26 Feb, 2007
FEMA Mitigation Best Practices: Floating Docks Prevent Severe Damage to Boats During Hurricanes
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency Best Practices Portfolio consists of mitigation stories submitted by individuals and communities that describe measures they have taken to reduce the loss of life and property from disasters. These Best Practices are meant to provide ideas and concepts about reducing losses and to encourage others to evaluate their own risk and consider mitigation as a long-term solution to reducing that risk." [...] "Recreational boats moored at traditional docks have a bumpy experience during normal weather conditions, not to mention when a hurricane hits. By design, a traditional wooden or metal dock is stationary while the boat moves back and forth with the water. During severe weather though, the boat can crash into the dock, sustain severe damage, and could even be destroyed. Floating docks may solve this costly problem." This and other individual FEMA Best Practices documents are also combined in "Mitigation Best Practices: Public and Private Sector Best Practice Stories for All Activity/Project Types in All States and Territories Relating to All Hazards [August 10, 2011]," which can be accessed at the following link: [www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=683132]
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  • URL
  • Publisher
    United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Date
    26 Feb, 2007
  • Copyright
    Public Domain
  • Retrieved From
    Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): www.fema.gov/
  • Format
    pdf
  • Media Type
    application/pdf
  • Subject
    Emergency management
  • Resource Groups
    LLIS Collection
    Best practices

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