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FEMA's Wind Retrofit Guide
Although building codes have progressed toward requiring design and construction practices that increase building resistance to high winds, many existing homes in hurricane-prone regions were designed and constructed to much less restrictive codes. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina damaged or destroyed 234,230 single-family homes, including manufactured homes, in Mississippi alone. In 2010, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published FEMA P-804, Wind Retrofit Guide for Residential Buildings, to provide much-needed guidance on retrofits that would help protect existing residential structures from hurricane damage. The purpose of a residential wind retrofit project is to reduce the vulnerability of a home to damage from wind and wind-driven rain intrusion during a high-wind event. The three areas of a home that are typically the most vulnerable to failure from high winds are roof and wall coverings, openings, and load path connections. FEMA P-804 provides guidance on three sets (packages) of retrofits that address these vulnerabilities. Retrofit projects may be eligible for federal financial assistance through FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program. The application for funding must include a Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA). FEMA's BCA software tool can be used to conduct the analysis.
FEMA's Wind Retrofit Guide
Although building codes have progressed toward requiring design and construction practices that increase building resistance to high winds, many existing homes in hurricane-prone regions were designed and constructed to much less restrictive codes. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina damaged or destroyed 234,230 single-family homes, including manufactured homes, in Mississippi alone. In 2010, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published FEMA P-804, Wind Retrofit Guide for Residential Buildings, to provide much-needed guidance on retrofits that would help protect existing residential structures from hurricane damage. The purpose of a residential wind retrofit project is to reduce the vulnerability of a home to damage from wind and wind-driven rain intrusion during a high-wind event. The three areas of a home that are typically the most vulnerable to failure from high winds are roof and wall coverings, openings, and load path connections. FEMA P-804 provides guidance on three sets (packages) of retrofits that address these vulnerabilities. Retrofit projects may be eligible for federal financial assistance through FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program. The application for funding must include a Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA). FEMA's BCA software tool can be used to conduct the analysis.
FEMA's Wind Retrofit Guide
Bass, Daniel L. (Autor:in) / Overcash, Glenn (Autor:in)
ATC & SEI Conference on Advances in Hurricane Engineering 2012 ; 2012 ; Miami, Florida, United States
Advances in Hurricane Engineering ; 229-237
13.11.2012
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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