Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves Study Results

The resource discusses the benefits of exceeding select provisions in the 2015 International Building Code (IBC), International Residential Code (IRC), and International Wildland-Urban Interface Code (IWUIC) in terms of natural hazard mitigation. It highlights the cost-effectiveness of investing in mitigation programs by quantifying benefits such as reductions in future deaths, injuries, property damage, and economic losses associated with disasters. The document also presents benefit-cost ratios for various natural hazards like riverine floods, hurricane surges, wind events, earthquakes, and wildland-urban interface fires.