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Lane County

County Mitigation Overview:

  • State NHMP Region:
    - Region 3
  • Partnership/Pre-Disaster MOU:
    - Yes
  • Effective Date:
    - TBA
  • Disaster Mitigation Act 2000 - Compliant Plan (44 CFR 201.6):
    - No
  • Flood Mitigation Assistance Program - Compliant Plan:
    - No
  • Community Rating System:
    - No
  • Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003:
    - Yes
  • National Fire Plan requirements:
    - Yes
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Lane County Action Items:

Region Jurisdiction Hazard(s) Action Status
3 Lane Flood
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Compile data and prepare GIS maps for structures within the 100-year floodplains. Use the newly available Lane County DFIRMs (Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps) and the nearly complete & updated parcel base to create an online application for planners, property owners and potential land buyers to quickly and easily understand flood hazards.
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3 Lane Earthquake
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Complete Rapid Visual Assessments to analyze seismic vulnerability of public facilities.
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3 Lane Flood
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Complete the inventory of locations in Lane County subject to frequent storm water flooding.
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3 Lane Winter Storms
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Conduct outreach campaign to remind government, private sector and non-government agencies to keep sidewalks and roads free of ice during severe winter storms.
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3 Lane Winter Storms
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Conduct public outreach campaigns in early fall each year to remind people how to get around under adverse weather conditions (i.e., driving on icy roads, etc.).
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3 Lane Flood
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Conduct study to understand relationship between the National Weather Service stream gauge data and on the ground flood impacts felt by landowners along the forks of the Willamette River.
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3 Lane Landslides and Debris Flow
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Consider adoption of a hillside development ordinance with the intent of monitoring and regulating grading, excavation, development and cut and fill activities on steep or unstable slopes. Ordinances of this kind have been used to promote public safety by controlling land disturbing activities in hazardous areas that may contribute to or be impacted by debris flows.
Pending
3 Lane Winter Storms
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Consider upgrading lines and poles to improve wind/ice loading, undergrounding critical lines, and adding interconnect switches to allow alternative feed paths and disconnect switches to minimize outage areas
Pending
3 Lane Flood
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Consult with property owners and explore mitigation actions for the 20 Lane County properties on FEMA's national repetitive loss list.
Pending
3 Lane Multi-Hazards
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Create a sub-committee to coordinate and sustain effective countywide public education and outreach.
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3 Lane Multi-Hazards
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Create and formalize a Lane County Disaster Policy Council to oversee implementation, identify and coordinate funding opportunities, and sustain the Lane County Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan (including the CWPP) and the Emergency Operations Plan.
Pending
3 Lane Winter Storms
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Determine undergrounding requirements for utility extension; assess and evaluate for any needed improvements in the requirements.
Pending
3 Lane Multi-Hazards
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Develop a data repository for all existing GIS hazard data, and a GIS clearinghouse for sharing risk assessment GIS data layers and risk models.
Pending
3 Lane Landslides and Debris Flow
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Develop a GIS data layer that identifies areas that have become more vulnerable to landslides as a result of a wildfire event.
Pending
3 Lane Winter Storms
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Develop a hazardous tree inventory for all County properties.
Pending
3 Lane Earthquake
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Develop and implement projects for highest priority facilities from Earthquake Hazard #3: Complete Rapid Visual Assessments to analyze seismic vulnerability of public facilities.
Pending
3 Lane Multi-Hazards
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Develop education programs aimed at mitigating the risk posed by hazards.
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3 Lane Multi-Hazards
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Develop inter-ties between drinking water systems to allow for backup water supply if one source of drinking water is significantly affected by a natural hazard event.
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3 Lane Earthquake
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Develop inventory of public and commercial buildings that may be particularly vulnerable to earthquake damage.
Pending
3 Lane Winter Storms
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Develop public/private partnership (i.e., public works and arborist society) to educate property owners how to evaluate the health of trees on their property.
Pending
3 Lane Multi-Hazards
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Digitize the existing maps and data concerning hazardous areas within the county.
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3 Lane Earthquake
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Educate homeowners about structural and non-structural retrofitting of vulnerable homes and encourage retrofit.
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3 Lane Other Hazards
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Encourage the Corps of Engineers to complete seismic vulnerability assessments for dams upstream of heavily populated areas in Lane County and to make seismic improvements as necessary.
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3 Lane Multi-Hazards
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Encourage the public to have supplies, emergency kits, and emergency plans in place. Information on developing family emergency plans and kits should be disseminated through several channels - television, radio and mail.
Pending
3 Lane Other Hazards
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Enhance emergency planning, emergency response training and equipment to address hazardous materials incidents.
Pending
3 Lane Other Hazards
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Enhance emergency planning, emergency response training and equipment to address potential terrorism incidents.
Pending
3 Lane Other Hazards
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Ensure that first responders have readily available site-specific knowledge of hazardous chemical inventories in Lane County
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3 Lane Volcanic
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Evaluate capability of water treatment plants to deal with high turbidity from ash falls and upgrade treatment facilities and emergency response plans to deal with ash falls.
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3 Lane Multi-Hazards
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Expand existing special needs population data to include detailed inventory of all at-risk communities (elderly, homeless, disabled, etc.) that are w/out access to transportation and communication and determine mechanisms for alert/ warning & evacuation.
Pending
3 Lane Landslides and Debris Flow
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Expand on DOGAMI provided data to develop inventory of locations where buildings or infrastructure are subject to landslides.
Pending
3 Lane Flood
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Explore the potential for Lane County to participate in the Community Rating System (CRS) of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
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3 Lane Flood
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For locations with repetitive flooding and significant damages or road closures, determine and implement mitigation measures such as upsizing culverts or storm water drainage ditches
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3 Lane Winter Storms
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Identify which critical facilities in Lane County need backup power and emergency operations plans to deal with power outage.
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3 Lane Earthquake
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Implement recommendations listed in OEMs After Action Report dated August 2005 pertaining to the West Coast Tsunami Warning that was issued on June 14, 2005
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3 Lane Other Hazards
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Plot HazMat locations in GIS for first responders.
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3 Lane Other Hazards
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Prepare high resolution maps of dam failure inundation areas and update emergency response plan, including public notification and evacuation routes.
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3 Lane Multi-Hazards
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Provide HAZUS training opportunities for County Staff.
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3 Lane Winter Storms
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Provide information brochures to property owners to encourage tree pruning near service drops
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3 Lane Multi-Hazards
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Review and develop recommendations to the Lane County Board of Commissioners for additions to land use regulations such as the creation of new potential hazard overlay zones or environmental constraint overlays (in addition to the existing flood and wildland-urban interface overlays) such as tsunami inundation areas, steep slope, or debris flow prone areas.
Pending
3 Lane Other Hazards
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Train first responders on alert/warning systems, emergency plan and evacuation routes.
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3 Lane Volcanic
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Update emergency response planning for ash fall events.
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3 Lane Volcanic
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Update public emergency notification procedures for ash fall events
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3 Lane Other Hazards
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Upgrade physical security detection and response capability for critical facilities, including water systems
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3 Lane Volcanic
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Use the high resolution maps developed by U.S. Geological Survey (that model the scenarios of likely mud flow, avalanche debris and lahar paths in the event of an eruption from the South Sister) to assist in updating the emergency response plan, including public notification and evacuation routes.
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3 Lane Landslides and Debris Flow
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Work with the Forest Service to educate landowners on ideas for mitigating the affects of landslides, including establishing evacuation routes.
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3 Lane Winter Storms
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Work with utilities to establish agreed upon standards for all utilities operating in Lane County regarding tree pruning around transmission lines and trunk distribution lines.
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