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reportSubTitle: Applications Guide
reportAuthors: ['Susie Byrd, Risk Management Center']
reportAbstract:
reportAcknowledgments: A special thank you to Karen Mai, Jordan McMaster, Kurt Buchanan, Woodrow Fields, and Paul Risher, for their contributions and support to make the LifeSim Applications Guide a reality.
reportAcknowledgments: A special thank you to Karen Mai, Jordan McMaster, Kurt Buchanan, Woodrow Fields, and Paul Risher for their contributions and support to make the LifeSim Applications Guide a reality.
reportSubjectTerms:
responsiblePersonName: Susie Byrd
responsiblePersonNumber: 412-735-0037
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in the <Link to="/docs/desktop-applications/lifesim/technical-reference-manual/v1.0/structure-inventory-and-associated-properties#heights-foundation-ground-floor-above-ground-and-attic">LifeSim Technical Reference Manual</Link>. An
alternative approach to the base NSI dataset can include various county and state data including local tax assessor,
parcel, or footprint data that could help inform building location as well as some of the other attributes. Conducting a survey (direct field observation or
virtually, using a tool like Google Earth <Citation citationKey="GoogleEarth2015"/>) within the study area could also inform the structure inventory.
virtually, using a tool like Google Earth <Citation citationKey="GoogleEarth"/>) within the study area could also inform the structure inventory.

Occasionally, there may be a local dataset (e.g., from a local university, municipality, or a different study located in the same area) that has been
calibrated specifically for the area of interest and surpasses the accuracy of some of the NSI's more general assumptions. If a local dataset is
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The first step in modeling a dam failure in LifeSim is to identify a study area polygon to serve as the basis for emergency planning zones (EPZ),
the structure inventory boundary, and output polygons. There are several ways to do this, but the most common methods include buffering the maximum
inundation, manually drawing a polygon boundary in GIS software (e.g., ArcGIS Pro or QGIS) <Citation citationKey="ESRI2015"/>, or exporting a Geometry Bounding Polygon from RAS Mapper
inundation, manually drawing a polygon boundary in GIS software (e.g., ArcGIS Pro <Citation citationKey="ESRI"/> or QGIS), or exporting a Geometry Bounding Polygon from RAS Mapper
within HEC-RAS. The RAS Mapper geometry polygon method does not always produce an acceptable study area when there are complex geometries. When using
this method, you need to check the output for areas where inundation is not covered and for gaps within the polygon requiring vertex edits. This example
uses a method of buffering and then simplifying the maximum inundation polygon in ArcGIS Pro.
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Notably, most default structure occupancy types do not include uncertainty in the depth-damage function. The only occupancy types that include
uncertainty are the RES1 occupancy types (as shown in <FigReference figKey="figure-177"/>). The RES1 depth-damage functions (structure and content)
are the default depth-damage functions defined in Economic Guidance Memorandum (EGM) 04-01 <Citation citationKey="EGM0401"/>. All commercial, public,
are the default depth-damage functions defined in Economic Guidance Memorandum (EGM) 04-01 <Citation citationKey="USACE2003"/>. All commercial, public,
industrial, and other residential occupancy types (e.g., manufactured homes, apartment buildings, etc.) do not have uncertainty in the depth-damage
functions. However, the user can edit existing occupancy types to include uncertainty, and you can create new occupancy types.

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---
title: "References"
---

import Link from "@docusaurus/Link";
import addBaseUrl from "@docusaurus/useBaseUrl";
import Bibliography from "@site/src/components/Bibliography";
import CitationFootnote from "@site/src/components/CitationFootnote";
import NavContainer from "@site/src/components/NavContainer";
import VersionSelector from "@site/src/components/VersionSelector";

<NavContainer
link="/desktop-applications/lifesim"
linkTitle="LifeSim"
document="desktop-applications/lifesim/applications-guide"
></NavContainer>

# References

<Bibliography />

<CitationFootnote />
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"url": "https://get.adobe.com/reader/"
},
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"citationKey": "ESRI2015",
"citationKey": "ESRI",
"entryType": "manual",
"author": ["Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)"],
"year": 2015,
"title": "ESRI products, software, and services",
"title": "ArcGIS Pro",
"institution": "ESRI",
"address": "Redlands, CA",
"url": "http://www.esri.com/"
"url": "https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/arcgis-pro/overview"
},
{
"citationKey": "FEMA2025",
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"url": "https://documentation.flo-2d.com/"
},
{
"citationKey": "GoogleEarth2015",
"citationKey": "GoogleEarth",
"entryType": "manual",
"author": ["Google"],
"year": 2015,
"title": "Google Earth, products, software, and services",
"institution": "Google",
"title": "Google Earth",
"address": "Mountain View, CA",
"url": "http://www.google.com/earth/"
"url": "https://earth.google.com/web"
},
{
"citationKey": "HECDSSVue2009",
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"entryType": "report",
"author": ["U.S. Army Corps of Engineers"],
"year": 2003,
"title": "EGM 04-01, Generic Depth-Damage Relationships for Residential Structures with Basements",
"title": "Economic Guidance Memorandum (EGM) 04-01, Generic Depth-Damage Relationships for Residential Structures with Basements",
"institution": "Planning and Policy Division of the Directorate of Civil Works, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers",
"url": "https://planning.erdc.dren.mil/toolbox/library/EGMs/EGM04-01.pdf"
"url": "https://publibrary.sec.usace.army.mil/api/download?id=72fe08b5-4ffa-4178-939c-cb18982f55e4&filename=egm04-01.pdf&token=&preview=true"
},
{
"citationKey": "USACE2013a",
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"entryType": "bulletin",
"author": ["U.S. Army Corps of Engineers"],
"year": 2019,
"title": "PB 2019-04: Incorporating Life Safety into Flood and Coastal Storm Risk Management Studies",
"title": "Planning Bulletin (PB) 2019-04: Incorporating Life Safety into Flood and Coastal Storm Risk Management Studies",
"institution": "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, CECW-P",
"url": "https://planning.erdc.dren.mil/toolbox/library/PB/PB2019-04.pdf"
"url": "https://publibrary.sec.usace.army.mil/api/download?id=5f2b6504-cbf5-4ff2-d414-53b62be0d014&filename=PB2019-04.pdf&token=&preview=true"
},
{
"citationKey": "CompBenefitsMemo2021",
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"year": 2021,
"title": "Policy Directive Comprehensive Documentation of Benefits in Decision Documents",
"institution": "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, SACW",
"url": "https://planning.erdc.dren.mil/toolbox/library/MemosandLetters/ComprehensiveDocumentationofBenefitsinDecisionDocument_5January2021.pdf"
"url": "https://publibrary.sec.usace.army.mil/api/download?id=bf8de27a-a934-4621-dc02-18d8fde10c2f&filename=ComprehensiveDocumentationofBenefitsinDecisionDocument_5January202.pdf&token=&preview=true"
},
{
"citationKey": "ER1105",
"entryType": "engineering regulation",
"author": ["U.S. Army Corps of Engineers"],
"year": 2023,
"title": "ER 1105-3-103 Policy for Conducting Civil Works Planning Studies",
"title": "Engineer Regulation (ER) 1105-2-103: Policy for Conducting Civil Works Planning Studies",
"institution": "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, CECW-P",
"url": "https://www.publications.usace.army.mil/Portals/76/ER%201105-2-103_7Nov2023.pdf"
"url": "https://publibrary.sec.usace.army.mil/api/download?id=1b24fe65-8aa7-4184-8bd7-43c881aa302c&filename=ER_1105-2-103_7Nov2023.pdf&token=&preview=true"
},
{
"citationKey": "G2CRM",
"entryType": "manual",
"author": ["U.S. Army Corps of Engineers"],
"title": "Generation II Coastal Risk and Resilience Model (G2CRM) User's Manual",
"institution": "Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers",
"url": "https://erdc-library.erdc.dren.mil/jspui/bitstream/11681/46260/10/UserManual_DOC_NoTracking.docx"
"author": ["U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Institute for Water Resources"],
"title": "Generation II Coastal Risk and Resilience Model (G2CRM)",
"institution": "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers",
"url": "https://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Locations/CHL/G2CRM/About/"
},
{
"citationKey": "EGM0401",
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"author": ["U.S. Army Corps of Engineers"],
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"year": 2025,
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