FEMA’s hazard mitigation assistance also provides the following:

• Reduces vulnerability of communities to disasters and their effects.
• Promotes individual and community safety and their ability to adapt to changing conditions and withstand and rapidly recover from disruption due to emergencies (resilience).
• Promotes community vitality after a disaster.
• Lessens response and recovery resource requirements after a disaster.
• Results in safer communities that are less reliant on external financial assistance.