Emergency Preparedness

Appendix D.5 –Hazard Mitigation Checklists

Kern Medical Emergency Preparedness

Appendix D.5 - Structural and Nonstructural Hazard Mitigation Checklists

Structural Mitigation Structural mitigation is reinforcing, bracing, anchoring, bolting, strengthening or replacing any portion of the building that may become damaged and cause injury such as: • exterior walls – (e.g., use a wind resistant design for tornados or windstorms) • exterior doors – (e.g., non-combustible materials for wildfires or urban fires) • exterior windows – (e.g., use shutters on windows for tornados or windstorms) • foundation – (e.g., brace, anchor or bolt the facility for earthquakes) • exterior columns/pilasters/corbels – (e.g., steel or concrete columns) • roof – (e.g., use non-combustible materials for wildfires or urban fires) STRUCTURAL _______ Earthquakes – anchor/brace (mobile home) or bolt the facility to its foundation and reinforce any portion of the exterior of the facility that may cause injury. _______ Floods and flashfloods – elevate and reinforce the facility but ultimately avoid a floodplain location. _______ Landslide and mudflow – build retaining walls on slopes. Build masonry walls to direct the mudflow around the facility. Bolt the foundation and reinforce the walls of the facility. _______ Tsunami – elevate coastal facilities at risk. Although the strongest building can be damaged by a powerful tsunami. _______ Wildfire and urban fire – use fire resistant materials (e.g., non-combustible roofing material) on the exterior of the facility. _______ Tornado – follow local building codes to use a wind resistant design for your facility. _______ Dam failure – reinforce and flood proof the facility.

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