EADP
Mitigation Goals - correct answer ✔general guidelines that describe what the
community hopes to achieve. Are usually broad, policy-type statements, long
term, and represent a global vision.
Examples:
Reduce the vulnerability of flooding in community.
Minimize wildfire losses.
Protect the local economy from the impacts of future hazard events.
Mitigation Action - correct answer ✔Specific proposals for reaching
mitigation goals.
Articulate how goals will be attained.
1. Create and distribute education brochure about
wildfire hazard.
2. Develop brush clearing program to facilitate
defensible space around homes.
3. Use goats to assist in clearing overgrown areas.
Develop Mitigation Actions Steps - correct answer ✔1. Brainstorm ideas.
2. Select and prioritize mitigation actions.
3. Form selection criteria.
4. Select mitigation actions.
,Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA) - correct answer ✔Quantitative procedure that
assesses the desirability of a hazard mitigation project by taking a long-term
view of avoided future damages to insurable structures as compared to the
cost of the project.
Benefit Cost Review (BCR) - correct answer ✔Includes the qualitative
benefits of implementing a particular action.
Quality of life, natural benefits, etc.
STAPLE/E - Criteria to evaluate a mitigation plans / actions - correct answer
✔1. Social
2. Technical
3. Administrative
4. Political
5. Legal
6. Economic
7. Environmental
Robert T. Stafford Act, 1988 - correct answer ✔Constitutes the statutory
authority for most Federal disaster response activities especially as they
pertain to FEMA and FEMA programs.
Amended by the Disaster Mitigation Act 2000 (DMA)
Amended again by PETS 2006
44 Code of Federal Regulations 201
Section 203 - Pre-disaster Hazard Mitigation
Section 322 - Mitigation Planning
Section 404 - Hazard Mitigation
, Who Needs a Plan? - correct answer ✔County
Incorporated City
Public Authority
School District
Special District
Council of Governments
Indian tribe
Project Impact - correct answer ✔Identify and build constructive partnerships
within communities.
Identify and examine potential risks for disasters.
Guides communities with targeting financial resources.
Emphasized community resilience.
Three Aspects of NFIP - correct answer ✔1. Floodplain identification and
mapping.
2. Floodplain management
3. Flood Insurance
Keep FIRMS Current - correct answer ✔Map Modernization Program -
developed to update and digitize the entire U.S. floodplain inventory.
Mitigation Goals - correct answer ✔general guidelines that describe what the
community hopes to achieve. Are usually broad, policy-type statements, long
term, and represent a global vision.
Examples:
Reduce the vulnerability of flooding in community.
Minimize wildfire losses.
Protect the local economy from the impacts of future hazard events.
Mitigation Action - correct answer ✔Specific proposals for reaching
mitigation goals.
Articulate how goals will be attained.
1. Create and distribute education brochure about
wildfire hazard.
2. Develop brush clearing program to facilitate
defensible space around homes.
3. Use goats to assist in clearing overgrown areas.
Develop Mitigation Actions Steps - correct answer ✔1. Brainstorm ideas.
2. Select and prioritize mitigation actions.
3. Form selection criteria.
4. Select mitigation actions.
,Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA) - correct answer ✔Quantitative procedure that
assesses the desirability of a hazard mitigation project by taking a long-term
view of avoided future damages to insurable structures as compared to the
cost of the project.
Benefit Cost Review (BCR) - correct answer ✔Includes the qualitative
benefits of implementing a particular action.
Quality of life, natural benefits, etc.
STAPLE/E - Criteria to evaluate a mitigation plans / actions - correct answer
✔1. Social
2. Technical
3. Administrative
4. Political
5. Legal
6. Economic
7. Environmental
Robert T. Stafford Act, 1988 - correct answer ✔Constitutes the statutory
authority for most Federal disaster response activities especially as they
pertain to FEMA and FEMA programs.
Amended by the Disaster Mitigation Act 2000 (DMA)
Amended again by PETS 2006
44 Code of Federal Regulations 201
Section 203 - Pre-disaster Hazard Mitigation
Section 322 - Mitigation Planning
Section 404 - Hazard Mitigation
, Who Needs a Plan? - correct answer ✔County
Incorporated City
Public Authority
School District
Special District
Council of Governments
Indian tribe
Project Impact - correct answer ✔Identify and build constructive partnerships
within communities.
Identify and examine potential risks for disasters.
Guides communities with targeting financial resources.
Emphasized community resilience.
Three Aspects of NFIP - correct answer ✔1. Floodplain identification and
mapping.
2. Floodplain management
3. Flood Insurance
Keep FIRMS Current - correct answer ✔Map Modernization Program -
developed to update and digitize the entire U.S. floodplain inventory.
