HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Presentation 11/01/2022 - Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan2022 Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan
Rita Lebsack –Safety & Emergency
Management Coordinator
9/20/2022
2022 Pima County
Multi-Jurisdictional
Hazard Mitigation Plan
The purpose of the Plan is to identify natural
hazards that impact the various incorporated
jurisdictions located within Pima County,
assess the vulnerability and risk posed by
those hazards to community-wide human
and structural assets, develop strategies for
mitigation of those identified hazards, present
future maintenance procedures for the plan,
and document the planning process.
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The following jurisdictions participated in the planning process:
•Town of Marana
•Town of Oro Valley
•Town of Sahuarita
•City of Tucson
•Pascua Yaqui Tribe
•Pima County
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Background and Scope
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Hazard mitigation is any sustained action taken to reduce or
eliminate long-term risk to human life and property from a hazard
event.
Hazard mitigation planning is the process of identifying natural
hazards likely to occur in a geographic location, measuring threat
probability, analyzing the risk, setting mitigation goals and
strategies to lessen impacts to the community associated, and
implementing actions.
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Developing hazard mitigation plans enables
state, tribal, and local governments to:
•Increase education and
awareness around threats,
hazards, and vulnerabilities.
•Build partnerships for risk
reduction involving
government, organizations,
businesses, and the public
Federal Funding
•The federal government requires that a community have
an approved hazard mitigation plan in order to qualify for
federal funding programs.
•This plan shall be reviewed, updated and proposed for
adoption, every five years.
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Mitigation actions are presented for the
following natural hazards:
•Flood
•Erosion
•Wild Fire
•Drought
•Extreme Heat
•Severe Wind
•Earthquake
•Extreme Cold
•Landslide
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Union Pacific train derails between Twin
Peaks and Avra Valley -July 10, 2018
Due to exceptionally heavy monsoon rains, a Union Pacific train
derailed 27 freight cars in Marana requiring a major mitigation
effort. Pre-existing mutual aid agreements aided local agencies
to assist Northwest Fire with on-scene disaster management.
Marana Police Department, Tucson Fire Department, Golder
Ranch Fire District, Town of Marana, Pima County Sheriff and the
Arizona Department of Public Safety all joined the effort.
“Public safety is a team effort,”. “No one person could take care
of all of this, it requires a network.”
-Brian Keeley, Deputy Chief of Preparedness Northwest Fire
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Questions