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EPA
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This document includes tips for safely and effectively cleaning up a home after a flood. It is available in several languages.
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NEHRP,
FEMA,
Cal OES,
SCEC,
ECA
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Factsheet describing methods for securing HVAC units to avoid damage during an earthquake.
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FEMA
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Database describing FEMA preparedness webinars including natural hazard preparedness.
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FEMA
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Resources describing the National Flood Insurance Program's technical bulletins for flood zone construction, including foundation walls, corrosion protection, floodproofing, and breakaway walls among other topics.
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FEMA
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Technical bulletin describing wet floodproofing requirements for buildings located in Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs).
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FEMA
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Online geospatial map with interactive viewer showing flood risk areas and base flood elevations
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FEMA
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Online geospatial map with interactive viewer showing flood risk areas and base flood elevations
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USDHS
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Article describing suggested food supplies, sanitation, safety, and cooking for during and after an emergency.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Report providing guidance on designing buildings to be flood resistant.
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FEMA
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Website describing and providing a map showing the tsunami risk index for the United States, which home owners and builders can use to determine the tsunami risk of their location.
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DWR
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Website providing information to the public about preparing for floods and floods related to fires.
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FEMA
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Website describing and providing links to FEMA’s Flood Map Service Center, which home owners and builders can use to determine the flood risk of their location.
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FEMA
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Catalog describing FEMA preparedness seminars from 2021 including preparedness and natural hazards topics.
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ASCE,
SEI
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Standard using performance-based principles to determine dead, live, soil, flood, tsunami, snow, rain, atmospheric ice, earthquake, wind, and fire loads, and their combinations for general structural design. This version of the standard was published in the year 2016 and is available in both digital...
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ASCE,
SEI
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Standard using performance-based principles to determine dead, live, soil, flood, tsunami, snow, rain, atmospheric ice, seismic, and wind loads, and their combinations for general structural design. The current version of this standard was published in the year 2022 and is available in both digital...