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1
HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING
MADE EASY!
A Simple and Easy Way to Develop Your Community’s Hazard Mitigation Plan
Over the next couple of days you will be learning about a local planning process called
HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING. Before this training program is over you will be
well on your way to developing a HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN for your local community.
That plan if properly implemented and followed may someday save the lives, property and
livelihoods of your friends, neighbors, family, perhaps even yourself. Hazard mitigation
planning may sound complicated, confusing and maybe even intimidating. It’s really not.
The first time people hear the term “hazard mitigation,” many of them say “What’s that?”
Most people have an idea of what “hazards” are. Hazards are dangers or things to watch out
for or risks, but what’s mitigation mean? The ancient Romans used the word “mitigare”
meaning “to soften.” Good old Daniel Webster says it means “to make less severe or painful,
to cause to become less harsh or hostile.” Mitigate is another way to say “relieve” or
“alleviate.” Hazard mitigation is kind of like taking an aspirin to make a headache go away, it
might not make it go away completely but it should help some. That’s the general idea, to
make a dangerous situation less risky, but now let’s get down to what Hazard Mitigation is
really all about.
Great! You’re probably thinking, now I know what the Romans and Daniel Webster meant, what
should HAZARD MITIGATION mean to me? For our purposes hazards are natural, man-made
or technological disasters. Hazard mitigation means reducing, eliminating, redirecting, or
avoiding the effects of those hazards. The standard definition of hazard mitigation that is
often used by FEMA and PEMA is:
Any cost-effective action taken to eliminate or reduce the long-term
risk to life and property from natural and technological hazards.
The phrase “cost-effective” is added to this definition to stress the important practical idea
that, to be beneficial, a mitigation measure should save you (the American taxpayer) money in
the long run. For example, in the California earthquakes when expressways and bridges
collapsed, which was more cost-effective? Rebuild structures to the same standard they
were before the quakes or spend a little additional money to build stronger, more earthquake-
resistant structures? The second choice probably makes more sense. On the other hand,
California probably doesn’t need to spend a lot of money to flood-proof homes in, let’s say,
Death Valley. A more appropriate, cost-effective mitigation there might be against drought
and extreme heat hazards.
2
OK, that’s hazard mitigation, now what’s a Hazard Mitigation Plan, since that’s what this
course is supposed to be about?
Wow! You’re just raring to go! Well, a Hazard Mitigation Plan, then, is:
A community’s outline for evaluating hazards, ...
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1
HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING
MADE EASY!
A Simple and Easy Way to Develop Your Community’s Hazard Mitigation Plan
Over the next couple of days you will be learning about a local planning process called
HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING. Before this training program is over you will be
well on your way to developing a HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN for your local community.
That plan if properly implemented and followed may someday save the lives, property and
livelihoods of your friends, neighbors, family, perhaps even yourself. Hazard mitigation
planning may sound complicated, confusing and maybe even intimidating. It’s really not.
The first time people hear the term “hazard mitigation,” many of them say “What’s that?”
Most people have an idea of what “hazards” are. Hazards are dangers or things to watch out
for or risks, but what’s mitigation mean? The ancient Romans used the word “mitigare”
meaning “to soften.” Good old Daniel Webster says it means “to make less severe or painful,
to cause to become less harsh or hostile.” Mitigate is another way to say “relieve” or
“alleviate.” Hazard mitigation is kind of like taking an aspirin to make a headache go away, it
might not make it go away completely but it should help some. That’s the general idea, to
make a dangerous situation less risky, but now let’s get down to what Hazard Mitigation is
really all about.
Great! You’re probably thinking, now I know what the Romans and Daniel Webster meant, what
should HAZARD MITIGATION mean to me? For our purposes hazards are natural, man-made
or technological disasters. Hazard mitigation means reducing, eliminating, redirecting, or
avoiding the effects of those hazards. The standard definition of hazard mitigation that is
often used by FEMA and PEMA is:
Any cost-effective action taken to eliminate or reduce the long-term
risk to life and property from natural and technological hazards.
The phrase “cost-effective” is added to this definition to stress the important practical idea
that, to be beneficial, a mitigation measure should save you (the American taxpayer) money in
the long run. For example, in the California earthquakes when expressways and bridges
collapsed, which was more cost-effective? Rebuild structures to the same standard they
were before the quakes or spend a little additional money to build stronger, more earthquake-
resistant structures? The second choice probably makes more sense. On the other hand,
California probably doesn’t need to spend a lot of money to flood-proof homes in, let’s say,
Death Valley. A more appropriate, cost-effective mitigation there might be against drought
and extreme heat hazards.
2
OK, that’s hazard mitigation, now what’s a Hazard Mitigation Plan, since that’s what this
course is supposed to be about?
Wow! You’re just raring to go! Well, a Hazard Mitigation Plan, then, is:
A community’s outline for evaluating hazards, ...
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1
HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING
MADE EASY!
A Simple and Easy Way to Develop Your Community’s Hazard Mitigation Plan
Over the next couple of days you will be learning about a local planning process called
HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING. Before this training program is over you will be
well on your way to developing a HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN for your local community.
That plan if properly implemented and followed may someday save the lives, property and
livelihoods of your friends, neighbors, family, perhaps even yourself. Hazard mitigation
planning may sound complicated, confusing and maybe even intimidating. It’s really not.
The first time people hear the term “hazard mitigation,” many of them say “What’s that?”
Most people have an idea of what “hazards” are. Hazards are dangers or things to watch out
for or risks, but what’s mitigation mean? The ancient Romans used the word “mitigare”
meaning “to soften.” Good old Daniel Webster says it means “to make less severe or painful,
to cause to become less harsh or hostile.” Mitigate is another way to say “relieve” or
“alleviate.” Hazard mitigation is kind of like taking an aspirin to make a headache go away, it
might not make it go away completely but it should help some. That’s the general idea, to
make a dangerous situation less risky, but now let’s get down to what Hazard Mitigation is
really all about.
Great! You’re probably thinking, now I know what the Romans and Daniel Webster meant, what
should HAZARD MITIGATION mean to me? For our purposes hazards are natural, man-made
or technological disasters. Hazard mitigation means reducing, eliminating, redirecting, or
avoiding the effects of those hazards. The standard definition of hazard mitigation that is
often used by FEMA and PEMA is:
Any cost-effective action taken to eliminate or reduce the long-term
risk to life and property from natural and technological hazards.
The phrase “cost-effective” is added to this definition to stress the important practical idea
that, to be beneficial, a mitigation measure should save you (the American taxpayer) money in
the long run. For example, in the California earthquakes when expressways and bridges
collapsed, which was more cost-effective? Rebuild structures to the same standard they
were before the quakes or spend a little additional money to build stronger, more earthquake-
resistant structures? The second choice probably makes more sense. On the other hand,
California probably doesn’t need to spend a lot of money to flood-proof homes in, let’s say,
Death Valley. A more appropriate, cost-effective mitigation there might be against drought
and extreme heat hazards.
2
OK, that’s hazard mitigation, now what’s a Hazard Mitigation Plan, since that’s what this
course is supposed to be about?
Wow! You’re just raring to go! Well, a Hazard Mitigation Plan, then, is:
A community’s outline for evaluating hazards, ...
1 HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING MADE EASY! A Simple .docxhoney725342
1
HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING
MADE EASY!
A Simple and Easy Way to Develop Your Community’s Hazard Mitigation Plan
Over the next couple of days you will be learning about a local planning process called
HAZARD MITIGATION PLANNING. Before this training program is over you will be
well on your way to developing a HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN for your local community.
That plan if properly implemented and followed may someday save the lives, property and
livelihoods of your friends, neighbors, family, perhaps even yourself. Hazard mitigation
planning may sound complicated, confusing and maybe even intimidating. It’s really not.
The first time people hear the term “hazard mitigation,” many of them say “What’s that?”
Most people have an idea of what “hazards” are. Hazards are dangers or things to watch out
for or risks, but what’s mitigation mean? The ancient Romans used the word “mitigare”
meaning “to soften.” Good old Daniel Webster says it means “to make less severe or painful,
to cause to become less harsh or hostile.” Mitigate is another way to say “relieve” or
“alleviate.” Hazard mitigation is kind of like taking an aspirin to make a headache go away, it
might not make it go away completely but it should help some. That’s the general idea, to
make a dangerous situation less risky, but now let’s get down to what Hazard Mitigation is
really all about.
Great! You’re probably thinking, now I know what the Romans and Daniel Webster meant, what
should HAZARD MITIGATION mean to me? For our purposes hazards are natural, man-made
or technological disasters. Hazard mitigation means reducing, eliminating, redirecting, or
avoiding the effects of those hazards. The standard definition of hazard mitigation that is
often used by FEMA and PEMA is:
Any cost-effective action taken to eliminate or reduce the long-term
risk to life and property from natural and technological hazards.
The phrase “cost-effective” is added to this definition to stress the important practical idea
that, to be beneficial, a mitigation measure should save you (the American taxpayer) money in
the long run. For example, in the California earthquakes when expressways and bridges
collapsed, which was more cost-effective? Rebuild structures to the same standard they
were before the quakes or spend a little additional money to build stronger, more earthquake-
resistant structures? The second choice probably makes more sense. On the other hand,
California probably doesn’t need to spend a lot of money to flood-proof homes in, let’s say,
Death Valley. A more appropriate, cost-effective mitigation there might be against drought
and extreme heat hazards.
2
OK, that’s hazard mitigation, now what’s a Hazard Mitigation Plan, since that’s what this
course is supposed to be about?
Wow! You’re just raring to go! Well, a Hazard Mitigation Plan, then, is:
A community’s outline for evaluating hazards, ...
This presentation discusses how practitioner's of mitigation can create and design new programs to make a change in the new normal. This presentation was given at the Natural Hazard Mitigation Association's annual Symposium held every July in Broomfield, Colorado.
Ed Thomas is a President of NHMA, Floodplain Manager, Disaster Response & Recovery Specialist, and a practicing Attorney. His primary concern is the prevention of misery to disaster victims, the public purse, and to the environment. Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation through advocacy and development of locally orientated policies and procedures with a strong economic, moral and legal foundation is his chosen method of accomplishing this goal.
Watch the video presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy0NI4hN0e8
Emergency Preparedness Demonstration Project March 2009 .docxgidmanmary
Emergency Preparedness Demonstration Project
March 2009
Community Based
Vulnerability Assessment
A Guide to Engaging Communities in Understanding
Social and Physical Vulnerability to Disasters
Vulnerability Assessment: Step-By-Step Guidebook
Emergency Demonstration Project Partners
UNC Institute for the Environment
100 Miller Hall, CB #1105, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1105
Phone: 919.966.9922 | Fax: 919.966.9920
Email: [email protected] | http://www.ie.unc.edu
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Vulnerability Assessment: Step-By-Step Guidebook
Acknowledgements
This guidebook was made possible by a generous grant from the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency (FEMA). The grant funded the Emergency Preparedness Demonstration Project,
from which this guidebook was developed. In particular, we would like to thank Ralph Swisher of
FEMA for his support of this project and his dedication to emergency preparedness. We would
also like to thank Susan Fowler, Bill Hoffman, and Barbara Wyckoff-Baird for their expertise and
invaluable role as facilitators in the communities that participated in the demonstration. Those
communities included Chester County, Pennsylvania; Dorchester County, Maryland; Hampshire
County, West Virginia; Hampton, Virginia; Hertford County, North Carolina; Washington, D.C.
and Wilmington, Delaware.
And a special thank you to the residents, government officials, nonprofit organizations, and faith-
based organizations who articulated the strengths, weaknesses, challenges and opportunities of
their communities and brought their energy, opinions, and ideas to address the challenges of
emergency preparedness, particularly for socially vulnerable populations. This project could not
have occurred without your commitment. Our community partners included:
Chester County, PA
Chester County Department of Emergency Management
Dorchester County, MD
Maryland Rural Development Corporation
Dorchester County Department of Emergency Management
Hampshire County, WV
Eastern West Virginia Community Action Agency, Inc.
Hampshire County Department of Emergency Management
Hampton, VA
City of Hampton Neighborhood Office
City of Hampton Department of Emergency Management
Hertford County, NC
Roanoke Economic Development Inc.
Hertford County Department of Emergency Management
Washington, DC
DC Emergency Management Agency
Wilmington, DE
West End Neighborhood House, Inc.
City of Wilmington Department of Emergency Management
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Table of Contents
Overview…………………………………………………………………………………...1
How to Use this Guidebook………………………………………………………………..6
Step 1: Getting Started…………………………………………………………………......9
Step 2: Identify and Rank Hazards…………………………… ...
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2. What Can go Wrong?
“We don’t see what we don’t want to see. We don’t
want to think about scary things. That’s just
human nature.”
Planning & preparedness is based on:
What is imaginable.
What we allow ourselves to believe.
We can only plan for what we can foresee and
understand as possible.
2
3. March 11, 2011 2:46 PM Japan
M9.0 EQ off East Coast of Honshu Island
Energy equal to:
4,000 Hiroshima Bombs
40% of the energy used in the World in 1 year
$20 Billion + in damages
Coast moved eastward - up to 13 feet
Tsunami 30+ feet tall
3
4. Impacts
Human: 13,000 dead, 15,000 missing, 22,00 rescued
by Search & Rescue Teams
Utility: 1 dam failure, 5 million houses without
electricity initially, 50 sewage treatment plants
damaged
Infrastructure damaged: 217,000 buildings, 7,735
schools, 26 train tracks, 2,126 Roads, 56 Bridges
2.1 + Million People without Drinking Water
4
7. Plans
REQUIRED Plans
Ca SEMS/NIMS based emergency plan
VA & ERP
REALLY NEED
Incident Specific Plans
Urban-Wildland Fire Coordination Plan for Water Utilities
& Fire Departments
Crisis Communications Plan
Recovery – Business Continuity Plan
Finance Plan
7
9. Quick Exercise
1. Identify 5 hazards specific to your agency.
2. Circle the 2 biggest threats.
3. Of those 2 which 1 are you least prepared for?
9
10. Specific Plans
Urban Wildland Fire Plan
Identify areas of concern
Critical structures
Power Outages
Generator fuel run times
Critical sites and “ETA to Chaos”
Water Distribution Planning
Can you re-direct flow?
Where might you be able to set up distribution?
10
13. Disaster Service Workers
California Government Code 3100-3109
Declares
“the protection of the health and safety, and preservation
of the lives and property, of the people of the state from…
Emergencies which result in conditions of disaster…
Is of paramount state importance requiring the
responsible efforts of public and private agencies and
individual citizens.”
ALL public employees
“disaster service workers subject to such disaster service
activities as may be assigned to them by their superiors or
by law.”
13
15. Basics
Treat all incidents like they are disasters from the
beginning
Use Incident Command System
Assess and plan
Damage and costs
Resource Needs
Positions to consider
Public Information Officer
Safety Officer
Logistics of Response
Food and water
Shifts
Don’t assume quick fix!
15
16. Activation
Business Hours
Roll call or assigned meeting place
Automatic duties or assignments
After Hours
Automatic or requested
Where do you report?
16
17. Incident Command Post (ICP)
What
Central point of coordination
Multi-agency
Multi-discipline
Purpose
Ensure coordinated and efficient use of resources
Central situation status analysis
Who
Representatives of all responding agencies
Mutual aid agency liaisons
17
18. Water Liaison Role
Communications
Between Utility and Command
Incident Information
Water Expert
Distribution
Supporting infrastructure
Potential impacts
Approval of resource allocation
18
19. Expectations
Capabilities of the water system
What can the system do
Peak Capacity vs. Needs
Service Zones
Trigger points and impact
Back up plans
Essential facilities
What needs protection?
What are the impacts if not protected?
Potential Issues
Now, 2 hours from now, tomorrow…
What’s needed to ensure water system operability?
19
21. Who can Help?
Agency Emergency Operations Center
County Operational Area
California Emergency Management Agency
(CalEMA)
Mutual aid groups
21
22. Mutual Aid/Assistance
Aid verses Assistance
Programs:
Ca Master Mutual Aid Agreement
California Water Agency Response Network
(CalWARN)
Local Programs
ERNIE
WEROC
Understand the Nuances
22
23. Requesting Mutual Aid
Description
DETAILS!
Resources offered
Match what is needed?
Is estimated cost and compensation being
considered?
Agreement
Costs
Liability
Commitment Needed
23
24. Considerations for Mutual Aid
Resource Management
Access to disaster area
When will they/it arrive?
Staging Area
Human Resource Care
Rest prior to deployment?
Where will they stay?
Feeding and supplies
Equipment Resource Care
Tracking and demobilization
Maintenance
Operators
Local knowledge
Communications – Send a Manager if possible.
24
25. Responding Agency Questions
What costs will be reimbursed and when?
Health precautions prior to deployment?
Shots
Psychological exam
Behavior review
What items do your crews need to take with them?
Small (bug spray)
Big (tires & fuel)
Expensive (cash).
25
26. Incident Demobilization
Can you release mutual aid?
Do they need to rest before leaving?
Did you get all equipment back?
Have all forms been filled out in full?
Transition from “emergency response” to
“recovery”
Return all non-expendable and unused supplies
26
28. Keys to Communication
Just Do It!
Make it your message, not someone else's
Train everyone one the basics
They are always watching and listening
Message Map
Now do it in another language
Now Practice
Coordinate with Others
Social Media
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30. Disaster Purchasing Policy
Who has what purchasing authority? What is their
limit?
During a crisis what is your large contract bid process?
3 bids still required? Closed bid? Price based?
Under what conditions are your policies enacted? At
what point must it go back to your elected board for
review or approval?
How can credit cards be used? By who?
What is the account limit on open POs? What is your
process to authorize a PO?
Do you have COLD HARD CASH?
30
31. Disaster Finance Musts
Emergency Fund/Accounts with sub-accounts for each project
“CYA”
Contacts change and they don’t always agree
Keep proof of responses; if verbal follow-up with an email
Understand the FEMA Public Assistance Categories (FEMA PA
GUIDE)
Safety Assessment; not damage assessment
Ca Disaster Assistance Act
“Don’t take action because you might get reimbursed. Take
action to protect your customers and the public.”
Consider Hazard Mitigation Actions before you start to rebuild
Denied? Go back and ask again
31
32. Documentation
Excel Cost Tracking Document
People, equipment, supplies, building/infrastructure
Example document on CD
Photo Documentation Process
Pre and Post
All buildings, equipments and infrastructure
Documentation Notebook
Pictures
Rulings by the board
Receipts
Declarations
Logs
Hours/times/mileage
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34. Personal Preparedness
Know what disasters are probable
www.myhazards.calema,ca.gov
Register with a reverse notification system
http://portal.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/alertla
Buy emergency supplies
Have a family communications plan
Join a Community Emergency Response Team
(CERT)
34
36. Quick Exercise
1. Identify 5 hazards specific to your agency.
2. Circle the 2 biggest threats.
3. Of those 2 which 1 are you least prepared for?
4. What 2 specific actions could make your
agency better prepared for that incident?
5. Name 1 person or agency that can help
with each action.
36
37. What Went Wrong
“We don’t see what we don’t want to see. We don’t
want to think about scary things. That’s just
human nature.”
“The flaw at Fukushima was that worst-case
tsunami predictions were exceeded…”
Planning & Preparedness is based on:
What is imaginable.
What we allow ourselves to believe.
We can only plan for what we can foresee and
understand as possible.
37
38. “Remember the Calamity
of the great tsunamis.
Do not build homes
below this point.”
Kelly Hubbard
Municipal Water District Of Orange County
Water Emergency Response Organization Of Orange County
Khubbard@mwdoc.Com
(714) 593-5010
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