Design Guide for Improving Critical Facility Safety from Flooding and High Winds

FEMA 543 / January 2007 

Acronyms 

AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

ABFE Advisory Base Flood Elevation

ADA Americans with Disabilities Act 

ARC American Red Cross

ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers 

ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials

ASCE/SEI American Society of Civil Engineers’ Structural Engineers Institute 

BFE Base Flood Elevation

BIA Brick Industry Association 

BUR Built-Up Roof 

C&C Components and Cladding 

CMU Concrete Masonry Unit

DFE Design Flood Elevation 

EIFS Exterior Insulation Finish Systems 

EOC Emergency Operation Center

EPDM Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency

FIRM Flood Insurance Rate Map 

FIS Flood Insurance Study 

FMA Flood Mitigation Assistance 

FMG Factory Mutual Global

FMR Factory Mutual Research 

HMGP Hazard Mitigation Grant Program 

IBC International Building Code 

ICC International Code Council 

ICU Intensive Care Unit

LPS Lightning Protection System

MEPS Molded Expanded Polystyrene 

MOB Medical Office Building 

MWFRS Main Wind-Force Resisting System 

NBC National Building Code 

NEHRP National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program

NFIP National Flood Insurance Program 

NFPA National Fire Protection Association

NSSA National Storm Shelter Association

OSB Oriented Strand Board 

PA Public Assistance

PDM Pre-Disaster Mitigation

PMR Protected Membrane Roof

PNP Private Non-Profit 

SBC Standard Building Code
 
SEAW Structural Engineers Association of Washington

SHMO State Hazard Mitigation Officer

SPF Sprayed Polyurethane Foam 

UBC Uniform Building Code

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