Best Practices for Incorporating Building Science Guidance into Community Risk MAP Implementation

The datasets developed during a project are provided to the community, and the information allows the community to determine whether the higher risk areas require more stringent building codes. Both regulatory and non-regulatory products are presented to the community in a series of Risk MAP meetings. The meetings also include information about Building Science Branch resources, such as the Building Science Toolkit CD, NFIP technical bulletins, disaster recovery advisories, building code assistance, web links, desk references, training resources, and technical publications, all of which can help the community meet FEMA’s goal of fostering resilience through hazard-resistant structure design that leads to reducing the loss of life and property in hazard events.