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Oconee County
Hazard Mitigation Plan Update
PUBLIC
HEARING
Date: Thursday, June 6,
2013
Time: 5:00pm
Attendees: Please sign-in
Where: Oconee County
Board of Commissioners
Chambers, Watkinsville,
GA
What is Hazard Mitigation?
Defined: Any sustained actions taken to
reduce or eliminate the long-term risk to
human life and property from hazards.
-Continuous, on-going process
-Pre- and post-disaster
Why are we doing this?
Long Term Goal
• Reduce disaster losses:
– Loss of Life
– Damage to Property
– Economic impacts
Why are we doing this?
Hazard Mitigation Benefits
• Mitigation saves money
– Every $1 invested may save up to $4
• Mitigation creates safer, more resilient
communities
– Break the cycle of disaster damage
• Mitigation speeds disaster recovery
Why are we doing this?
•
Required for Federal Grant
Eligibility
Annually:
– Pre-Disaster Mitigation Competitive (PDM-C)
– Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)
• Post Disaster:
– Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)
• One of the first questions you will be asked: “Do you have a hazard mitigation
plan?”
• Others
• Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA2K) requires a
local plan to be in place for the above programs
– Emphasizes a proactive approach to emergency management –
prevent damages before the disaster
Why are we doing this?
Hazard Mitigation Plans are required by Federal law
to be updated every 5 years
• Oconee County’s plan will expire in August 2013
What does this plan do?
• Identify and profile the Hazards
– Tornados, floods, lightning, etc.
– Requirement is natural hazards
– Can also include technological, or man-made hazards
• Determine the Risk (Threat)
– A real, quantifiable number that is based on past hazard history,
or advanced statistical modeling
• Determine the Vulnerability
– How bad could the damages get? (dollars, numbers, etc.)
• Develop goals & strategies to reduce long-term risks
and/or vulnerabilities
How do we do this?
Updating Your Local Hazard
Mitigation Plan –
The plan itself
1. Update Risk Assessment
– How have the hazards changed?
– Has development increased, decreased or remained the same?
– Are there any changes in your critical facilities?
2. Update Goals & Objectives
– What projects have been accomplished?
– Are there some that have not been accomplished? Why?
– Are there new and better ideas?
How do we do this?
Updating Your Pre-Disaster
Mitigation Plan – The plan itself
cont’d
3. Update the Planning Process
– Describe the process used to update the plan.
– Who was involved?
– How was each section reviewed and how was it determined if
revisions were necessary?
4. Update the intended plan maintenance process
– What process and criteria will be used for evaluation and
monitoring?
How do we do this?
Updating Your Pre-Disaster
Mitigation Plan – Follow-up
• Submit for GEMA/FEMA Review
• Adopt Plan
• Implement the Plan & Monitor Progress
– Ongoing after local adoption and FEMA approval
PDM Planning Milestones
1. Form Planning Committee
2. Kickoff Meeting
3. Update Critical Facilities, Hazards,
and Risk Assessment
4. Update Mitigation Strategy
5. GEMA / FEMA Review and Approval
6. Adoption by Resolution
Responsibilities
Oconee County and
cities
Regional Commission
• Meeting coordination and
facilitation
• Attend committee meetings
• Data analysis and mapping
• Homework & participation
• Regularly complete & submit • Planning process
• Labor match documentation
timesheets
• Plan development
• Government action as
required
• Plan submission/revisions
(e.g. pass adopting
resolution)
Questionnaire Results
Do you feel confident that
you know what to do if a
natural hazard occurs?
No:
13%
Not sure:
20%
Yes:
67%
How do you expect to be
notified that a natural hazard
event is occurring?
Sheriff’s Department NIXLE: 19%
Television: 18%
Weather alert radio: 14%
Text message: 14%
Internet: 11%
E-mail: 10%
Telephone call: 7%
Other radio: 6%
Other options: 1%
Questionnaire Results Continued
• Some residents expressed a lack of knowledge about emergency
operations
• Warnings and notification during hazard events was the mostexpressed concern
• There were no specific structural projects or specific project sites
mentioned as by the public as candidates for hazard mitigation
Critical Facilities
Essential Facilities
• Hospitals, police/fire stations, emergency operations centers, evacuation centers, schools
Transportation Systems
• Airports, bridges, roadbeds, overpasses, transfer stations, railroad tracks, bridges, rail yards, depots, etc.
Lifeline Utility Systems
• Water, wastewater, natural gas, power, and communications systems.
High Potential Loss
• Nuclear power plants, dams, military installations
Hazardous Materials
• Corrosives, explosives, flammable materials, radioactive materials, and toxins
Important Facilities
• Government buildings and functions, major employers in the area, banking and financial institutions, certain
commercial establishments such as grocery stores, hardware stores, technical schools, colleges and universities.
Vulnerable Populations
• Elderly, jail populations, people with mental, physical or mobility problems, and non-English speaking populations.
Economic Assets
• Major employers and financial centers in your community or area that impact the local or regional economy if
significantly disrupted
Historic Considerations
• State or federal parks, museums, and historic districts.
Special Considerations
•Larger factories or industries, large vertical apartment or housing complexes
Natural Hazards in Oconee County
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Severe Thunderstorms
– Hail
– Tornados
– Lightning
– Wind
Floods
Wildfire
Winter Storms
– Snow
– Ice
Drought
Hazard
Frequency
Severe Thunderstorm
Thunderstorms
1.5/year
1.28/year
Hail
Drought
Once
every 3.4
years
28% chance
each
year
Tornado
Wildfire
Once
every 5.55 years
24.3/year
Drought
Winter Storms
Once
every 3.5
years
60% chance
each
year
Wildfire
Flood
13/year
15% chance each year
Winter
Storms
Earthquake
Once
every 1.42
years
1.5% chance
each
year
Flood
Once every 10.17 years
Source: National Climatic Data Center, 1961-2010
Hazard
Damage
Severe Thunderstorms
$40.9 million
Drought
Not available
Wildfire
Not available
Winter Storms
$4.3 million
Floods
$333,853
Source: National Climatic Data Center, property and crop damage,1961-2010, adjusted for $2011
Technological Hazards
Technological Hazard: These hazards originate from technological or industrial
accidents, infrastructure failures, or certain human activities. These hazards
cause the loss of life or injury, property damage, social and economic
disruption, or environmental degradation, and often come with little to no
warning.
Examples:
• industrial pollution
• nuclear radiation
• toxic waste
• factory explosions, fires, and
chemical spills.
Image: Fireworks factory disaster, Holland, 2000.
Technological Hazards
Hazardous material examples:
• flammable materials
• corrosives
• toxins
• 2000-2012: 20 spills of
hazardous material reported in
Oconee County.
source: Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Hazardous Site Inventory
Two sites listed by Georgia Department of Natural Resources:
American Linen Supply Company (former) – Experiment Station Road – Class V
Murrow Brothers Delinting Waste – Macon Highway – Class II
(Class I = highest priority; Class V = corrective action already being taken)
Planning committee listed other sites as Critical Facilities, listed here:
Horticulture Farm Main Barn/Bee Lab (Hog Mountain Road)
Sewer Station (Durham Mill Road)
Bogart Sports Complex and Storage Building (South Burson Av.)
Ferrell Gas Company Tanks (Depot Street)
Landfill (Macon Highway)
North Oconee Fire Department (McNutt Creek Road)
Transcontinental Pipelines Service Stations (Hog Mountain Road)
STAPLEE Method
Social
Technical
Administrative
Political
Legal
Economic
Environmental
Ranking Hazard Mitigation Strategies
Severe Thunderstorms
Action Item
Priority
Educate the public about the benefits of smoke detectors in attics and
encourage installation
3
Have city and county personnel take weather spotter classes and encourage
residents to participate through PSAs and website
2
Acquire and install new tornado warning sirens as funding allows and explore
3
potential funding opportunities
Explore new technology for notification, including smart phone and reverse
911 systems
3
Identify and implement new ways to educate public about notification systems
3
available, including social media, websites, and marketing campaigns
Ranking Hazard Mitigation Strategies
Severe Thunderstorms
Action Item
Priority
Explore working with marketing consultant on education and mitigation
awareness campaign
3
Pursue grants for weather radio distribution
3
Assess the vulnerability of key critical facilities to lightning strikes and
seek funding for lightning rods at critical facilities as needed
3
Continue to implement notification plans for recalling necessary
personnel in case of severe thunderstorms
2
Ranking Hazard Mitigation Strategies
Drought
Action Item
Priority
Continue to educate the public on drought levels and conservation
measures through a variety of avenues including websites, water bills,
1
mailings, phone, schools
Explore opportunities for additional water sources, primarily wells, including
3
Charity Lane well restoration
Promote federal, state, and local incentive and grant programs, such as the
Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP), to offset the effects of
1
drought on the agricultural community and economy.
Continue to monitor Hard Labor Creek stream restoration project
1
Ranking Hazard Mitigation Strategies
Wildfire
Action Item
Priority
Continue to enforce state-mandated burn bans and educate the
1
public on safe, legal burning and the consequences of illegal burns
Continue to promote wildfire education and awareness in
elementary schools
1
Ranking Hazard Mitigation Strategies
Winter Storms
Action Item
Continue to educate the public on the hazards posed by
winter storms through a variety of avenues including
websites, water bills, mailings, phone, schools
Ensure adequate winter storm response supplies, including
fuel and salt
Priority
3
2
Ranking Hazard Mitigation Strategies
Floods
Action Item
Priority
Inspect and review flood prevention measures at wastewater treatment facilities to
determine if improvements are required to prevent future flood damage
1
Continue to inventory culverts on county-maintained roads and add to GIS
database
2
Monitor flood-prone Barber Creek basin from Barber Creek Road to Highway 78
2
Continue compliance with NFIP criteria
1
Pursue floodplain management certification for planning and building inspection
personnel
1
Ranking Hazard Mitigation Strategies
All Hazards
Action Item
Priority
Inventory backup power at Department of Human Resources/American Red Cross2
approved shelters
Provide adequate information to the public about approved shelter locations
2
through a variety of channels
Keep Red Cross emergency shelter plan up-to-date and accurate
2
Develop a plan for pet-friendly shelters and ensure that the public is aware of
shelters’ pet policies
3
Continue to participate in cross-training exercises among fire departments
1
Educate the public about disaster preparedness and response through weather
safety media articles, publications, and public service radio announcements
1
Ranking Hazard Mitigation Strategies
Hazardous Material Releases
Action Item
Priority
Develop procedures for issuance of public safety announcements detailing location
1
and procedures to follow
Develop an evacuation plan for locations with high concentrations of people
Initiate an interoperability communication network with all agencies departments in
the county and with surrounding county agencies/departments:
Train all county and city public service personnel to Hazardous Material Awareness
level
Implement a warning system for the county and cities that through towers and
sirens can alert residents and play a voice detailing the magnitude and path of an
impending storm or hazardous incident
Provide for all necessary equipment and technology required to implement Emnet
at full potential
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Timetable
NEGRC Contact Information
Taylor Baxter – Planner
[email protected]
www.negrc.org
(706) 369-5650
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