FLOOD03186

• County: Statewide
• Community: All
• Stream Name: All
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Benefit-Cost Analysis of Hazard Mitigation Projects
• Date: 1/1/1996
• Prepared For: FEMA
• Prepared By: FEMA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

Unprotected Blocks, . . ' . . . , , . , . , , , . , . , , . , , , , . . , , , . . . , , , , . . .. 3-11
Protected Blocks . , , . . , , . , . . . . . . . , . . . , . . , . , , , . , , . , . , , , . . . , .. 3-11

Data Entry. . . . , , . . . . . , . . , , . . . , . . . , . . , , , . . . . . . . . . . , . . . , , . ., 3-12
Correcting Errors "......".,.,.".......,.,...."...,.,... 3-12
Entering Commas and Dollars .",...................,..,.,... 3-13
Entering Addresses ;.....,...,.,...."".,.....,...",.....' 3-13
Syntax Error. . . . . . . . . , . . ~ . . . , . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . .. 3-13

CHAPTER 4 TUTORIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Level One and Level Two Benefit-Cost Analyses .........,....,......... 4-1
Level One (Minimum Data) B-C Analysis ............... . . . . . , . . ,. 4-1
Level Two (Detailed) B-C Analysis .............,................, 4-2
Starting the Tutorial ........,.....,..... . . . . . . , . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4-3

Level One Data..."........................... .'................. 4-4
Project Information ...,..,.....................,........ -. . . .. 4-4

Building Data .................,............,........:...... 4-6
Building Contents .,......................................... 4-6
Displacement Costs Due to Flood Damage ..............,........ 4-9
Value of Public/Nonprofit Services .,........................... 4-10
Rent & Business Income ...,.......,.........,...,.......... 4-11
Mitigation Project Data ..,......,.........................,.. 4-'2

Flood Hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . , . . . . , . . . , .. 4-14
Benefit-Cost Results ............................................. 4-15

Summary. . . . ., . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . , .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. 4-16
Print Menu. . . . , . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . , . . . . , . , . . . . . .'. . . .. 4-17
To End the Tutorial ...,..............,........................... 4-17

CHAPTER 5 BENEFIT -COST PROGRAM: GUiDANCE..................... 5-1

Introduction .......................".............,........,..... 5-1
Exact Data vs. Estimates . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . ,. 5-2

Data Requirements ...............................".......:...... 5-2
Level One (Minimum Data) B-C Analysis . . . , . .. . . . . . . . , , . . . . . ... . . . . . . .. 5-3
Level Two (Detailed) B-C Analysis. , . . . , . . . . . . . .. .. . .. . . . . . . , .. . , . .. .. 5-5
Expediting B-C Analysis . . . . . . . . . , . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , : . . , . . . . . . . .. 5-6

Summary . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . , . . . . , . . . . . . .. , . . . . . . . . . ., 5-8

CHAPTER 6 BENEFIT -COST PROGRAM: LEVEL ONE ANALYSIS. . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Introduction ...................................................... 6-1
Data Differences: Public, Commercial, & Residential Buildings ............' 6-1
Data Input: Color Codes . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . .. 6-2

Level One Data .....,..........,................................. 6-3
Introduction, , . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6-3
Project Information ....,..........,..,....................... 6-3
Building Name, Address, City, State, Zip. . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6-3

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