Mitigation Planning How-To Guide #2
Understanding Your Risks: Identifying Hazards and Estimating Losses
The second guide in the State and Local Mitigation Planning How-To Series provides step-by-step guidance on how to accomplish a risk assessment.
Through a series of general and hazard-specific guidance and worksheets, the guide will help States, Tribes, and communities to determine 1) which natural hazards could affect a jurisdiction; 2) what areas of the jurisdiction are vulnerable to the hazards; 3) what assets will be affected; and 4) to what degree they will be affected, as measured through dollar losses. The guide is multi-hazard in scope, addressing flood, earthquake, tsunami, tornado, coastal storm, landslide and wildfire. For communities dealing with multiple hazards, guidance is also provided on how to develop a composite loss estimate. Once the risk assessment is completed, States and communities will have the information necessary to develop a strategy and plan for reducing their losses.
Download a copy of the Mitigation Planning How-To Guide #2: Understanding Your Risks from the FEMA Library.
This document is also available from the FEMA Publications Warehouse at no charge by calling 1-800-480-2520. Request FEMA 386-2 (hard copy) or FEMA 386-2CD (CD-ROM).
Last Modified: Tuesday, 05-Feb-2008 13:59:56 EST