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Community engagement The project team may actively engage in community-level planning, partnerships, and/or design workshops to coordinate flood mitigation efforts effectively and to address the needs of populations vulnerable to projected flooding. Involving community members in the planning process allows the team to gain valuable insights into local conditions, vulnerabilities, and concerns, which leads to more effective and inclusive solutions. Forming partnerships with local organizations, government agencies, and stakeholders further strengthens these efforts, fostering a shared commitment to enhance flood resilience and safeguard the well-being of all community members.
Tsunamis
Tsunamis can cause severe damage, especially in coastal areas where the risks are highest. They can lead to soil erosion, undermine foundations, result in loss of life and mass injuries, and damage or destroy homes, businesses, ports, harbors, cultural resources, and critical infrastructure and facilities. Tsunamis can also overwhelm critical services such as water and electricity, and contaminate land with saltwater, leading to long-term damage to communities, ecosystems, and agricultural areas.
TsunamiReady® guidelines To mitigate these impacts, projects must integrate site planning strategies described in Designing for Tsunamis (National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program [73] ), or local equivalent. Projects must also incorporate elements from the TsunamiReady® guidelines, or local equivalent, including installing danger area and evacuation route signage and Public Alertnotified NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) receivers in critical facilities and public venues. [74] Signage must be implemented according to state and local policies and as determined to be appropriate by local authorities.
Wildfires
Designing, constructing, and maintaining sites and structures, in compliance with the SITES v2 Rating System Credit 4.11: Reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire [75], or local equivalent, reduces the risk of catastrophic wildfires on-site and in surrounding landscapes. The project team must also implement wildfire-resistant techniques referenced in the NWCG Standards for
73 “National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program”, National Weather Service, last accessed April 2, 2025, https://www.weather.gov/nthmp/. 74 “Final Approved TSUNAMIREADY® Guidelines”, National Weather Service, (2015), https://www.weather.gov/media/tsunamiready/resources/2015TRguidelines.pdf. 75 “Home page”, Sustainable Sites Initiative, last accessed April 2, 2025, https://www.sustainablesites.org/.
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