Wilson Hazard Mitigation Update PlanAugust 2004

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Wilson Hazard Mitigation Update Plan-August 2004
Wilson Hazard Mitigation Update Plan
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The Plan After Floyd?
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Plan Background
FEMA mandated that Hazard Mitigation Plans be
prepared to insure disaster relief funding.
In 2000 the City prepared a Hazard Mitigation
Plan to assist victims of Hurricane Floyd.
It was adopted by the Council and approved by the
State.
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Plan Results
20.8M in Federal/State funds helped buyout 353
residential units, relocate families, create
new housing developments

• However, impact was greater
• Over 966 damaged structures
• 764 flooded structures
• Major impact on public facilities

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Another Plan?
Another Plan?

• FEMA standards changed
• planning activities are required that were not
  included in the original plan.
• For example
• Utilize broad committee
• Hold public meetings
• Evaluate additional hazards

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Planning Process

• Establish utilize advisory committee with
  opportunities for community advisors
• Identify and rank hazards
• Identify and assess community capabilities and
  vulnerabilities
• Establish values and goals
• Identify mitigation accomplishments, needs
  priority mitigation interest areas
• Establish procedures for monitoring and plan
  revisions
• Hold community meetings
• Prepare plan for adoption

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2004 Wilson Hazard Mitigation Update Plan

• promote an organized coordinated response to
  hazards
• better prepare to handle hazards their impacts
• establish guide for FEMA State funding

Plan Purpose
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Committee Formed
And the work effort began September 2003
Wilson Hazard Mitigation Advisory Committee Formed

• Assisted staff
• Meet Federal law

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Committee Structure

• Mayor appointed broad-based 44 member committee
• Participation through steering 2 focus
  subcommittees
• Citizens join as community advisors
• Representatives from key agencies and
  organizations

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Advisory Committee Function
Wilson Hazard Mitigation Advisory Committee
established to assist staff
Revise 2000 Hazard Mitigation Plan meet new
FEMA standards required by FEDERAL DISASTER
MITIGATION ACT

• Work began in September 2003
• Assess hazards
• Evaluate vulnerabilities
• Develop mitigation strategies

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Committee Organization
Wilson Hazard Mitigation Advisory Committee
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Committee Roles

• Steering Committee
• Review and track progress, review overall
  direction, evaluate accomplishments
  consistency, help establish monitoring efforts,
  involve community
• Hazard Assessment Subcommittee
• Identify assess hazards impacts, evaluate
  community capabilities vulnerabilities, review
  critical facilities, develop preliminary
  mitigation needs
• Impact Mitigation Subcommittee
• Identify mitigation agencies or interests,
  evaluate vulnerabilities, identify mitigation
  values goals, develop mitigation strategies
  responsibilities

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Steering Committee Membership
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Hazard Assessment Subcommittee Membership
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Impact Mitigation Subcommittee Membership
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Assessment

• Brainstorming
• Risk assessment
• Ranking efforts
• Identify current/future vulnerabilities
• Loss evaluation

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Natural Hazards
What was studied?

• Flooding
• Hurricanes
• Noreasters

• Thunderstorms
• Winter storms
• Tornadoes

• Dams/levees
• Drought
• Tsunami
• Extreme Heat/Cold

• Volcanoes
• Wildfires
• Earthquakes
• Landslides/Erosion

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Hazard ranking
Thunderstorms
Winter Storms, freezing rain/sleet, snow storms,
hurricanes
Tornadoes, hail storms, flash flooding, flooding,
erosion, drought/heat wave, extreme cold
Importance based on Impact Frequency
Noreasters
Dam/levee failure, wildfires, earthquake,
landslide, tsunami volcano
Note Multi-events would rank higher
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Vulnerabilities
Major concerns

• Shelters special populations
• Isolation of areas
• Emergency coordination communication

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Mitigation Process
Mitigation Work Efforts

• Evaluated all hazards related needs
• Reviewed 2000 plan
• Assessed mitigation accomplishments
• Developed mitigation needs
• Identified priority areas
• Identified specific mitigation strategies

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Priorities

• Improve shelters
• Improve communication coordination
• Keep utilities on
• Improve floodplain drainage systems
• Establish Hazard Mitigation Advisory Council

Mitigation Priority Interest Areas
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Mitigation Strategies
Final Update Plan

• 50 Preparedness Mitigation Strategies
• 14 Prevention Mitigation Strategies
• 17 Property Mitigation Strategies
• 8 Environmental Resource Protection Mitigation
  Strategies
• 6 Structural Project Mitigation Strategies
• 20 Public Information Mitigation Strategies

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Establish HMA Council
Priority Strategies

• Establish Hazard Mitigation Advisory Council
• Establish a community representative Hazard
  Mitigation Advisory Council to further develop,
  coordinate and assist in the implementation of
  the mitigation strategies
• Agencies All organizations and agencies that
  deal with hazard mitigation
• Lead Agency City and/or County of Wilson
• Schedule 11/2004
• Funding NA

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Improve Shelters
Priority Strategies (cont.)

• Retrofit/establish proper center(s),
• Develop volunteer pool for center (s)
• Evaluate incorporate special population
  health/language needs
• Agencies City, County, Red Cross, Health Dept.,
  Mental Health Dept., Salvation Army, Nursing
  Homes, Special Care Unit, Hospital, School
  System
• Lead Agency Hazard Mitigation Advisory Council
• Schedule Advisory Council develop optimum
  implementation action plan with proposed funding,
  resource needs and action steps by late 2/05,
  including grant funding options
• Funding Available FEMA Funding (Pre-disaster
  Mitigation), Local contributions and available
  state resources, including foundations

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Communication Coordination
Priority Strategies (cont.)

• Develop ongoing improved communication
• This strategy encourages information sharing
  about hazards and mitigation to better prepare
  educate the public before and after a natural
  hazard event This strategy helps mitigate any
  hazard through community education, shared
  information and improved communications and
  includes.
• Develop mass dialing, expand educational programs
  on public cable channels and radio, and offer
  expanded internet capabilities before, during
  following hazard events
• upgrade communication between care-givers and
  emergency personnel
• Agencies City County of Wilson, Emergency
  911, Public Information officers from various
  agencies, Health Department, School System, Care
  givers, emergency organizations
• Lead Agency Joint City/County Public/Private
  Hazard Mitigation Advisory Council
• Schedule Advisory Council develop
  implementation action plan with action step
  proposal to City and other agencies by 4/05,
  including funding and resource needs
• Funding Available local State resources,
  including foundations and private donations
  FEMAs Assistance to Firefighters Program

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Keep Utilities On
Priority Strategies (cont.)

• Keep Utilities On
• Improve hazard mitigation capabilities for
  existing City utility facilities and
  infrastructure. This strategy primarily helps
  mitigate flood, tornado and hurricane hazards and
  other hazards causing facility shut-down.
• Responsibility City of Wilson
• Schedule Utilize annual Operating Budgets and
  Capital Improvement Plan to further development
  and set forth implement actions to implement
  strategies (10M Plus)
• Funding Available City of Wilson resources
  FEMA (Flood Mitigation Assistance Pre-disaster
  Mitigation Program)

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Floodplain Drainage
Priority Strategies (cont.)

• Improve Floodplain Drainage Systems
• This strategy assists in the mitigation of
  flooding hazards and includes development of
  ordinances to protect development in Floodplain
  areas, implementation of flood hazard warning
  systems along streams, consideration for
  "buy-out" of additional flood prone properties,
  continued evolvement of City's Storm Water
  Management program to develop detention ponds
  along major streams improvement of drainage
  facilities in accord with drainage study plans.
• Responsibility City of Wilson with assistance
  from Joint City/County Public/Private Hazard
  Mitigation Advisory Council
• Schedule Consider adoption of proposed
  development restrictions in the Floodplain by
  12/04, propose additional Zoning Ordinance
  modifications as needed utilize annual
  Operating Budgets and Capital Improvement Plan to
  further development and set forth specific
  actions to implement strategies
• Funding Available City of Wilson resources,
  FEMA, other State or Federal programs

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Implementation

• Hazard Mitigation Advisory Council
• Represent key City/County/Public/Private
  Organizations
• Meet regularly to oversee implementation of
  priority mitigation interests areas
• Provide on-going implementation, coordination,
  monitoring evaluation
• Meet yearly following major hazard events to
  assess/report progress needs

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Progress/Status

• Council endorsed submission of preliminary plan
  1/15/04
• Hazard Mitigation Advisory Committee submitted
  plan by January 30
• State reviewed critiqued
• Staff addressed State interests
• State approved Update Plan in early August
• City Council adopted 8/19/04 as guide submitted
  to State FEMA for final approval by November 1
• Council to establish Hazard Advisory Council

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Community Outreach
Community Involvement

• Review the preliminary plan
• Televised public meetings
• Presentation review of the final plan
• Availability distribution of plan
• Presentation opportunities for groups, clubs,
  etc.
• Placement on City web page
• Seek out Community Advisors for HMAC

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Process Benefit

• share information among many organization and
  agencies
• agencies and organizations network and coordinate
  services
• learn about community vulnerabilities, resource
  availabilities, gaps needs

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Action
Wilsons 1999 flood event made history.
More hurricanes will come and other natural
hazards will happen.
Lets keep natural hazards from becoming disasters
through adequate mitigation planning and
implementation.