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BCAR Tornado Methodology Report

The Tornado Safe Room Module provides a methodology for determining life safety benefits (injury and death prevention) from tornado safe rooms within the updated Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA) software. This module is an update to the Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA) software included in the 1st Edition (07/2000) of FEMA 361, Design and Construction Guidance for Community Shelters (FEMA 361). The original software focused on the reduction of injuries and deaths from safe rooms for tornados and hurricanes. Beginning in 2007, in parallel to revisions to FEMA 361, FEMA initiated a redesign of all BCA software associated with their grant programs, including flooding, earthquakes, hurricane winds, and tornadoes. The decision was made by FEMA to develop new BCA software for life safety benefits of safe rooms with separate modules for tornado and hurricane hazards. As the new Tornado Safe Room and Hurricane Safe Room Modules software are finalized, they will be used in place of the original safe room (shelter) BCA software.

Document Details:

Resource Type:	Document / Report
Audience Categories:	Federal Agencies Hazard Mitigation Officers State, Local and Tribal Representatives Historic Preservation / Environmental FEMA Regions
Hazard Types:	Tornado
Subjects:	Mitigation Strategies and Techniques Mitigation Planning FEMA Grants and Training Resources
Program:	HMGP - Hazard Mitigation Grant Program
Last Update Date:	06/09/2010 02:49 PM

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