Property owners and Designers are being challenged continuously by how to design and build structures that both respond to and protect us from environmental impacts. Whether that is the rise in storms, earthquakes or wildfires, VEGA, Inc. finds that we rely on these resources to help us navigate and prepare us and our clients throughout their projects.
General:
- United States Geological Survey (USGS): https://www.usgs.gov/
- National Weather Service: https://www.weather.gov/
- California Natural Resources Agency: https://resources.ca.gov/
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): https://www.noaa.gov/
Seismic:
- Southern California Earthquake Data Center (SCEDC): https://scedc.caltech.edu/
- Northern California Earthquake Data Center (NCEDC): https://www.ncedc.org/
Wildfire:
- AirNow (U.S. Air Quality Index): https://www.airnow.gov/
- California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire): https://www.fire.ca.gov/
- Firewise USA (NFPA): https://www.nfpa.org/Education-and-Research/Wildfire/Firewise-USA
- Building in The Wildland (CalFire): https://osfm.fire.ca.gov/what-we-do/community-wildfire-preparedness-and-mitigation/building-in-the-wildland
- Wildland Urban Interface Products (CalFire WUI): https://34c031f8-c9fd-4018-8c5a-4159cdff6b0d-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/osfm-website/what-we-do/community-wildfire-preparedness-and-mitigation/state-fire-marshal-listed-wildland-urban-interface—wui—products-handbook.pdf?rev=0d1b14faca994e769e373e6c82859bcd&hash=9CFB24E4F3B63FC4D02313EFCDC59575
Disaster Recovery:
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): https://www.fema.gov/
- Ready.gov: https://www.ready.gov/
- DisasterAssistance.gov: https://www.disasterassistance.gov/
- LA Strong-Return & Rebuild (City of Los Angeles): https://recovery.lacity.gov/
- LA Disaster Relief Navigator (Better Angels & Imagine LA): https://wildfires.betterangels.la/
- LA County Recovers (County of Los Angeles): https://recovery.lacounty.gov/rebuilding/
- Malibu Rebuilds (City of Malibu): https://maliburebuilds.org/