1. 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

2. OBJECTIVES Today’s Discussion Emergency Management  Five Phases of Emergency Management  What is Hazard Mitigation?  Project Timeline  Hazard Assessment  Public Outreach  Adoption and Approval

3. HAZARD MITIGATION What is it? Emergency Management Five Phases of Emergency Management Disaster

4. HAZARD MITIGATION What does this solve? Emergency Management

5. 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

6. HAZARD MITIGATION Examples of Mitigation Projects Emergency Management 2009 - 2011: School rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina 1995 - 1998: Seattle Police station seismic retrofit 2004 - 2006: City of Snoqualmie home elevation

7. ENHANCED PARTNERSHIPS The making of a regional plan… Emergency Management Total: 58 Planning Partners Total: 10 Planning Partners

8. 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.

9. NATURAL HAZARDS Emergency Management  Avalanche  Earthquakes  Dam Failure  Flood  Landslide  Severe Weather  Severe Winter Storms  Tsunami  Volcano/Ash/Lahar  Urban and Wildfire Fire

10. OTHER HAZARDS Technological, Biological, Man-made Emergency Management  Technological  Biological  Man-made

11. PUBLIC OUTREACH Emergency Management

12. APPROVAL PROCESS Emergency Management

13. RESOURCES Emergency Management King County Hazard Mitigation Webpage: www.kingcounty.gov/hazardmitigation FEMA Multi-hazard Mitigation Planning: www.fema.gov/multi-hazard-mitigation-planning Contact Information: Janice Rahman, Project/Program Manager Janice.Rahman@Kingcounty.gov