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Federal Preparedness and Mitigation Programs
Disasters can occur at any moment, anywhere; financial and human consequences are very difficult to predict. Disasters, over the last century have been increasing at a rapid rate as over 50% of events require Federal assistance. (FEMA, 2014) Federal mitigation plans and programs reduce the impact of a given disaster also with our dependence on taxes, Treasury for relief. Mitigation is the effort to reduce loss of life and property by lessening the impact of disasters. (FEMA, 2014) In order for Mitigation to be effective we need to understand risks, choices, investment, and well-being. Mitigation has extreme value to society in general. It provides safer communities due a reduction in life losses and structural damage. It minimizes flood disaster and increases resiliency among communities. Also there is less of a financial impact on individuals, communities, and society as a whole. In 2012 there were over 357 natural triggered disasters that were registered totaling 9,655 deaths and 124.5 million people effected as a result. (Matera, 2014) Thus, risk analysis is an extremely important feature and consists of multiple programs to support findings.
Mitigation measures are categorized by an entities need on physical modifications to the surrounding environment. There are two types of mitigation measures that can be taken; non-structural and structural. Non-structural mitigation is a mitigation measure that aims to reduce the consequences, or the likelihood of occurrence, by modifying “human action, human behavior, or natural processes.” (FEMA, 2014) Non-structural mitigation relies heavily upon education, training, and evaluation. There is no requirement to use engineerin...

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... lack of preparedness making it inefficient. It also lacks consistency due to the fact if an area was not labeled as a disaster area but suffered a large amount of loss no aid will be given. Lastly, it is inequitable meaning when the rich are remunerated through the common taxpayer rather than necessity spending. When FEMA is underfunded they are placed to blame for the response effort and not doing enough. This might be a valid argument because the burden should really be held on private insurance companies. Nobody likes paying for insurance. However, it has saved many of people in the past plenty of times. Most of the victims of Irene did not have flood insurance placing the federal government in a tough position. In some cases entitlement programs are cut to pay for the natural disaster. When we go to these parks, we have a right to find peace and quiet.

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