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Audience Category:	Design and Construction Industry
Hazard Type:	Tornado

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2007 Tornado Recovery Advisories

The following 2007 Recovery Advisories provide information about tornado risk, sheltering from tornadoes, and improving manufactured homes against damage from high winds.
Resource Type:	Document / Report
Last Update Date:	10/18/2007 03:16 PM

A Safe Haven for Campers

The Iowa State Fair campground is part of the Iowa State Fair complex, which is located outside Iowa’s capital, Des Moines, an area vulnerable to tornadoes and high-wind events. In June 1998, a storm with winds in excess of 100 miles per hour (mph) caused over $465,000 in damage to the State Fair complex, severely impacting the campground with fallen trees and limbs. Fortunately, no one was hurt during this event, but the potential for disaster and loss of human life was obvious. As a result, the State Fair board made a decision to construct a shelter at the campground. The construction of the campground shelter has demonstrated the importance the State Fair board has placed on the safety of campers at the Iowa State Fair complex.
Resource Type:	Document / Report
Last Update Date:	09/04/2007 03:38 PM

An Overview of HAZUS – Multi-Hazard

A presentation about the benefits of having HAZUS-MH as presented by Kevin Mickey during the March 2004 Mid-Atlantic Regional workshop HBCUs and local communities. The what, why, how, who and where's about the HAZUS-MH program is the basis for the presentation.
Resource Type:	Training / Course Material
Last Update Date:	11/28/2006 09:46 PM

Building Performance Assessment Team - Kansas & Oklahoma Tornadoes

In response to the disasters caused by the May 3 tornadoes, FEMA deployed a Building Performance Assessment Team (BPAT), composed of national experts in engineering, architecture, meteorology, and planning, to Oklahoma and Kansas. The mission of the BPAT was to assess the performance of buildings affected by the tornadoes, investigate losses, and describe the lessons learned. This report presents the BPATs observations, conclusions, and recommendations, which are intended to help communities, businesses, and individuals reduce future injuries and the loss of life and property resulting from tornadoes and other high-wind events.
Resource Type:	Document / Report
FEMA Publication Numbers:	FEMA 342
Last Update Date:	09/21/2007 01:55 PM	Distribution Restricted

Catalog of FEMA Flood and Wind Publications, and Training Courses

This catalog contains a listing with brief descriptions of publications and courses developed by the Building Science Section of FEMA’s Mitigation Directorate. Publications include recovery advisories (hurricane and tornado), Mitigation Assessment Team (MAT) reports (hurricanes and tornadoes), natural hazard Risk Management Series (RMS) publications, technical bulletins, and training courses.
Resource Type:	Document / Report
Last Update Date:	02/25/2008 12:18 PM

Coastal Construction Manual Brochure

This brochure briefly explains that the Coastal Construction manual provides a comprehensive approach to sensible development in coastal areas based on guidance from over 200 experts in building science, coastal hazard mitigation, and building codes and regulatory requirements.
Resource Type:	Brochure
FEMA Publication Numbers:	FEMA 55
Last Update Date:	02/29/2008 02:59 PM

Community Wind Shelters

In areas subject to extreme-wind events, building owners, school and hospital administrators, neighborhood associations, and other individuals and organizations with responsibilities for public safety should consider building a community shelter. As outlined in this publication, wind hazards, such as those associated with tornadoes and hurricanes, vary throughout the United States. The decision to build a wind shelter will be based largely on the magnitude of the wind hazard in a given area and on the level of risk considered acceptable.
Resource Type:	Document / Report
Last Update Date:	01/17/2008 10:48 AM

Community Wind Shelters

In areas subject to extreme-wind events, building owners, school and hospital administrators, neighborhood associations, and other individuals and organizations with responsibilities for public safety should consider building a community shelter. As outlined in this publication, wind hazards, such as those associated with tornadoes and hurricanes, vary throughout the United States. The decision to build a wind shelter will be based largely on the magnitude of the wind hazard in a given area and on the level of risk considered acceptable.
Resource Type:	Document / Report
Last Update Date:	08/07/2009 03:01 PM

Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) Manual

The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) Manual prescribes procedures to be followed by all Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) personnel with responsibilities involving use of contract priority ratings in support of FEMA and State, local, and tribal government programs.
Resource Type:	Document / Report
Last Update Date:	04/30/2009 09:45 AM

Design Guide for Improving Hospital Safety in Earthquakes, Floods, and High Winds: Providing Protection to People and Buildings

The intent of the Design Guide is to provide its audience with state-of-the-art knowledge on the variety of vulnerabilities faced by hospitals exposed to earthquakes, flooding, and high-winds risks, as well as the best ways to mitigate the risk of damage and disruption of hospital operations caused by these events. The information presented in this publication provides an exhaustive review of mitigation measures and design solutions that can improve the safety of hospitals in natural hazard events. However, this publication is not intended to be a comprehensive mitigation design manual that the reader can use to develop actual plans and specifications. It is intended as an introduction to the fundamental principles of natural hazard risk reduction, with an emphasis on mitigation planning and the design of hospital buildings.
Resource Type:	Document / Report
FEMA Publication Numbers:	577
Last Update Date:	03/10/2009 08:00 AM

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