Protect your Property

Learn how to protect your home or business

In this section:

• Protect your property from:
  • Floods
  • Earthquakes
  • Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and High Winds
  • Manmade Disasters (Terrorism / Bombs)
• Best Practices and Case Studies
• Protect Your Business
  

Floods

Assess your risk

• Determine your flood risk
• Print, download or view flood maps
• Use HAZUS

Reduce your risk

• Protect your home from flooding
• Elevate your home

Insure your risk

• Buy Flood Insurance

See what FEMA is doing to help

• National Flood Insurance Program
  • Floodplain Management
  • Flood Hazard Mapping
  • Flood Insurance

Earthquakes

Assess your risk

• Earthquake risk by State & Terrtory
• Use HAZUS

Reduce your risk

• Protect your home from earthquakes
• Earthquake publications

See what FEMA is doing to help

• National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program

Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and High Winds

Assess your risk

• Determine your wind zone
• Use HAZUS

Reduce your risk

• Protect your home from High Winds
• Mitigating against Hurricane Loss
• Prepare a saferoom

See what FEMA is doing to help

• National Hurricane Program
• Mitigation Assessment Team Program

Manmade Disasters

Find construction guidance which can help reduce the damage caused to buildings from bomb attacks, as well as chemical, biological, and radiological agents. See our Risk Management Series.

Best Practices and Case Studies

Learn what others are doing to protect their property by reading Mitigation Best Practices and Case Studies.

Protect Your Business

Learn how to protect your business records, create a business inventory, and install a generator. To learn more, see: Protect your business.