Episode 37: FEMA’s Building Codes Save: A Nationwide Study
Feb 26, 2021•22 min•Season 3Ep. 37
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Episode description
In this episode, Gabe Maser, Code Council Vice President of Government Relations and National Strategy talks with Edward Laatsch, Director of the Planning, Safety and Building Science Division at FEMA about FEMA’s recent report Building Codes Save – A Nationwide Study of Loss Prevention.
Links to topics referenced in this episode:
- Building Codes Save: A Nationwide Study of Loss Prevention
- Study on Hurricane Harvey
- Only about four in 10 Americans can afford to cover a $1,000 blow with savings (Bankrate survey). That’s about one-third of the average Federal Emergency Management Agency-verified (not actual) losses post-Harvey.
- FLASH No Code. No Confidence. Program: resource allowing the public to determine the building codes used in their communities
- U.S. Code Adoptions Map: provides information about code adoptions in the United States
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