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transportation systems
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lifeline utility systems
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high potential loss facilities
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hazardous materials facilities
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residential buildings (including single family homes and apartment complexes)
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government/civic buildings
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religious/non-profit centers
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industrial/manufacturing plants/major employers
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commercial/retail establishments
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cultural/historic landmarks
22. The quality of the information source directly affects the quality of the assessment and its results. FEMA requires that local and state governments use the ―best available data,‖ a phrase which reflects that fact that very rarely does a community have access to perfect information. Planners and emergency managers often have to bring data and information together from many sources, including current modeling, as well as historical weather and disaster data and information from within the community.
Native American communities often have important insight into how conditions change over time, and may have a better understanding of historic extremes and adaptation approaches that address those extremes. By combining community knowledge and other data about recent history, as well as projections about the future, risk assessments can more effectively lay out the hazards that typically threaten a given community and in what ways these impacts may be felt.
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