Reference Guide - Indian River County

Control
Credit 4: Enhance durability of built environment.
ACTIVITY:
a) Incentives for disaster mitigation. (1 points)
APPROACH:
Emergency management teams with appropriate sources to offer rebates or low interest loans for
mitigation upgrades applied to new and existing commercial and residential buildings.
SUGGESTED DOCUMENTATION:
a) Submit details of incentive program and dollar amounts available.
BENEFIT:
Providing a mechanism that assists the public enhance the durability of the built environment
may lessen the local government’s risk during disasters.
RESOURCES:
City of Deerfield Beach “Operation Open for Business Program”
http://www.floridadisaster.org/brm/Mit_Success/ms_broward_deerfield_beach_showc.htm
Education
Credit 5: Community education.
ACTIVITY:
a) Offer mitigation audits to homes, businesses, and local government buildings. (1 points)
b) Create an education campaign for mitigation (shelters point out features with signs, etc.) (1
points)
APPROACH:
Emergency Management conducts free or low cost audits of buildings to identify opportunities
for mitigation. Community knowledge of mitigation features is strengthened through
educational material, as well as drawing attention to features present at local shelters.
SUGGESTED DOCUMENTATION:
a) Provide details of building audit program.
b) Submit elements of education campaign including advertisements for courses, course
agendas, or demonstration activities at local shelters.
BENEFIT:
Providing outreach to the local community may assist with actual implementation of disaster
mitigation within the local built environment.
Florida Green Local Government Standard – Copyright Florida Green Building Coalition, Inc. 2004, 2005 R21