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START Investigator Provides Key Oversight for Cost/Benefit Analysis of FEMA-funded Mitigation

START Investigator Dennis Mileti, is a member of the Multihazard Mitigation Council Board. The council has issued a major report regarding projects funded by FEMA for hazards mitigation. It concludes that these FEMA projects are cost/benefit effective- every dollar spent on mitigation saves society an average of $4.

The full study is available at: http://www.nibs.org/MMC/mmcactiv5.html.

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