Mitigation can take place before and after emergencies.
Information learned from past disasters helps identify mitigation steps to be taken in the future. Following a major disaster, emergency management officials and structural engineers evaluate compliance with the effectiveness of current mitigation standards, the effectiveness of current mitigation standards, and work to develop more effective ones. Many preparedness measures are mitigation measures. Developing household disaster plan is a mitigation activity. Earthquakes Have your building evaluated by a professional structural design engineer.