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Building the Performance You Need: A Guide to State-Of-The-Art Tools for Seismic Design and Assessment
From the Executive Summary: "This Guide presents information project managers and decision-makers need to know to use a performance-based approach for seismic design and assessment. A building project that uses performance-based seismic design and assessment methods is essentially the same as a typical project, but with a few key differences. This Guide provides an overview of decisions, steps, and implications associated with using a performance-based approach. It covers: [1] When and why to use a performance-based approach; [2] How a performance-based approach varies from a conventional approach; [3] The types of projects a performance-based approach can be used for, and varying ways it can be used; [4] How to assemble a knowledgeable and effective team; [5] How to determine earthquake performance goals for a particular project; and [6] Cost implications of using a performance-based approach[.] This Guide focuses solely on performance-based methods for managing the earthquake risk of buildings, but similar approaches can be used for other threats, such as severe storms, flooding, or fire."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (U.S.)
Applied Technology Council
2018-12
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Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings: Volume 1 - Methodology, Second Edition
From the Introduction: "This report describes a general methodology and recommended procedures to assess the probable seismic performance of individual buildings based on their unique site, structural, nonstructural, and occupancy characteristics. Performance is measured in terms of the probability of incurring casualties, repair and replacement costs, repair time, selected environmental impacts, and unsafe placarding. The methodology and procedures are applicable to new or existing buildings, and can be used to: (1) assess the probable performance of a building; (2) design new buildings to be capable of providing desired performance; or (3) design seismic upgrades for existing buildings to improve their performance. The general methodology and recommended procedures can be applied to seismic performance assessments of any building type, regardless of age, construction, or occupancy. Implementation of the methodology requires basic data on the vulnerability of structural and nonstructural components to damage (fragility), as well as estimates of potential casualties, repair costs, repair times, and environmental impacts (consequences) associated with this damage."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (U.S.)
Applied Technology Council
2018-12
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Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings: Volume 2 - Implementation Guide, Second Edition
From the Introduction: "This 'Second Edition Implementation Guide' provides guidance on implementation and use of the methodology set forth in FEMA P-58-1, 'Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings, Volume 1 - Methodology, Second Edition', (FEMA, 2018a) to assess the seismic performance of individual buildings based on their unique site, structural, nonstructural, and occupancy characteristics, expressed in terms of the probability of incurring casualties, repair and replacement costs, repair time, environmental impacts, and unsafe placarding. This 'Implementation Guide' contains examples illustrating the performance assessment process, including selected calculation and data generation procedures, as well user manuals for selected electronic tools provided in FEMA P-58-3, 'Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings, Volume 3 - Supporting Electronic Materials and Background Documentation', (FEMA, 2018b)."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (U.S.)
Applied Technology Council
2018-12
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Cooking Fires in Residential Buildings (2014-2016)
From the Document: "Each year, from 2014 to 2016, fire departments responded to an estimated average of 188,800 cooking fires in residential buildings across the nation. These fires resulted in an annual average of 195 deaths, 3,800 injuries and $463 million in property loss. [...] From 2014 to 2016, cooking was, by far, the leading cause of all residential building fires and accounted for 50 percent of all residential building fires responded to by fire departments across the nation. Additionally, cooking was the leading cause of all residential building fire injuries."
United States Fire Administration; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-12
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Seismic Evaluation of Older Concrete Buildings for Collapse Potential
From the Foreword: "Although retrofitting criteria for seismically deficient non-ductile concrete buildings has been developed, the problem remains one of efficient identification of the most hazardous buildings. Not all pre-1970s concrete buildings are equally hazardous; generally, only those with columns that iv Foreword FEMA P-2018 would fail in shear and/or compression. It is often difficult to visually determine which of these buildings are collapse hazards and which are not. [...] This report, 'Seismic Evaluation of Older Concrete Buildings for Collapse Potential' (FEMA P-2018), provides a simplified methodology for evaluating collapse resistance using simplified estimates of drift demand. The calculations have been intentionally simplified; however, the underlying criteria are based on probabilistic concepts and structural reliability theory. Development of the procedures included testing of the methodology by practicing engineers in several rounds of trial evaluations, and vetting of the methodology in a series of annual workshops. All of this was used to adjust and improve the methodology throughout the development process."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (U.S.)
2018-12
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Hurricane Irma in Florida: Building Performance Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance, Mitigation Assessment Team Report
From the Executive Summary: "Hurricane Irma resulted in one of the largest evacuations (approximately 6.5 million people) and most extensively used sheltering operations for the State of Florida (Florida House of Representatives, 2018). Presidential disaster declarations were issued for Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands following the storm (FEMA, 2018c). Hurricane Irma caused damage to buildings across the entire affected area, as well as widespread power outages and interruptions in utility service."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-12
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Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings: Volume 5 - Expected Seismic Performance of Code-Conforming Buildings
From the Introduction: "This report is the fifth in a series of volumes comprising the FEMA P-58, 'Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings, Methodology and Implementation' (FEMA, 2012; 2018). This volume describes the work performed to quantify the seismic performance capability of typical buildings designed to current building code requirements, the resulting performance of code-conforming buildings in terms of FEMA P-58 probabilistic performance metrics, and a framework for future recommended performance objectives based on findings from this work."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (U.S.)
Applied Technology Council
2018-12
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Seismic Performance Assessment of Buildings, Volume 4: Methodology for Assessing Environmental Impacts
From the Introduction: "In this report, life cycle assessment concepts and procedures for evaluating environmental impacts of buildings are introduced, consideration of impacts resulting from earthquake damage are described, and the seismic performance assessment procedures of the FEMA P-58 methodology are summarized. Alternative methods for assessing environmental impacts and procedures for implementing environmental impact assessments in the FEMA P-58 methodology are presented and described."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (U.S.)
2018-12
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Community Resilience Indicator Analysis: County-Level Analysis of Commonly Used Indicators from Peer-Reviewed Research
"As disasters continue to increase in frequency and cost, researchers across academic disciplines, including ecology, engineering, sociology, and psychology, have attempted to identify and quantify features that make a community more resilient to disasters. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Integration Center (NIC) Technical Assistance (TA) Branch asked Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne) to review this body of research to provide a data-driven basis to prioritize locations for TA investment and to inform community resilience TA content."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; Argonne National Laboratory
Edgemon, Lesley; Freeman, Carol; Burdi, Carmella . . .
2018-12
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Residential Building Electrical Fires (2014-2016)
"This topical report addresses the characteristics of electrical fires in residential buildings as reported to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) from 2014 to 2016, the most recent data available at the time of the analysis. The NFIRS data are used for the analyses presented throughout the report. For the purpose of the report, the terms 'residential fires,' 'electrical fires,' and 'nonelectrical fires' are synonymous with 'residential building fires,' 'residential building electrical fires' and 'residential building nonelectrical fires' respectively. 'Electrical fires' is used throughout the body of this report; the findings, tables, charts, headings and endnotes reflect the full category, 'residential building electrical fires.'"
United States Fire Administration; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-12
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefings, November 25 - December 1, 2018
This document is a compilation of all the FEMA Daily Operations Briefings from November 25 - December 1, 2018. The FEMA Daily Operations Briefing provides an overview of the current emergency management situation nationwide and includes a summary of current significant events, weather activity, recent emergency declarations and projections for the coming week.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-11-25?
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefings, November 18 - 24, 2018
This document is a compilation of all the FEMA Daily Operations Briefings from November 18 - 24, 2018. The FEMA Daily Operations Briefing provides an overview of the current emergency management situation nationwide and includes a summary of current significant events, weather activity, recent emergency declarations and projections for the coming week.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-11-18?
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After Action Report / Improvement Plan: Arkansas Nuclear One (September 27, 2018)
From the Executive Summary: "On September 27, 2018, Out of sequence Medical Services and Reception Center drills were conducted for St Mary's Medical Center, Pope County Emergency Medical Services (EMS)- St Mary's Station in Russellville and the Paris Reception Center in Paris, Arkansas. Personnel from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS/FEMA) Region VI, evaluated all activities. The drills were conducted to assess the level of preparedness of local responders to react to a simulated radiological emergency at Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO). [...] This report contains the final written evaluation of the out of sequence drills. The participants demonstrated knowledge of their emergency response plans and procedures and they adequately implemented them. There were no Level 1 Findings, and two Level 2 Findings identified which were corrected during the drill. There were no Plan Issues identified."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-11-14
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefings, November 11 - 17, 2018
This document is a compilation of all the FEMA Daily Operations Briefings from November 11 - 17, 2018. The FEMA Daily Operations Briefing provides an overview of the current emergency management situation nationwide and includes a summary of current significant events, weather activity, recent emergency declarations and projections for the coming week
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-11-11?
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Disaster Relief Fund: Monthly Report as of October 31, 2018 (Fiscal Year 2019 Report to Congress)
From the Background: "P.L. 115-141 requires that the FEMA Administrator provide a report by the fifth business day of each month on the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) that includes a funding summary, a table delineating the DRF funding activities each month by state and event, a summary of the funding for the catastrophic events, and the funds exhaust date, or end-of-fiscal-year balance."
United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-11-05
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Department of Homeland Security: Disaster Contracts Quarterly Report: Third Quarter, Fiscal Year 2018 (Fiscal Year 2018 Report to Congress)
From the Document: "This document has been compiled pursuant to the language set forth in the FY 2007 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations Act (P.L. 109-295) and its accompanying Joint Explanatory Statement. The report provides information and data on contracts, including those using disaster funds that were entered into by means other than competitive procedures."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-11-05
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefings, November 4 - 10, 2018
This document is a compilation of all the FEMA Daily Operations Briefings from November 4 - 10, 2018. The FEMA Daily Operations Briefing provides an overview of the current emergency management situation nationwide and includes a summary of current significant events, weather activity, recent emergency declarations and projections for the coming week.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-11-04?
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Winter Residential Building Fires (2014-2016)
"Each year, from 2014 to 2016, fire departments responded to an estimated 108,200 fires in residential buildings during the months of January, February and March across the nation. These fires resulted in an estimated annual average of 980 deaths, 3,575 injuries, and $1.9 billion in property loss. The residential building portion of the fire problem is of great national importance as it accounts for the vast majority of civilian casualties, and winter residential building fires account for a considerable portion of that."
United States Fire Administration; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-11
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Grant Effectiveness Case Study: Texas
From the Overview: "In 2018, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) conducted a grant effectiveness case study in Texas to understand Texas' use of grant funds to increase its ability to respond to, recover from, and mitigate disaster impacts. Specifically, FEMA examined how Texas made investments using Federal, state, and local funds to address lessons learned from previous disasters by closing capability gaps and whether these investments resulted in improved preparedness ahead of Hurricane Harvey in 2017. FEMA also examined the processes that Texas and local jurisdictions use to prioritize and allocate FEMA grant investments. Additionally, FEMA solicited grant program feedback from Texas and local jurisdictions to make future improvements. Overall, the case study found that FEMA grant-funded investments positively impacted the response to Hurricane Harvey."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-11-01
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefings, October 28 - November 3, 2018
This document is a compilation of all the FEMA Daily Operations Briefings from October 28 - November 3, 2018. The FEMA Daily Operations Briefing provides an overview of the current emergency management situation nationwide and includes a summary of current significant events, weather activity, recent emergency declarations and projections for the coming week.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-10-28?
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After Action Report/Improvement Plan: Medical Services Drill, Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating
Station [October 10, 2018]
From the Executive Summary: "On October 10, 2018 a Medical Services (MS-1) Drill was conducted for the 10-mile Plume Exposure Pathway, Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) around the Three Mile Island (TMI) Nuclear Generating Station by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region III. The most recent prior MS-1 Drill for this site was conducted on October 12, 2016. The purpose of the (TMI) MS-1 Drill was to assess the State and local offsite response organizations preparedness in responding to a radiological medical emergency. The Drill was held in accordance with FEMA's policies and guidance concerning the evaluation of State and local Radiological Emergency Response Plans (RERP) and procedures. [...] This report contains the final evaluation of the MS-1 Drill."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-10-26
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After Action Report: Medical Services (MS-1) Exercise, Diablo Canyon Power Plant [August 22, 2018]
From the Executive Summary: "The United States (U.S.) Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region IX National Preparedness Division (NPD), Technological Hazards Branch (THB), evaluated a Medical Services (MS-1) exercise for emergency Off-site response organizations (ORO) on August 22, 2018, at Marian Regional Medical Center (MRMC), Santa Maria, California. [...] The purpose of the exercise assessment is to assess local ORO level of preparedness in response to a radiological incident occurring at DCPP [Diablo Canyon Power Plant]. The exercise assessment is part of the Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program (REPP) to ensure that adequate capabilities exist to prevent, protect against, mitigate the effects of, respond to and recover from radiological incidents involving commercial nuclear power plants (NPP)."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; San Luis Obispo (Calif.)
2018-10-26
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After Action Report/Improvement Plan: Cooper Nuclear Station (July 31, 2018)
From the Executive Summary: "On July 31, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security(DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region VII conducted a biennial exercise in the plume emergency planning zone (EPZ) around the Cooper Nuclear Station. In addition, out-of-sequence drills were conducted on May 23rd, June 18th, July 11th, August 7th, and August 15th, of 2018. The purpose of the exercise and drills was to assess the level of State and local preparedness in responding to a radiological emergency. The exercise and drills were held in accordance with FEMA's policies and guidance concerning the exercise of State and local radiological emergency response plans and procedures. [...] The state and local organizations demonstrated knowledge of their emergency response plans and procedures and adequately implemented them."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-10-23
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefings, October 21 - 27, 2018
This document is a compilation of all the FEMA Daily Operations Briefings from October 21 - 27, 2018. The FEMA Daily Operations Briefing provides an overview of the current emergency management situation nationwide and includes a summary of current significant events, weather activity, recent emergency declarations and projections for the coming week.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-10-21?
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After Action Report: Limerick Generating Station Medical Services Drill [September 18, 2018]
From the Executive Summary: "On September 18, 2018 a Medical Services (MS-1) Drill was conducted for the 10-mile Plume Exposure Pathway, Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) around the Limerick Generating Station (LGS) by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region III. The most recent prior MS-1 Drill for this site was conducted on September 15, 2016. The purpose of the MS-1 Drill was to assess the State and local off site response organizations preparedness in responding to a radiological medical emergency. [...] This report contains the final evaluation of the MS-1 Drill."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-10-18
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After Action Report/Improvement Plan: Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant (September 12, 2018)
From the Executive Summary: "On September 12, 2018 an out-of-sequence drill was conducted for the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant (CPNPP), located near Glen Rose, Texas. Personnel from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security/FEMA (DHS/FEMA) Region VI, evaluated all activities. The purpose of the drill was to assess the level of preparedness of local responders to react to a simulated radiological emergency at the CPNPP. [...] This report contains the final evaluation of this out-of-sequence drill. The participants demonstrated knowledge of their emergency response plans and procedures and adequately implemented them. There were no findings identified during the evaluation. There were also no planning issues identified."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-10-17
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefings, October 14 - 20, 2018
This document is a compilation of all the FEMA Daily Operations Briefings from October 14 - 20, 2018. The FEMA Daily Operations Briefing provides an overview of the current emergency management situation nationwide and includes a summary of current significant events, weather activity, recent emergency declarations and projections for the coming week.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-10-14?
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Core Capability Development Sheets: All Mission Areas
This document contains the October 2018 updates to the Core Capabilities of the the National Preparedness Goals, which includes the five main mission areas of Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response and Recovery.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-10-09
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Core Capability Development Sheets: Protection
This is the October 2018 update to the FEMA Core Capabilities of the National Preparedness Goal. These fact sheets cover the mission area of Protection which is defined as "[p]rotect our citizens, residents, visitors and assets against the greatest threats and hazards in a manner that allows our interests, aspirations and way of life to thrive." This document includes factsheets on "Planning"; "Public Information and Warning"; "Operational Coordination"; "Intelligence and Information Sharing"; "Interdiction and Disruption"; "Screening, Search and Detection"; "Access Control and Identity Verification"; "Cybersecurity"; "Physical Protective Measures"; "Risk Management for Protection Programs and Activities"; and "Supply Chain Integrity and Security".
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-10-09
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Core Capability Development Sheets: Recovery
This is the October 2018 update to the FEMA Core Capabilities of the National Preparedness Goal. These fact sheets cover the mission area of Recovery, which is defined as "[r]ecover through a focus on the timely restoration, strengthening and revitalization of infrastructure, housing and a sustainable economy, as well as the health, social, cultural, historic and environmental fabric of communities affected by a catastrophic incident." This document includes factsheets on "Planning"; "Public Information and Warning"; "Operational Coordination"; "Infrastructure Systems"; "Economic Recovery"; "Health and Social Services"; "Housing"; and "Natural and Cultural Resources".
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2018-10-09
