Regional hazard mitigation plan

In 2003, King County developed its first Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan (RHMP) in partnership with participating cities, school districts, utility districts and emergency service providers. Approximately 29 jurisdictions participated in the creation of the initial document. This plan was submitted to Washington State Emergency Management in January 2004, before being reviewed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) who approved it on June 8, 2004. This effort was one of the steps in creating a community more resilient to natural, technological and societal hazard events and disasters. Several new agencies have submitted annexes and had them approved by FEMA.

As required by law, King County and partner jurisdictions are undertaking a 5-year update of the RHMP and we are soliciting public input in 2009. County government is the lead agency for updating the Basic Plan, which is linked below in its current approved form. Individual agency and jurisdictional annexes are being updated separately, so contact your local emergency management agency if you wish to provide comments for the update of your area's annex to the RHMP.

DRAFT - 2009 King County Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan (RHMP)

 RHMP - Table of Contents (18 KB)
 RHMP - Section 1 - Introduction (98 KB)
 RHMP - Section 2 - Plan Development (102 KB)
 RHMP - Section 3 - Regional Profile (535 KB)
 RHMP - Section 4 - Participating Agency Profiles (73 KB)
 RHMP - Section 5 - Hazard Identification (752 KB)
 RHMP - Section 6 - Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (181 KB)
 RHMP - Section 7 - Regional Mitigation Strategy (24 KB)

Public input requested

If you have input to the above 2009 basic plan, please use the following links to communicate your thoughts:

 RHMP - Request for Input Defined  (26 KB)
       
        RHMP - 2009 Questionnaire (online survey)