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General effects of flood damage

• • Buildings substantially damaged under NFIP regulations – Repair, dry flood-proofing, or elevation
• • Buildings not substantially damaged under NFIP – If technically feasible, dry flood-proofing

Roofs

• • Low-slope roofs
• • Curbing and flashing
• • Damage to soffits, overhangs, roof openings
• • Roof-mounted equipment should be attached to a foundation that will resist expected wind forces
• • Hurricane clips

Shutters - In areas subject to hurricane winds, shutters are appropriate in the following areas:

• • All windows on critical facilities such as hospitals
• • The lower floors of buildings with windows most likely to be struck by debris
• • Windows of buildings with very high value contents such as libraries and document centers that can be damaged by water
• • Windows of buildings subject to debris from nearby ballasted roofs, metal buildings, manufactured homes or other structures likely to fail and result in debris

Anchoring

• • Anchoring of mechanical and electrical in critical facilities
• • Anchoring smaller ancillary buildings to prevent toppling

Flexible piping

• • Installation of flexible piping at pipe/conduit connections to equipment to accommodate expected movement in an earthquake

Bracing

• • Bracing of overhead pipes and electrical lines to meet seismic loads
• • Bracing interior walls and partitions that could collapse, preventing safe exit from the building
• • Bracing parapets, anchoring veneer or cladding, and bracing other non-structural elements that could collapse and cause injury or block safe exit of a building during an earthquake

Replacement of glass

• • Replacement of glass with impact-resistant material

General buildings

• • Buildings – Where spread footings have been undercut by scour
• • Siding – If siding has been damaged by wind
• • Venting – Where there has been water damage caused by water intrusion through venting

Doors and windows

• • Where damage has resulted from wind and water intrusion around weather stripping on doors and/or windows
• • Where damage has been caused by wind- induced failure of doors

Miscellaneous structures

• • Marine piers – If marine pier ramps that attach to decking have been damaged by storm-surge uplift and buoyancy
• • Signage – If sign panels and their supports have failed
• • Gutters and downspouts – If damaged by either wind and/or water

406 Program — Pre-approved projects

At the time of publication, this was the most current information offered at www.fema.gov . Readers should reference this site for continually updated information.

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