Common use of Hazard Mitigation Clause in Contracts

Hazard Mitigation. To recognize and encourage mitigation, we consider the extent to which State and local government measures contributed to the reduction of disaster damages for the disaster under consideration. For example, if a State can demonstrate in its disaster request that a Statewide building code or other mitigation measures are likely to have reduced the damages from a particular disaster, we consider that in the evaluation of the request. This could be especially significant in those disasters where, be- cause of mitigation, the estimated pub- lic assistance damages fell below the per capita indicator.