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CHAPTER 4. CITY OF ELLENSBURG ANNEX
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<br />Table 4-9. Analysis of Mitigation Initiatives: Initiative Addressing Hazard, by Mitigation Type
<br />Hazard Type 1. Prevention 2. Property
<br />Protection
<br />3. Public
<br />Education and
<br />Awareness
<br />4. Natural
<br />Resource
<br />Protection
<br />5. Emergency
<br />Services
<br />6. Structural
<br />Projects
<br />Avalanche 18 18, 19 19
<br />Dam Failure 18 6, 9, 11, 12, 13,
<br />15
<br />13, 18, 19 19 9, 15
<br />Drought 18 18, 19 19
<br />Earthquake 18 9, 10, 11, 15 13, 18 10, 19 9, 10, 15
<br />Flood 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
<br />16, 17, 18
<br />1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
<br />7, 9, 11, 12, 13,
<br />14, 15, 16, 17
<br />6, 8, 12, 13, 16,
<br />17, 18, 19
<br />3, 11, 12, 17 17, 19, 20 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9,
<br />14, 15, 16, 17,
<br />21
<br />Landslide 18 18, 19 19
<br />Severe Weather 18 1, 2 13, 18, 19 1, 2 19, 20 1, 2
<br />Seiche 18 18, 19 19
<br />Volcano 18 13, 18, 19 19
<br />Wildfire 18 18, 19 19
<br />1. Prevention: Government, administrative or regulatory actions that influence the way land and buildings are developed to reduce
<br />hazard losses. Includes planning and zoning, floodplain laws, capital improvement programs, open space preservation, and
<br />stormwater management regulations.
<br />2. Property Protection: Modification of buildings or structures to protect them from a hazard or removal of structures from a hazard
<br />area. Includes acquisition, elevation, relocation, structural retrofit, storm shutters, and shatter -resistant glass.
<br />3. Public Education and Awareness: Actions to inform citizens and elected officials about hazards and ways to mitigate them.
<br />Includes outreach projects, real estate disclosure, hazard information centers, and school -age and adult education.
<br />4. Natural Resource Protection: Actions that minimize hazard loss and preserve or restore the functions of natural systems.
<br />Includes sediment and erosion control, stream corridor restoration, watershed management, forest and vegetation management,
<br />and wetland restoration and preservation.
<br />5. Emergency Services: Actions that protect people and property during and immediately after a hazard event. Includes warning
<br />systems, emergency response services, and the protection of essential facilities.
<br />6. Structural Projects: Actions that involve the construction of structures to reduce the impact of a hazard. Includes dams, setback
<br />levees, floodwalls, retaining walls, and safe rooms.
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