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2025 Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />Kittitas Gounty, Washington <br />r Cost Evaluation: Estimate the cost of potential damage or cost that can be avoided by mitigation. <br />The risk assessment for this hazard mitigation plan evaluates the risk of natural hazards prevalent in the <br />planning area and meets requirements of the Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (44 CFR, Section <br />201.6(cX2)). <br />Risk rankings were performed by each planning partner to compare the probable impacts of the hazards <br />of concern. For each community, the rankings assessed the probability of each hazard's occurrence as <br />well as its likely impact on people, property, and the economy. The hazard ranking for each plan <br />participant can be found in their respective annexes. The results of the countywide ranking, which were <br />used in establishing mitigation action and priorities, are summarized below. <br />Note: The sub hazards for severe weather (i.e., thunderstorms, hail, tornado, strong winds/damaging <br />winds, heat wave/extreme heat, and cold wave/extreme cold) and wildfire (i.e., wildfire smoke) were <br />individually ranked in the hazard risk ranking; however, severe weather and wildfire are each considered <br />as the main hazard throughout this Plan. <br />The heart of a hazard mitigation plan is the mitigation strategy, which seryes as the long-term blueprint <br />for reducing the potential losses identified in the risk assessment. The mitigation strategy describes how <br />Kittitas County and the participating jurisdictions will accomplish the overall purpose, or mission, of the <br />planning process. As part of the update process, mitigation goals and objectives were reevaluated; and <br />mitigation actions/projects were updated/amended, identified, evaluated, and prioritized. Over 100 <br />mitigation projects were identified and updated by the County and participating jurisdictions. Mitigation <br />actions and status for each plan participant can be found in their respective annexes. <br />The 2025 Kittitas County Hazard Mitigation Plan was submitted for review and approval to the <br />Washington Emergency Management Division (WEMD) and FEMA in February 2025.The 2025 update <br />of the Kittitas County Hazard Mitigation Plan was approved by WEMD and FEMA in July, 2025 and has <br />been officially adopted by the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners. Each participating jurisdictions <br />3 <br />Wildfire Medium Avalanche <br />Medium Heat Wave/Extreme Heat <br />(Severe Weather) <br />Winter Weather <br />(i.e., Blizzard/Heavy Snow, lce Storm) <br />Medium LandslideEarthquake <br />Medium DroughtFlood <br />Strong Winds/Damaging Winds <br />(Severe Weather)Low Hail <br />(Severe Weather) <br />Low Tornado <br />(Severe Weather)Wildfire Smoke (witdfire) <br />Low Dam and Levee FailureMediumThunderstorms <br />(Severe Weather) <br />Low Volcano ActivityMediumCommunicable Diseases/Pandemic <br />Cold Wave/Extreme Cold <br />(Severe Weather)Medium <br />ii,'tii, <br />i;,1ii,; <br />tilltl,i : <br />l;l,r.l!ir <br />ii r "i r <br />lltr,it <br />Hazard Ranking <br />Executive Summary