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Design guide for improving hospital safety in earthquakes, floods, and high winds : providing protection to people and buildings.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Series:
- Risk management series (Washington, D.C.)
- Risk management series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hospital buildings--United States--Design and construction--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Hospital buildings.
- Hospital buildings--Earthquake effects--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Flood damage prevention--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Flood damage prevention.
- Wind resistant design--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Wind resistant design.
- Earthquake resistant design--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Earthquake resistant design.
- Emergency management.
- Risk.
- Earthquakes.
- Winds.
- Hospital Design and Construction--standards.
- Disaster Planning.
- Safety Management.
- Floods.
- Wind.
- United States.
- disaster planning.
- earthquakes.
- wind (weather phenomena).
- Hospital buildings--Design and construction.
- Hospital buildings--Earthquake effects.
- Medical Subjects:
- Hospital Design and Construction--standards.
- Disaster Planning.
- Safety Management.
- Risk.
- Earthquakes.
- Floods.
- Wind.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Government publications
- handbooks.
- Handbooks and manuals
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, D.C.] : Federal Emergency Management Agency, [2007]
- Summary:
- The objective of the "Design Guide for Improving Hospital Safety in Earthquakes, Floods, and High Winds" is to inform and assist design professionals, hospital administrators, and facility managers in implementing sound mitigation measures that will decrease the vulnerability of hospitals to disruptions caused by natural hazard events. The intent of the Design Guide is to provide its audience with state-of-the-art knowledge on the variety of vulnerabilities faced by hospitals exposed to earthquakes, flooding, and high-winds risks, as well as the best ways to mitigate the risk of damage and disruption of hospital operations caused by these events
- Notes:
- Title from PDF title page.
- "FEMA 577."
- "June 2007."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Design guide for improving hospital safety in earthquakes, floods, and high winds.
- OCLC:
- 316420819
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