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Hawaii County Hazard Mitigation Plan-Update
Final Draft-Public Comment Period
May 18th to June 1st, 2020
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What are we going to talk about?
What is Mitigation?
Provide a brief overview of the drivers for planning
Describe the Hawaii County planning process
The Hazard Mitigation Working Group
Vision and Goals for the plan
The Risk Assessment
The Draft Plan
The Public Comment Period
How to provide comment
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What is Mitigation?
“Sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to life and property”
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What is the Disaster Mitigation Act (DMA)?
Federal legislation that establishes a pre-disaster hazard mitigation program and new requirements for the national post-disaster Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
“No Plan, no money!”
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Why Plan?
Establish/maintain eligibility for grant funds
Preparedness: pro-active vs. reactive
Sustainability
Key element in emergency management
Can set the course for response and recovery to impacts from natural disasters
Requires commitment and support from both elected officials and their constituents
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What is required in a DMA plan?
According to Section 201.6, 44CFR, an approved plan must:
Engage the public through all phases of the plan’s development
Review and incorporate plans and programs that can support/enhance hazard mitigation
Assess risk to natural hazards that impact a planning area
Identify a plan maintenance strategy
Identify and prioritize actions
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This is a Plan Update
FEMA Requires Local Hazard Mitigation Plans to be updated every 5-years.
The last Plan for Hawaii County was approved in 2015
Addressed 13 hazards of concern
Identifies 8 goals and 20 objectives
Identified and prioritized over 30 actions to address those hazards with the greatest impact
This plan update:
Updated/Revised the risk assessment
Reengaged the public
Confirmed vision, goals and objectives
Reviewed core capabilities
Reconciled past actions
Identified and prioritized new actions
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The County’s Objectives for this Plan Update Process
Promote the wise use of resources and increase coordination among Hawaii County programs and stakeholders
Leverage the County’s on-going recovery efforts from the Kilauea volcano eruption
Identify natural hazard risks and vulnerabilities for the people, property and economy of Hawaii County
Develop specific strategies to reduce disaster risk and improve resilience
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The Plan Update Work Plan
7 phase scope of work
Follow the 10-Step Planning script from FEMA’s Community Rating System (CRS Program).
Centers on a comprehensive risk assessment and active public engagement strategy
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The HMP Working Group
A 24 member Working Group is overseeing the plan update
Multi-disciplined representation
Stakeholders (business, academia, government)
Emergency Management
Met a total of 5 times from October 2019 to April 2020
All meetings were open to the public and were advertised as such
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The Plan’s Mission Statement
Identify risks to life and property resulting from hazards events to determine viable actions that will reduce the risk and enable resilient communities.
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Utilize state-of-the-art methods and technologies as well as local knowledge to identify hazards, risks, and capabilities.
Ensure that all critical facilities and infrastructure withstand hazard incidents and have contingency plans to restore services quickly.
Protect natural and cultural resources to the extent practicable that mitigate hazards.
Promote actions that support land use planning and regulations designed to ensure long-term resiliency.
Promote community risk reduction and preparedness through public education, training, and awareness.
Improve capabilities to implement response protocols and continuity of operations and services.
Strengthen partnerships and leverage existing resources and capabilities to identify, assess, and reduce the impact of hazards.
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The Risk Assessment
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What is Risk?
Risk is defined as a function of :
Hazard
Source of potential danger or adverse condition
Exposure
Manmade or natural features that are exposed to the hazard
Vulnerability
Damage susceptibility of the exposed features
Capability
Regulatory Capability
Technical Capability
Financial Capability
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Risk Reduction
To Reduce Risk:
Manipulate the Hazard:
structural flood control
Reduce Exposure:
property acquisition
Reduce Vulnerability:
retrofitting
Increase capability:
$, preparation, technical assistance, planning
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Development of the Hawaii County Risk Assessment
Hazard Locators (Soils, floodplains, landslides)
Inventories (Buildings, roads, critical areas)
Exposure (Direct and Indirect)
Disaster Scenario (Vulnerability Assessments)
Suggest Risk Reduction Measures
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What is Hazus?
HAZUS-MH is a powerful risk assessment methodology for analyzing potential losses from floods, hurricane winds and earthquakes.
HAZUS outputs include:
Number, location, types, and occupancy of vulnerable buildings
Actual or assessed values of the vulnerable buildings
Critical facilities
An estimate of losses per hazard
Debris accumulation
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The Hawaii County Risk Assessment
The foundation of the plan is a comprehensive risk assessment of 12 natural hazards of concern
Assess hazard
Past events
Areas most affected
Frequency
Severity
Warning time for response
Determine Exposure
Assess Vulnerability
Loss Estimation
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The Hazards of Concern
Natural Hazards
Volcanic Hazards
Dam Failure
Drought
Earthquake
Flood
Landslide
High Wind Storms
Hurricane
Storm surge/High Surf/Chronic Coastal Flood
Climate Change/Sea Level Rise
Tsunami
Wildfire
Invasive Species
Non-Natural Hazards
Supply Chain
Mass Gathering Events
Cyber
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The Draft Plan
Is Comprehensive
Over 600 pages
Broken up into 3 parts
Planning Process Community Profile
Risk Assessment
Mitigation Strategy
Profiles 12 hazards of concern
Identifies and prioritizes 31 Actions
Includes a plan maintenance strategy that aims to keep the plan dynamic
Will have a 5-year performance period
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The Public Comment Period
May 18th to June 1st , 2020
Visit the following website for the draft plan and to learn how you can participate in the review process:
https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/departments/civil-defense/multi-hazard-mitigation-plan-2020
Virtual, Live webinar on May 27, 2020, at 5:00, HST. Please fill out registration form to receive an invitation to the hosted meeting: https://arcg.is/1Pb9mb
At the conclusion of the Public Comment Period, the Plan will be sent to HIEMA and FEMA Region IX for pre-adoption review/approval.
Once “approval pending adoption” (APA status has been granted by FEMA,. The County will adopt the plan for final approval
Public can track plan implementation and maintenance via annual plan progress reporting by the County (Chapter 24).
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How to Provide Comment
Visit the following website during the Public Comment Period;
https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/departments/civil-defense/multi-hazard-mitigation-plan-2020
Attend the Virtual Webinar live on May 27, 2020, 5:00 PM, HST, or watch on-demand until June 1st .
https://arcg.is/1Pb9mb
Visit the website and follow links to draft plan and e-mail comments to:
Cindy Rolli
Tetra Tech, Inc.
cindy.rolli@tetratech.com
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