Reference
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Checklist for verifying FORTIFIED levels and documentation needed.
Video
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Video testimonial from a homeowner whose home survived a flood due to proper lower level wet floodproofing.
Video
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Video from Home Innovation Research Labs on how to comply with IRC ventilation requirements in closed crawlspaces.
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Website providing resources for seismic retrofits for builders and homeowners as well as city permit requirements from the City of Portland OR.
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Fact sheet discussing designs for prefabricated safe rooms built to ICC 500 standards mentioned in FEMA P-361.
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Wind test comparing conventional Midwest construction with FORTIFIED construction.
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Guide describing sound mitigation measures to lower building natural disaster vulnerability to assist local officials and community decision makers in coastal areas.
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Report providing guidance on how to improve the wind resistance of existing residential buildings in Mississippi and across the Gulf Coast.
Information Guide
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Information guide showing a table adapted from Table R402.1.1 in the 2009 and 2012 IECC and Table R402.1.2 in the 2015 and 2018 IECC (Table N1102.1 in 2009 IRC, Table 1102.1.1 in 2012 IRC, and Table N1102.1.2 in 2015 and 2018 IRC).