Following are some NAI-level activities described on the site that your community may want to consider:
- Creating a multi-objective management plan
- Passing strict zoning ordinances and regulations
- Considering potential future conditions when siting new development
- Keeping public infrastructure outside of hazard-prone areas
- Creating permanent no-build areas
- Using freeboard to elevate structures above predicted floodwaters
- Conducting inspections of lower-area enclosures
- Using non-structural shore protection
- Relocating existing structures
- Acquiring existing structures
- Protecting critical access routes
- Keeping roads and utilities out of damage-prone areas
- Siting critical facilities out of harm’s way
- Creating a post-disaster recovery plan
- Assessing damage to buildings
- Hazard training for local officials
