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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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Article describing the fundamentals and basics of glazing hazard mitigation practices for both new and existing buildings.
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Checklist providing options and a guide for taping roof deck seams.
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Report providing strategies to support occupant behavior changes for enhancing resilience, and to reduce a building's vulnerability to extreme weather, climate change, and loss of power.
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Report covering the performance of residential buildings during three hurricanes impacting Florida in 2004.
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Factsheet describing ways to install sheathing over existing 1x roof decking.
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A fact sheet educating the public on the potential hazards and safe use of portable generators.
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Presentation explaining the fenestration elements of the Florida Building Code.
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Report describing construction site erosion and sediment control practices recommended and required by a county planning department.
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Report descrbing an early study pointing to the significant improvement, >50%, of a hip roof in reducing peak wind-induced pressures.
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Guide providing homeowners tips on how to secure bookcases and other heavy furniture with brackets and child-proof drawer and cabinet locks.
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A brochure educating homeowners on how to install self-locking devices on cabinets, drawers and doors, including child-proof latches and drawer locks.
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Map of the wind-borne debris region of Florida
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Guide providing information for professional builders and contractors rehabbing flooded single-family houses with emphasis on safe practices and the most important activities in the rehab process.
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A review on the knowledge about ventilated wall claddings from field performance and hydrothermal modeling.
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Factsheet describing tips for building or renovating with a focus on disaster resistance.
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Checklist providing additional guidance and options for asphalt shingle installations at roof edges, intersections and valleys.
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Checklist intending to clarify FORTIFIED Home™ eligibility requirements that relate to a home’s foundation.
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Checklist providing information about the specific requirements of FORTIFIED Roof™ design and construction standard for re-roofing specific for high wind resistance.
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Report summarizing the requirements for strenghtening and protecting the roof, openings in the house, and creating a continuous load path to strengthen walls and foundation per the IBHS Fortified Homes Hurricane Standard for New Homes.
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Report presenting seismic design and construction guidance for one- and two-family houses for homebuilders, knowledgeable homeowners, and other non-engineers.
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Report providing a resource that communities can use to identify and evaluate a range of potential mitigation actions for reducing risk to natural hazards and disasters.
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Report providing information on ways to incentivize funding of hazard mitigation programs.
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An EPA guide describing the causes and impacts of summertime urban heat islands, promoting strategies for lowering temperatures in U.S. communities.
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Article describing how the configuration of surrounding buildings affects the wind loads on a hip roof in a low-rise building.
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A book describing how to complete an earthquake retrofit plan for wood-frame residential buildings.
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Report promoting public safety and welfare by reducing the risk of earthquake-induced damage to existing homes.
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Report promoting public safety and welfare by reducing the risk of earthquake-induced damage to existing homes.
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Article describing how adhesives can be used to make homes in high-wind locations stronger and how adhesives could be too effective resulting in overloading foundation anchors under earthquake loads.
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Brochure detailing how to latch and lock cabinets and drawers to prevent injury to residents of the home.