EM: CH. 3 Mitigation

Question 1

Structural Controls

Answer 1

Seawalls Bulkheads,Breakwaters,Groins and Jetties

Question 2

What is mitigation??

Answer 2

A sustained action to reduce or eliminate risk to people and property from hazards and their effects

Question 3

Tools for mitigation

Answer 3

1. Hazard Identification and Mapping
2. Design and Construction Applications
3. Land Use
4. Financial Incentives
5. Insurance
6. structural design/ controls

Question 4

Impediments to Mitigation

Answer 4

Denial of risk
Lack of political will
Costs of mitigation, and lack of funding
The taking issue
Finally, many mitigation programs involve the use of private property, which the Constitution prohibits without just compensation.

Question 5

Federal mitigation Programs

Answer 5

FEMA is responsible for most federal mitigation programs, though HUD, the SBA, and the Economic Development Administration also support mitigation to a degree. In 2000, Congress passed the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA2000), which amended the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in an effort to encourage mitigation planning at the State and local levels, requiring that States maintain mitigation plans as a prerequisite for certain Federal mitigation funding and disaster assistance programs. Examples of Federal mitigation programs include The hazard mitigation program, the pre-disaster mitigation program, and The Flood Mitigation Assistance Program provides annual funding for communities to take action to reduce or eliminate the risk of flood damage to buildings insured under the NFIP.

Question 6

National Mitigation Framework

Answer 6

FEMA created in 2013 the National Mitigation Framework.outlines how the nation addresses disaster risk reduction efforts at all government levels, and in the private and nonprofit sectors.

Question 7

What is The Disaster Management cycle

Answer 7

M.P.R.R.

MITIGATION, PREPARATION, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY