| Remarks by Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge at the Miami-Dade Office of Emergency Management. |
| Secretary Ridge discusses preparedness and partnership in a speech following emergency training exercises in Miami, Fla. July 30, 2004 |
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| Planning Ahead in Case of Disaster |
| Hazard mitigation is sustained action to alleviate or eliminate risks to life and property from natural or man-made hazard events. Through such actions as sound land use planning and landscape design, adoption of building codes, property acquisition and relocation outside of floodplains, mitigation activities can protect critical community facilities to assure functionality following an event, reduce exposure to liabilities, and minimize disruptions to the community. |
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| On the Horizon |
| This series of manuals will walk you through processes involved in planning for the mitigation of natural hazards. |
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| Federal Insurance & Mitigation Administration (FIMA) |
| Federal Insurance & Mitigation Administration (FIMA) combines organizational activities to promote protection, prevention, and partnerships at the federal, state, local and individual levels. |
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| Mitigation Activities |
| Mitigation activities include the following: Building Performance Assessment Team (BPAT), Sustainability/Sustainable Re-development, Mitigation Assistance Program and Community Assistance Program - State Support Service Element. |
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| Planning Resource Center |
| Hazard mitigation planning is the process of determining how to reduce or eliminate the loss of life and property damage information about planning at FEMA. |
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| Fire |
| America's fire death rate is one of the highest per capita in the industrialized world. Fire kills over 4,000 and injures more than 22,000 people each year. |
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