Disaster mitigation : reducing losses of life and property through model cases : activities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Cover title

Focuses on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) activities to achieve reduction of risk to private property and public facilities through the nation's model building codes. These codes are powerful tools for hazard mitigation because they are recognised as technically sound and have a strong legal basis in the life-safety and protection of property elements of the Constitution. Local and state governments adopt model building codes in whole or in part to provide accepted standards for protecting structures from natural and man-made hazards. FEMA has a history and record of accomplishment in working with national model code organisations and in coordination with other Federal agencies to establish and implement standards to further mitigation objectives