Owners • FEMA 94, Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety: Selecting and Accommodating Inflow Design Floods for Dams • FEMA 333, Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety: Hazard Potential Classification Systems for Dams -- 3.77 MB • Special Workshop On Risk Assessment For Dams -- 79.9 MB • Issues, Resolutions And Research Needs Related to Embankment Dam Failure Analysis -- 8.53 MB • Report on Specialty Workshop #1: Plant & Animal Impacts On Earthen Dams -- 47.1 MB • Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO)/EPRI Spillway Gate Workshop -- 94.6 MB

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Earthquakes

Consumers • Avoiding Earthquake Damage: A Checklist for Homeowners -- 376 KB • Earthquake Backgrounder • Earthquake Fact Sheet • How To Series: Protecting Your Property From Earthquakes     Mitigation Information • Executive Order 12699 - Seismic Safety of Federal and Federally Assisted or Regulated New Building Construction -- 14 KB • Executive Order 12941 - Seismic Safety of Existing Federally Owned or Leased Buildings -- 14 KB • » Coming Soon « FEMA 350 - Recommended Seismic Design Criteria for New Steel Moment-Frame Buildings * • » Coming Soon « FEMA 351 - Recommended Seismic Evaluation and Upgrade Criteria for Existing Welded Steel Moment-Frame Buildings * • » Coming Soon « FEMA 352 - Recommended Post-Earthquake Evaluation and Repair Criteria for Welded Steel Moment-Frame Buildings * • » Coming Soon « FEMA 353 - Recommended Specifications and Quality Assurance Guidelines for Steel Moment-Frame Construction for Seismic Applications * • » Coming Soon « FEMA 354 - A Policy Guide to Steel Moment-Frame Construction * • » Coming Soon « FEMA 396 - Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Hospital Buildings • » Coming Soon « FEMA 397 - Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Office Buildings • » Coming Soon « FEMA 398 - Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Multifamily Apartment Buildings • » Coming Soon « FEMA 424 - Design Guide for Improving School Safety in Earthquakes, Floods, and High Winds   * Available by calling FEMA Publications at 1-800-480-2520     Professional Publications • Recommended Seismic Design Criteria for New Steel Moment-Frame Buildings • Recommended Seismic Evaluation and Upgrade Criteria for Existing Welded Steel Moment-Frame Buildings • Recommended Post-Earthquake Evaluation and Repair Criteria for Welded Steel Moment-Frame Buildings • Recommended Specifications and Quality Assurance Guidelines for Steel Moment-Frame Construction for Seismic Applications • A Policy Guide to Steel Moment-Frame Construction • Tremor Troop: A Teacher's Package for K-6; fro kindergarten to 6th grade teachers -- 4.62 MB • Seismic Sleuths: A Teacher's Package for 7-12, for 7th to 12th grade teachers -- 22.2 MB

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Fires

• How To Series: Protecting Your Property From Wildfires

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Floods

• Answers to Questions About Substantially Damaged Buildings -- 380 KB • Evaluation of Erosion Hazards Report -- 3.97 MB • Executive Summary of Erosion Hazards Study -- 544 KB • Floods and Flash Floods (Factsheet and Backgrounder) -- 254 KB • How To Series: Protecting Your Property From Flooding • Reducing Flood Losses Through the International Code Series • FEMA 424 - Design Guide for Improving School Safety in Earthquakes, Floods, and High Winds

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Hurricanes

• After a Flood: The First Steps -- 190 KB • Against the Wind: Protecting Your Home from Hurricane and Wind Damage -- 224 KB • Avoiding Hurricane Damage: A Checklist for Homeowners -- 296 KB • Brochure Containing An Overview Of The Information Contained in FEMA #312 -- 427 KB • Building Performance Assessment Team (BPAT) Program -- 491 KB • Coastal Construction Manual, FEMA 55 (Third Edition) -- 517 KB • Community Hurricane Preparedness, IS-324 -- 512 KB • Design and Construction Guidance for Community Shelters, FEMA 361 -- 521 KB • Evacuation Travel Demand Forecasting System -- 372 KB • Evaluation of Emergency Shelters and Critical Facilities -- 369 KB • Homeowner's Guide to Retrofitting: Six Ways to Protect Your House from Flooding - Complete Version -- 6.6 MB • How To Series: Protecting Your Property From Wind • Hurricane Floyd Assessment -- 396 KB • Hurricane Liaison Team (HLT) -- 356 KB • Inland Wind Studies -- 472 KB • Islands Task Force -- 354 KB • Metro New York Hurricane Transportation Study -- 366 KB • Reprinting Surviving the Storm: A Guide to Hurricane Preparedness • Southeast U.S. Hurricane Evacuation Study -- 340 KB • The National Hurricane Program (main) -- 364 KB

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Tornados

• Design and Construction Guidance for Community Shelters (FEMA 361) • Homeowner's Guide to Retrofitting: Six Ways to Protect Your House from Flooding (FEMA 312) • How To Series: Protecting Your Property From Wind • National Performance Criteria for Tornado Shelters • Recommendations to Better Protect From Tornado Damage • Reduce Your Risk From Natural Disasters -- 2.11 MB • Safe Room & Community Shelter Resources -- 263 KB • Surviving the Storm for Tornadoes -- 1.31 MB • Taking Shelter from the Storm -- 4.48 MB • Taking Shelter from the Storm, Building a Safe Room inside your House (FEMA 320) • Tornado Backgrounder • Tornado Factsheet

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Multi-Hazard

• Benefit-Cost Riverine Full Data Module User's Guide • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Brochure -- 3.03 MB • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Desk Reference • HAZUS, a natural hazard loss estimation methodology developed by FEMA in partnership with the National Institute of Building Sciences • Mitigation: An Investment for the Future (Baldwin, AL) -- 1.32 MB • Mitigation Resources for Success CD (FEMA 372) -- 601 KB • Planning for a Sustainable Future: the Link Between Hazard Mitigation and Livability (FEMA 364) • Property Acquisition Handbook for Local Communities • Rebuilding for a More Sustainable Future: An Operational Framework (FEMA 365) • Reduce Your Risk From Natural Disasters -- 2167 KB • The "How To Series" Scores of two-pagers describing concisely how to mitigate loses. • FEMA 424 - Design Guide for Improving School Safety in Earthquakes, Floods, and High Winds

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Terrorism Prevention

• FEMA 426 - Reference Manual to Mitigate Potential Terrorist Attacks Against Buildings • FEMA 427 - Primer for Design of Commercial Buildings to Mitigate Terrorist Attacks • FEMA 428 - Primer for Design Safe School Projects in Case of Terrorist Attacks • FEMA 429 - Insurance, Finance, and Regulation Primer for Terrorism Risk Management in Buildings • E155 - Building Design for Homeland Security • Integrating Manmade Hazards into Mitigation Planning

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Planning & Preparing
•	ACT NOW Preparedness Updates
•	Are You Ready? A Guide to Citizen Preparedness
•	Avoiding Flood Damage: A Checklist for Homeowners -- 179 KB
•	Business and Industry Guide For Emergency Management -- 579 KB
•	Business and Industry Guide For Emergency Management
•	Capability Assessment for Readiness (CAR) Report
•	Checklist for Emergency Preparedness
•	Community and Family Preparedness Publications
•	Community and Family Preparedness Publications, Multi-Lingual
•	Disaster Preparedness
•	Disaster Plan for Families
•	Disaster Preparedness for People With Disabilities
•	Disaster Preparedness Coloring Book A Child's Booklet -- 1.7 MB
•	Emergency Management Guide For Business and Industry -- 579 KB
•	Emergency Preparedness Checklist -- 138 KB
•	Environmental & Historic Preservation Programs
•	Family Disaster Plan -- 350 KB
•	FEMA Links to Weather Information
•	Financial Preparedness -- 1,517 KB
•	Good Ideas Book Program Ideas and Case Studies -- 288 KB
•	Hazardous Weather and Flooding Preparedness Resource Guide (G271) -- 1,654 KB
•	How To Guide #1 "Getting Started: Building Support For Mitigation Planning"
•	How To Guide #2 "Understanding Your Community's Risks, Identifying Hazards, and Determining Risks"
•	How To Guide #7 "Integrating Human Caused Hazards into Mitigation Planning"
•	Partnerships in Preparedness - Exemplary Practices in Emergency Management
•	Surviving the Storm for Floods -- 1.8 MB
•	State and Local Guide (SLG) 101: Guide for All-Hazard Emergency Operations Planning
•	Talking About Disaster: Guide for Standard Messages
•	The Extension Agent's Handbook for Emergency Preparation and Response
•	Understanding Your Risks: identifying hazards, and estimating losses(FEMA 386-2)
•	United States-Russian Federation Cooperation on Natural and Technological Disaster Prevention and Response
•	Winter Weather Preparedness Tips

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Reports
•	Cost and Benefits Studies • Report on Costs and Benefits of Natural Hazard Mitigation -- 2.11 MB • Protecting Business Operations Second Report on Costs and Benefits of Natural Hazard Mitigation -- 1.68 MB
•	National Mitigation Strategy

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