Residential Hurricane Wind Retrofit Fact Sheet
In preparation for the opening of Hurricane Season 2016, FEMA has developed a new Fact Sheet on wind retrofit projects. Wind retrofits are enhancements made to strengthen roofs, walls, doors and windows to minimize damage to homes from wind and wind-driven rain caused by high wind events such as hurricanes. FEMA offers two Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grants that provide funds for cost-effective wind retrofit projects: Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) and Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM).
The Wind Retrofits Fact Sheet provides an overview of wind retrofit projects and the streamlined process for determining the cost effectiveness of wind mitigation projects. The Fact Sheet compliments FEMA's guidance P-804: Wind Retrofit Guide for Residential Buildings (2010), which provides guidance for selecting and implementing wind retrofit projects for homes in all coastal regions, and FEMA’s Cost Effectiveness Determination for Residential Hurricane Wind Retrofit Measures Funded by FEMA (2015), which provides a simplified pre-calculated benefits methodology for determining cost effectiveness that can be used instead of the traditional Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA).
The Residential Hurricane Wind Retrofits Fact Sheet is available from the FEMA website.