Washington State Hazard Mitigation Plan

The Washington State Enhanced Hazard Mitigation Plan was approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region 10 office on January 28, 2008.

The Washington State Enhanced Hazard Mitigation Plan provides policy guidance for hazard mitigation in the State of Washington. It identifies hazard mitigation goals, objectives, actions and initiatives for Washington state government that will reduce injury and damage from natural hazards.

This plan meets requirements for an Enhanced State Plan under Interim Final Rule 44 CFR parts 201.4 and 201.5, published in the Federal Register by FEMA on February 28, 2002.

Meeting the requirements of the regulations cited above keeps the State of Washington as well as all eligible local jurisdictions and non-profit organizations that provide like-government services qualified to obtain disaster assistance including hazard mitigation grants available through the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, P.L. 93-288, as amended. The enhanced portion of the plan allows the state to seek significantly higher funding for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program following Presidentially-declared disasters (20 percent of federal disaster expenditures vs. 15 percent with a standard plan).

Below is a table of contents for the plan and links to the various plan documents submitted to FEMA for review in November 2007 and revised in January 2008.

Table of Contents

(Current as of January 28, 2008)

NOTE: The files are in Adobe PDF, which require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print (See page bottom if you need to obtain the reader.

  1. Introduction
  2. Planning Process
    1. State Hazard Mitigation Planning Outreach Report
  3. Coordination of Local Planning
  4. Plan Maintenance
  5. Risk Assessment Introduction
    1. State of Washington Overview
    2. Avalanche
    3. Drought
    4. Earthquake
    5. Flood
    6. Landslide
    7. Severe Storm
    8. Tsunami
    9. Volcano
    10. Wildland Fire
    11. Local Plan Hazard Vulnerability – Analysis
  6. Mitigation Strategy
  7. Enhanced Plan
  8. Hazard Mitigation Programs Administrative Plan

Contact:

Andrea Pudlo, Hazard Mitigation Strategist, 253-512-7073

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