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Appendix A contains a list of acronyms and Appendix B contains aglossary of terms that appear in this manual. Appendix C containsan overview of the FEMA grant programs available for fundingconstruction or rehabilitation of critical facilities.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS<strong>The</strong> preparation of this document was sponsored by FEMARegion IV. It has been developed based on the work of several recentpublications (as listed below), new insights from the KatrinaMitigation Assessment Teams in the field, and other sources of informationon Hurricane Katrina. <strong>The</strong> principal and contributingauthors of the following documents are gratefully acknowledged:FEMA 424, <strong>Design</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> for Improving School Safety in Earthquakes,Floods, and High Winds; FEMA 489, Mitigation Assessment TeamReport for Hurricane Ivan in Alabama and Florida; FEMA RegionIV, Hurricane Mitigation: A Handbook for Public Facilities; FEMARegion X, Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Handbook for PublicFacilities; Structural Engineers Association of Washington (SEAW)Commentary on Wind Provisions (Volumes 1 and 2); and other referencedocuments presented in Chapter 1.For this manual, the following individuals are acknowledged:Authors:Rebecca C. Quinn, RCQuinn Consulting, Inc.Thomas L. Smith, TLSmith ConsultingBogdan Srdanovic, URSWilliam Coulbourne, URSJon Heintz, ATCLisa Scola, PBS&JWilbur H. Tusler, ConsultantDouglas A. Ramirez, PBS&JviForeword AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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