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FEMA 426 - Reference Manual to Mitigate Potential Terrorist Attacks Against Buildings

This manual provides guidance to the building science community of architects and engineers, to reduce physical damage to buildings, related infrastructure, and people caused by terrorist assaults.

The manual presents incremental approaches that can be implemented over time to decrease the vulnerability of buildings to terrorist threats. Many of the recommendations can be implemented quickly and cost-effectively.

FEMA 426 contains many how-to aspects based upon current information contained in FEMA, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of Justice, General Services Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and other publications. The manual describes a threat assessment methodology and presents a Building Vulnerability Assessment Checklist to support the assessment process. It also discusses architectural and engineering design considerations, standoff distances, explosive blast, and chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) information.

The appendices in this manual include a glossary of CBR definitions as well as general defi nitions of key terminologies used in the building science security area. The appendices also describe design considerations for electronic security systems and provide a listing of associations and organizations currently working in the building science security area.

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FEMA 427- Primer for Design of Commercial Buildings to Mitigate Terrorist Attacks

This primer introduces a series of concepts that can help building designers, owners, and state and local governments mitigate the threat of hazards resulting from terrorist attacks on new buildings. FEMA 427 specifi cally addresses four high-population, private-sector building types: commercial offi ce, retail, multifamily residential, and light industrial. This manual contains extensive qualitative design guidance for limiting or mitigating the effects of terrorist attacks, focusing primarily on explosions, but also addressing chemical, biological, and radiological attacks.

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FEMA 428 - Primer to Design Safe School Projects in Case of Terrorist Attacks

The purpose of this primer is to provide the design community and school administrators with the basic principles and techniques to make a school that is safe from terrorist attacks.

FEMA 428 includes information on how to conduct a threat/ risk assessment, prepare site layout and building design, and create school safety plans. It also includes a brief discussion on blast theory and CBR measures that can be taken to mitigate school vulnerabilities, as well as a standalone description of the concept of safe rooms within schools that will resist CBR and blast threats.

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FEMA 429 - Insurance, Finance, and Regulation Primer for Terrorism Risk Management in Buildings

The purpose of this primer is to introduce the building insurance, fi nance, and regulatory communities to the issue of terrorism risk management in buildings and the tools currently available to manage the risks. FEMA 429 provides information related to insurance, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, and highlights current building regulations related to terrorism risk, due diligence, and vulnerability. The manual also includes a Building Security Checklist categorized by data collection, attack delivery methods, and attack mechanism parameters.

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FEMA 452 - Methodology for Preparing Threat Assessments for Commercial Buildings

The objective of this How-To Guide is to outline methods for identifying the critical assets and functions within buildings, determining the threats to those assets, and assessing the vulnerabilities associated with those threats. The methods presented provide a means to assess risks and to make decisions about how to mitigate them. The scope of the methods includes reducing physical damage to structural and non-structural components of buildings and related infrastructure, and reducing resultant casualties during conventional bomb attacks, as well as attacks involving chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) agents.

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E155 - Building Design for Homeland Security

This course will be offered at the FEMA training center in Emmitsburg, MD, and at Virginia Tech. The purpose of E155 is to familiarize students with assessment methodologies available to identify the relative level of risk for various threats, including blast and CBR. The students will be introduced to FEMA 426 and will be asked to provide cost-effective mitigation measures for a range of manmade hazards. The primary target audience for this course includes engineers, architects, and building officials.

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Natural Disaster RMS Publications
	FEMA 395 - Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of School Buildings (K-12)
	FEMA 396 - Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Hospital Buildings
	FEMA 397 - Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Office Buildings
	FEMA 398 - Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Multifamily Apartment Buildings
	FEMA 399 - Incremental Seismic Rehabilitation of Retail Buildings