4. Best Practices

FEMA’s Mitigation Best Practices consists of stories, ideas, activities and projects that show how others have worked to reduce or prevent damage from disasters. These best practices come from individuals and communities. They describe measures they have taken to reduce the loss of life and property from disasters. The portfolio provides ideas about reducing losses. It also encourages others to assess their own risk and think about mitigation as a long-term way to reduce it. There are mitigation planning success stories on plan implementation, plan integration, outreach, engagement and equity.