Janice Rahman Program Manager Metropolitan King County Council Law, Justice, Health and Human Services Committee May 14 th, 2013 HAZARD MITIGATION A Regional Plan For Identifying & Mitigating Against Disasters Emergency Management
OBJECTIVES Today’s Discussion Emergency Management Five Phases of Emergency Management What is Hazard Mitigation? Project Timeline Hazard Assessment Public Outreach Adoption and Approval
HAZARD MITIGATION What is it? Emergency Management Five Phases of Emergency Management Disaster
HAZARD MITIGATION What does this solve? Emergency Management
BENEFITS Planning for the long-term Emergency Management “Each dollar spent on mitigation saves society an average of four dollars.” - Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: An Independent Study to Assess the Future Savings from Mitigation Activities
HAZARD MITIGATION Examples of Mitigation Projects Emergency Management : School rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina : Seattle Police station seismic retrofit : City of Snoqualmie home elevation
ENHANCED PARTNERSHIPS The making of a regional plan… Emergency Management Total: 58 Planning Partners Total: 10 Planning Partners
PROCESS Project Timeline Emergency Management Jan 2013 – Sept 2014 Feb 2013 – Aug 2013 May 2013 – Nov 2013 Oct 2013 – Mar 2014 Jun 2014 – Dec 2014 Starting Risk Assessment phase which includes inventory of “critical facilities.” Critical facilities are those that -- if damaged -- can cause a severe economic, health and welfare, life-sustainment or other catastrophic impact. Risk Assessment includes an all-hazards approach including: natural, man-made, and technological.
NATURAL HAZARDS Emergency Management Avalanche Earthquakes Dam Failure Flood Landslide Severe Weather Severe Winter Storms Tsunami Volcano/Ash/Lahar Urban and Wildfire Fire
OTHER HAZARDS Technological, Biological, Man-made Emergency Management Technological Biological Man-made
PUBLIC OUTREACH Emergency Management
APPROVAL PROCESS Emergency Management
RESOURCES Emergency Management King County Hazard Mitigation Webpage: FEMA Multi-hazard Mitigation Planning: Contact Information: Janice Rahman, Project/Program Manager