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FEMA
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Report covering the planning, design, construction, and operation of residential and community safe rooms. Written for architects, engineers, building officials, local officials and emergency managers, and prospective safe room owners and operators.
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Guide describing how to provide a continuous load path with appropriate connectors to improve the wind resistance of attached porches, carports, and decks during high-wind events.
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Guide describing how to provide a strong continuous load path from the roof through the wall to the foundation to ensure a structurally sound building and increase racking resistance in hurricanes, high winds, tornados, and earthquakes.
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USGS
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Website containing USGS-related publications related to natural hazards.
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FEMA
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Database describing FEMA preparedness webinars including natural hazard preparedness.
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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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Video discussing effective methods to landscape homes for wildfire and high winds from FLASH Strong Home recommendations.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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A review on the knowledge about ventilated wall claddings from field performance and hydrothermal modeling.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
NOAA
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Website providing guidance for people to find and use tools, information, and subject matter expertise to build climate resilience.
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National Institute of Building Sciences,
NIBS
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Report providing information on ways to incentivize funding of hazard mitigation programs.
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AIA
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Report describing the experience gained from AIA’s Disaster Assistance Program with first-hand accounts of disaster response and recovery, case studies and other best practices, including approaches to designing buildings to be more adaptable to uncertainty.
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Guide describing fuel tank anchoring practices for disaster resistance.
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Guide describing a method for insulating an unvented attic by spraying foam insulation along the underside of the roof deck.