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All-Hazard Mitigation Plan website.

 

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All-Hazard Mitigation Plan
Table of Contents 51k
Executive Summary 59k
1.0 Introduction 2,589k
2.0 Flood and Coastal Erosion 2,302k
3.0 Wildfires 344k
4.0 Earthquakes 941k
5.0 Weather 1,298k
6.0 Tsunamis & Seiches 1,206k
7.0 Volcanoes 879k
8.0 Snow Avalanches 659k
9.0 Human-Caused Hazards 139k

Annexes
Annex A: City of Homer All-Hazard Mitigation Plan 889k
Annex B: City of Kachemak All-Hazard Mitigation Plan 640k
Annex C: City of Kenai All-Hazard Mitigation Plan 443k
Annex D: City of Seldovia All-Hazard Mitigation Plan
Annex E: City of Seward All-Hazard Mitigation Plan 6,790k
Annex F: City of Soldotna All-Hazard Mitigation Plan 1,047k
Annex G: Port Graham Village Flood Mitigation Plan 2,401k
Annex H: All Lands / All Hands Action Plan 21,144k
Annex I: Seward Bear Creek Flood Service Area Flood Mitigation Plan 4,375k

Appendices
Appendix A:    Literature Cited 27k
Appendix B: Public Participation Process 2,112k
Appendix C: Glossary of Terms 91k,
Appendix D: List of Acronyms 19k
Appendix E: KPB OEM Hazard Analysis Method 200k
Appendix F: Snow and Skilak Glacier-Dammed Lake Information 811k
Appendix G: Completed FEMA Crosswalk
Appendix H: Plan Contributors 38k
Appendix I: Flood Forecasting and Stream Gage Program 37k
Appendix J: State Project Prioritization and FEMA Cost Benefit Analysis 57k
Appendix K: Plan Adoption Documentation
Appendix L: Plan Modifications from 2004 plan 116k
Appendix M: Incorporations of AHMP into other plans 13k
Appendix N: Revisions to 2004 All Hazard Mitigation Plan 63k


Project Details

Hazard Mitigation vs. Emergency Response. Emergency response typically involves well-practiced, coordinated efforts to save lives and property following a disaster. Hazard mitigation is intended to reduce community and individual vulnerability to, as well as the economic and emotional costs of, hazards before they occur. Ideally, communities have both types of plans in place.
Background. The KPB has worked with Peninsula cities to develop the final draft of a multi-jurisdictional mitigation plan. 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) made funding available to examine pre-disaster hazard mitigation in the United States. Alaska engaged in this effort at the city, borough and state-wide levels. Information gathered from the incorporated cities within borough boundaries has been incorporated into the KPB and the State of Alaska mitigation strategies. The plan will be evaluated and updated every five years or within one year of a disaster event that significantly affects the KPB community.

Last updated:  February 11, 2013