HAZARD VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS AND ALL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN

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HAZARD VULNERABILITY ANALYSISANDALL HAZARD
MITIGATIONPLAN

• Monongalia County Office
• of Emergency Management

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HVA Key Terms

• Disaster Resistant Community is one where
  significant steps and measures have been made to
  reduce the communitys risk to all types of
  potential hazards.
• Two of the more significant steps in creating
  such a community are
• Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA)
• All Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP)

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HVA Key Terms

• Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA) is an
  analysis of the various types of hazards which
  have occurred in the past and/or which could
  occur in the future and which threaten lives and
  property in the county.
• Examines the probability of hazards
• Examines the risk presented
• Examines the preparedness of local emergency
  response forces

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HVA Key Terms

• HAZARD is an event with the potential to cause
  fatalities, injuries, as well as environmental,
  property, and infrastructure damage, other
  losses.
• HAZARD IDENTIFICATION is the identification of
  the hazardous events which have occurred (or
  could occur) in the county.

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Hazard Vulnerability Analysis

• Types of Hazards. The various hazards which pose
  a threat to the county fall into three basic
  categories.
• Natural Events
• Technological Events
• Human Events

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Hazard Vulnerability Analysis

• Natural Events include the following types of
  hazards.
• Blight Drought Earth Slide
• Earthquake Erosion Epidemic
• Flash Flood Flood Hail Storm
• Hurricane Ice Storm Infestation
• Lightning S. T/storm S. Wind
• S. Winter St. Sleet Temp. Extremes
• Tornado Wild Fires

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Hazard Vulnerability Analysis

• Technological Events include the following types
  of hazards.
• Com. Failures Fire
• Fuel Shortages HazMat Incident
• HVAC Failure Structural Damage
• Transportation Accident
• Electricity Failure Natural Gas Failure
• Water Failure Sewer Failure
• Resource Shortages

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Hazard Vulnerability Analysis

• Human Events include the following types of
  hazard events.
• Bomb Threat
• Civil Disturbance
• Trauma/Mass Casualty
• HazMat/Mass Casualty
• Biological/Mass Casualty
• Chemical/Mass Casualty
• Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
• Terrorist Incident

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Hazard Vulnerability Analysis

• Hazard Profiles are the development of specific
  information on all potential hazards which should
  include the following matters
• Frequency
• Magnitude/Intensity
• Location (where applicable)
• Duration
• Seasonal Pattern
• Speed of Onset
• Availability of Warning

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Hazard Vulnerability Analysis

• RISK examines the threat a hazard presents to the
  safety of people and property in the county.
• Risk Levels Points
• Life Threat 5
• Health and Safety 4
• High Disruption 3
• Moderate Disruption 2
• Low Disruption 1

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Hazard Vulnerability Analysis

• Probability examines the likelihood of a
  particular hazard event occurring within the
  county.
• Probability Level Points
• High 3
• Medium 2
• Low 1
• None 0

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Hazard Vulnerability Analysis

• Preparedness measures how well prepared the
  countys emergency response agencies and
  emergency responders are prepared to handle any
  particular hazard event.
• Preparedness Points
• Poor 3
• Fair 2
• Good 1

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Hazard Vulnerability Analysis

• RISK ASSESSMENT PRIORITIZATION a
  process for evaluating the priority associated
  with a specific hazard and defined in terms of
  its probability and its level of risk when
  compared to the communitys level of
  preparedness.
• Probability X Risk/Preparedness Priority
• Determines which hazards may require special
  attention.
• Specialized training and equipment.
• Mitigation Projects

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Hazard Vulnerability Analysis
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Hazard Vulnerability Analysis
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Hazard Vulnerability Analysis
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HMP Key Terms

• Hazard Mitigation can be defined as any action
  which is undertaken to reduce or eliminate the
  long-term risk to human life, property and the
  environment from the harmful impact of all types
  of hazards which pose a threat or potential
  threat to the county

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HMP Key Terms

• Mitigation Activities or Strategies can be
  defined as a variety of measures intended to
  protect the county from, or minimize the impact
  of, the hazards which may threaten it and include
  the following types of activities.

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HMP Key Terms

• Prevention activities attempt to prevent or
  reduce the impact of a hazard and often involve
  activities on the part of local governments, and
  include the following
• Building and Construction Codes
• Emergency Exits
• Sprinkler Systems
• Planning and Zoning Ordinances
• Floodplain
• Unstable soils

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HMP Key Terms

• Property Protection includes measures which can
  change or augment fixed facilities to protect
  them from hazardous events and include the
  following
• Flood proofing
• Wind Proofing
• Elevation
• Fire walls and doors
• Insurance

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HMP Key Terms

• Structural Projects are more commonly used as
  flood mitigation measures which are built to
  control or stop floodwaters from reaching a
  specific location and involve structures such as
  the following
• Dams
• Levees
• Floodwalls
• Channels

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HMP Key Terms

• Emergency Services include a range of measures
  which are placed in motion during and after the
  onset of a hazard and includes emergency
  planning and management activities as follow
• Hazard identification/recognition
• Hazard warning/notification
• Hazard response activities
• Damage Assessment
• Post-hazard recovery

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HMP Key Terms

• Public Information involves efforts to inform the
  general public how to protect themselves, their
  families, and their property from the impact of
  hazards which pose a threat to the county and
  include activities such as
• Public Service Announcements
• Public/group presentations
• Informational brochures

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HMP Key Terms

• Natural Resource Protection are activities
  directed at protecting, preserving and/or
  restoring natural areas or other important
  natural functions such as floodplains,
  watersheds, wetlands, forests and green spaces
  and include the following
• Flood control
• Erosion/sedimentation control
• Drought protection
• Fire control

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HMP Key Terms

• Mission Statement is a statement which clearly
  describes the purpose of the group.
• Why has the group been organized?
• What is the ultimate result of its work?
• The focus is on outcomes and not on process.

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HMP Key Terms

• Mission statements usually include two phrases
• An infinitive describing a desired change in a
  status or condition
• An identification of the subject targeted for
  change
• Example to eliminate world hunger

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HMP Key Terms

• Goal is a positive statement which covers a wide
  portion of the community and supports more than
  one local interest to achieve a desired end.
• Goals need not be achievable.
• Goals need not be measurable.
• Goals need to conform to and/or enhance the
  countys mission statement.

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HMP Key Terms

• Objective defines and describes the actions which
  are to be implemented to achieve a goal.
• Objectives need to be measurable.
• Objectives need to be achievable.
• The responsible party(s) need to be identified.
• The completion date should be identified.
• Other agencies which can assist should be
  identified.
• It should include costs, if any.