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Mitigation is commonly defined as any effort to reduce loss of life and property by lessening the impact of disasters. The best time to mitigate against disasters is before an event occurs. Mitigation is central to CUSEC's misscion. Each day, substantial subs of money are invested in new buildings, facilities, and lifelines in hazard prone areas in our communities.
The challenge for CUSEC and others is to ensure that planners, developers, building officials, lenders, insurance representatives and other key players understand the potential consequences of earthquakes in the central United States. It is important that these members of the community begin to incorporate mitigation into the daily decisions that are made on site selection, design, and construction of buildings and lifelines.
CUSEC works to continuously provide mitigation programs such as -
- Assist Member States in developing new mitigation technologies within the earthquake program
- Integrating earthquake program initiatives into state and local mitigation plans
- Providing assistance with earthquake projects and strategies that support NEHRP
- Providing information on existing mitigation technologies
Use the links below to learn more about some of the mitigation initiatives that CUSEC is currently involved with...
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Below is a project listing of earthquake mitigation projects that have occurred in the central United States since the 1990s. These projects are typically funded through FEMA under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) or the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) program. We will continue to update the project listing as time goes on and we find other projects that may not be listed below. If you know of a project that is not listed here, but would like to include it in the listing, please contact us at
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. Currently, projects are listed on a state by state basis.
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