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

VERSION 1.0 1/12/95

B-C PROGRAM: Level One Analysis

Scenario Run ID PINK Block (Information Only). The Scenario Run 10 provides a
place to enter a Run Number or identifying name to distinguish this
particular benefit-cost analysis from others. In some cases, multiple
analyses of the same project may be run with different sets of input
assumptions to explore the sensitivity of results to changes or
uncertainties in input data.

Analyst PiNK Block (Information Only). The Analyst block identifies the
person principally responsible for the benefit-cost analysis. The
analyst's name is displayed automatically in small type on the bottom of
each printed page and on the cover page of the printed report.

BUILDING DATA

BUILDING TYPE The building's construction type is very important for the benefit-cost
analysis because many of the numerical values in the program,
including the amount of damage a particular building type is expected to
sustain under different flood depths, depend on the building type.

GREEN Button (Data Input). Select the Building Type by clicking on
the appropriate green and gray button which applies. This entry
determines many of the default parameters. The selected building type
appears in the purple ceUlabeled "Building Type Selected."

The building types on the Seiect Building Type buttons are the six
Federal Insurance Administration (FIA) building types. If one of these
six types is selected, default depth-damage functions are used by the
program to estimate flood damages. To view the default depth-damage
function for the building type selected, choose Levei Two Data I
Building Depth-Damage Function from the program menu, or see the
Default Depth-Damage Function Table on page 8-4.

If the building under evaluation is not one of these FIA types, then a
LEVEL TWO analysis of the building depth-damage function MUST be
done. The closest type building type may be selected to provide a
depth-damage function for reference, but a building-specific depth-
damage function appropriate for the building MUST be entered. See

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