national earthquake hazards reduction program (nehrp) outreach &...

National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP)

OUTREACH &

IMPLEMENTATION

CLAUDETTE FETTERMAN FEMA NEHRP Senior Program Specialist

Email: claudette.fetterman@dhs.gov

Office: 202-646-4344

Topics

• What is NEHRP

• Earthquake Hazard and Risk

• Best Practices

• Challenges

• Current & Future Efforts

• Resources

National Earthquake Hazards

Reduction Program (NEHRP)

• Authority: National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) formed by U.S. Congress in 1977 to “...reduce the risks to life and property from future earthquakes in the United States...” (PL108-360).

• Program Mission: To develop, disseminate, and promote knowledge, tools, and practices for earthquake risk reduction – through coordinated, multi-disciplinary interagency partnerships among the NEHRP agencies and their stakeholders – that improve the nation’s earthquake resilience in public safety, economic strength and national security.

• Primary Role: NEHRP is the coordination point for all U.S earthquake-related activities. NEHRP is a multi-agency program including NIST (lead agency), NSF, USGS, and FEMA.

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FEMA NEHRP Mission

U.S. Earthquake Hazard

Source: 2008 U.S. National Seismic Hazard Map. USGS.

Available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3018/pdf/FS08-

3018_508.pdf.

Source: This FEMA-funded CUREE-Caltech Woodframe Project

consists of coordinated engineering investigations and implementation

activities whose objective is to significantly reduce earthquake losses

to woodframe construction. For more info:

http://www.curee.org/projects/woodframe/index.html

Structural Issues

Non-Structural Issues

Non-Structural Issues

NEHRP Outreach Best Practices

1. Use of science and research

2. Clear, consistent, and

persistent messaging

3. Risk perception and

identifying good audience

4. Link seismic safety to other

issues

5. Identify potential opponent

6. Use media wisely

7. Create multi-disciplinary

partnerships& coalitions

8. Make seismic safety efforts

permanent

NEHRP Outreach Challenges

• Selling Earthquake Mitigation: – A culture where the public demands safety

• Decision Making and Strategy Development: – Actionable policies and user-friendly tools

– Inclusive stakeholder participation

• Incentives and Mandates to Encourage Investment: – Code adoption and enforcement

– Grants and cooperative agreements

– Integration of earthquake mitigation into EM Planning

– Tax credit or increase in property value

• Future of Mitigation: – More research, better tools and technologies

– More inter-disciplinary approach to the science of risk assessment and the practice of engineering

– Greater coordination of mitigation and sustainability goals

Current & Future NEHRP

Outreach Efforts • DHS, FEMA, and FIMA

Strategic Plans

• Building Codes and Standards

• Tools and Guidance

Development

• Training and Outreach

• Technical Assistance

• Cooperative Agreements

• Policy and Guidance

• Community Activism through

Partners

FEMA NEHRP Resources

TO DOWNLOAD ONLINE: http://www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/earthquake/publications.shtm

TO ORDER COPIES:

Contact FEMA Publications Warehouse: – Phone: 800-480-2520

– Fax: 240-699-0525

– Email: FEMA-publications-warehouse@dhs.gov

FEMA EARTHQUAKE WEBSITE http://www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/earthquake

CONTENTS

Publications Events

Grants Contacts

Training Reports

Thank You

Claudette.fetterman@dhs.gov