Summer 2005 Update

FEMA Mitigation Guide Now On-line
How-To Guide #6: Integrating Historic Property and Cultural Resource Considerations into Hazard Mitigation Planning, is now available on-line as a PDF document at www.fema.gov/fima/howto6.shtm. The printed version of the How-To Guide will be available in early August; call the FEMA publications office at (800) 480-2520 to order.

The guide shows communities how to develop and then implement a pre-disaster planning strategy for their historic properties and cultural resources. It should provide community planners with the tools and resources they need to consider historic properties in mitigation planning activities. While the emphasis is on the built environment, the guide also addresses other types of cultural heritage, including museum collections, works of art, books, and documents.