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... This report focuses primarily on Toss estimates of the type funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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... Preparation of the inventory should emphasize local sources of data, as much onsite viewing and inspection as the budget allows, and seismically suspicious and critical facilities. As for motion-damage-Ioss relationships, valuable information of an empirical nature has been assembled for certain types of buildings in California through the combined efforts of the Insurance Services Office and the large-scale loss estimation projects of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S.
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... Loss estimates are approximate, and it is only prudent to report this uncertainty using, for example, a best estimate plus the likely range of losses. Furthermore, a confident prediction of damage to specific facilities requires thorough study, usually beyond the scope of a large-scale loss study, and such predictions may cause legal problems and political controversy.
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... report introduces the issues and discusses the basic underlying method common to most loss estimation studies. The following seven chap ters address user needs, ground-shaking hazard, building damage and losses, collateral hazards other than ground shaking, damage and losses to special facilities and urban systems, indirect losses, and rapid postearthquake loss estimates, respectively.
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... ~ Document precisely how loss studies have been used in hazard reduction and emergency planning efforts. ~ hnprove the process of collecting loss data of statistical significance immediately after significant earthquakes.
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