Social impact of disasters books

This report, FEMA-351 - Recommended Seismic Evaluation and Upgrade Criteria for Existing Welded Steel Moment-Frame...  Read More >>

This report, FEMA-350 - Recommended Seismic Design Criteria for New Steel Moment-Frame Buildings has been developed...  Read More >>

This report, FEMA-352 - Recommended Postearthquake Evaluation and Repair Criteria for Welded Steel Moment-Frame...  Read More >>

Lifelines (e.g., systems and facilities that deliver energy fuel and systems and facilities that provide key services...  Read More >>

This report, FEMA-353 - Recommended Specifications and Quality Assurance Guidelines for Steel Moment-Frame Construction...  Read More >>

The Interagency Committee on Dam Safety (ICODS) was established to provide the Federal agencies involved in dam...  Read More >>

In April 1977, President Carter issued a memorandum directing the review of federal dam safety activities by an...  Read More >>

These guidelines represent the culmination of efforts, initiated by President Carter in April 1977, to review procedures...  Read More >>

In April 1977, President Carter issued a memorandum directing the review of federal dam safety activities by an...  Read More >>

In April 1977, President Carter issued a memorandum directing the review of federal dam safety activities by an...  Read More >>

Tens of thousands of conduits through embankment dams in the United States are aging and deteriorating. These conduits...  Read More >>

FEMA initiated this project in September 2004 with a contract to the Applied Technology Council. The project was...  Read More >>

An Emergency Action Plan (EAP) is one of the primary safeguards against the loss of life and property damage that...  Read More >>

The Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) was established in 1963 to replace the nation's first alert and warning system...  Read More >>

Damage to earthen dams and dam safety issues associated with tree and woody vegetation penetrations of earthen dams...  Read More >>

In 1999, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO)...  Read More >>

Plastic pipe has been used for many decades in water and sewer applications. More recently, plastic pipe has been...  Read More >>

The US Dam Safety community has similar needs and activities to those of the European (EU) Dam Safety community....  Read More >>

One of the activities authorized by the Dam Safety and Security Act of 2002 is research to enhance the Nation's...  Read More >>

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This BCAR report is provided for use by interested BCA users to review and understand the methodology behind the...  Read More >>

Disaster preparedness became a renewed priority for our Nation as a direct response to the devastation of the terrorist...  Read More >>

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA) program, developed in the early 1990s,...  Read More >>

One of the activities authorized by the Dam Safety and Security Act of 2002 is research to enhance the Nation's...  Read More >>

Citizen Corps is FEMA's grassroots strategy to build a nationwide culture of emergency and disaster preparedness...  Read More >>