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Hurricane Ivan in Alabama and Florida: Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance. Mitigation Assessment Team Report
On September 18, 2005, FEMA deployed a Mitigation Assessment Team (MAT) to Alabama and Florida. The MAT evaluated building performance during Hurricane Ivan and the adequacy of current building codes, other construction requirements, and building practices and materials. Hurricane Ivan approximated a design flood event on the barrier islands and exceeded design flood conditions in sound and back bay areas. This provided a good opportunity to assess the adequacy of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) floodplain management requirements as well as current construction practices in resisting storm surge and wave damage. FEMA was particularly interested in evaluating damages to buildings in coastal A Zones where V-Zone construction methods are not required. Although Hurricane Ivan was not a design wind event when analyzed with respect to the 2001 Florida Building Code (FBC) or the 2000/2003 International Building Code (IBC) and International Residential Code (IRC), it caused extensive wind-related damage to buildings constructed under earlier codes. The conclusions and recommendations of this report are intended to provide decision-makers information and technical guidance that can be used to reduce future hurricane damage.
Hurricane Ivan in Alabama and Florida: Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance. Mitigation Assessment Team Report
On September 18, 2005, FEMA deployed a Mitigation Assessment Team (MAT) to Alabama and Florida. The MAT evaluated building performance during Hurricane Ivan and the adequacy of current building codes, other construction requirements, and building practices and materials. Hurricane Ivan approximated a design flood event on the barrier islands and exceeded design flood conditions in sound and back bay areas. This provided a good opportunity to assess the adequacy of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) floodplain management requirements as well as current construction practices in resisting storm surge and wave damage. FEMA was particularly interested in evaluating damages to buildings in coastal A Zones where V-Zone construction methods are not required. Although Hurricane Ivan was not a design wind event when analyzed with respect to the 2001 Florida Building Code (FBC) or the 2000/2003 International Building Code (IBC) and International Residential Code (IRC), it caused extensive wind-related damage to buildings constructed under earlier codes. The conclusions and recommendations of this report are intended to provide decision-makers information and technical guidance that can be used to reduce future hurricane damage.
Hurricane Ivan in Alabama and Florida: Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance. Mitigation Assessment Team Report
2005
372 pages
Report
No indication
English
Meteorological Data Collection, Analysis, & Weather , Building Standards & Codes , Structural Analyses , Police, Fire, & Emergency Services , Emergency Services & Planning , Hurricanes , Florida , Alabama , Mitigation , Building codes , Construction , Floods , Insurance , Damage , Wind , Coastal areas , Recommendations , Hurricane Ivan