4 | DISASTER RECOVERY TODAY Mitigation Measures Common hazard mitigation projects
Mitigation Measures
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Acquisitions Acquisition projects involve the community or other eligible entity purchasing at-risk structures and the underlying property from a voluntary owner, demolishing all structures, and maintaining the property in open space. air conditioner, to more intricate endeavors such as relocating structures away from flood-prone areas, fortifying essential facilities to withstand wind damage, and establishing detention or retention ponds. Effective mitigation can encompass a range of projects and activities, from raising a home’s furnace, water heater, and
erosion and landslides by installing erosion control measures such as geotextiles, stabilizing sod, rip rap, vegetative buffer strips, or other activities such as preserving mature vegetation, decreasing slope angles or other means of slope anchoring. Safe Room Safe room projects are designed and constructed to provide immediate life-safety protection for people in public and private structures from severe wind events, including hurricanes, tsunamis, and tornadoes.
FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) Grant Program HMA programs funded by FEMA and administered by states provide funds for eligible activities that reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and property from future disasters.
Flood Control Flood risk reduction projects are designed to eliminate or reduce flood events’ frequency, extent, and water depth. Flood sources for these projects could be coastal, riverine, rainfall events, or a combination of any of those sources. Hazard Mitigation Plan Update This includes requests to update or develop Hazard Mitigation Plans. Mitigation Reconstruction Mitigation reconstruction is constructing an improved, elevated structure that conforms to the latest building codes on the same site where an existing structure and/ or foundation has been partially or entirely demolished or destroyed. Retrofits Retrofit projects modify existing structures to reduce or eliminate the risk of future damage. Stabilization and Restoration Stabilization projects reduce risk to structures or infrastructure from
FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) Grant Program provides mitigation grant opportunities to local, state, tribal, and territorial governments to reduce the effects of natural hazards and mitigate vulnerability to future disaster damage. Efforts to build resilience to natural hazards have shifted from a solely
post-disaster discussion to one of improved pre-disaster actions aided by grant assistance programs. With an approved plan complete, jurisdictions can obtain funding for mitigation measures from a variety of HMA programs, including: • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
• HMGP Post-Fire Assistance • Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) • Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Program • Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) • Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund (RLF)
Utility/Infrastructure Protection Utility/Infrastructure Protection projects elevate, move, or improve critical infrastructure, such as elevating a pumping station or enhancing power poles to resist fire and/or wind. Wildfire Mitigation Wildfire mitigation projects mitigate at-risk structures and associated loss of life from the threat of future wildfires.
Elevation Elevation is where a structure is physically raised so potential floodwaters may flow underneath.
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