Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), 2012. This publication, part of the new Building and Infrastructure Protection Series (BIPS) published by the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Infrastructure Protection and Disaster Management Division (IDD), serves to advance high performance and integrated design for buildings and infrastructure. This manual was prepared as a component of the S&T program for infrastructure protection and disaster management; the overall goal of this is to enhance the physical resistance of our Nation’s buildings and infrastructure to manmade and natural hazards to meet specific performance requirements at the highest possible level
