Sections
  Table of Contents
  Executive Summary
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Flood and Coastal Erosion
3.0 Wildfires
4.0 Earthquakes
5.0 Weather
6.0 Tsunamis and Seiches
7.0 Volcanoes
8.0 Snow Avalanches
9.0 Human-Caused Hazards
   
Annexes
A City of Homer All-Hazard Mitigation Plan
B City of Kachemak All-Hazard Mitigation Plan
C City of Kenai All-Hazrd Mitigation Plan
D City of Seldovia All-Hazard Mitigation Plan
E City of Seward All-Hazard Mitigation Plan
F City of Soldotna All-Hazard Mitigation Plan
G Port Graham Village Flood Mitigation Plan
H All Lands / All Hands Action Plan
I Seward Bear Creek Flood Service Area Flood Mitigation Plan
   
Appendices 
A Literature Cited 
B Public Participation PRocess
C Glossary of Terms
D List of Acronyms
E KPB OEM Hazard Analysis Method
F Snow and Skilak Glacier-Damned Lake Information
G Completed FEMA Crosswalk
H Plan Contributors
I Flood Forecasting and Stream Gage Program
J State Project Prioritization and FEMA Cost Benefit Analysis
K Plan Adoption Documentation
L Plan Modifications from 2004 AHMP
M Incorporations of the AHMP into other plans
N Revisions to 2004 AHMP

 

 

Project Details

Hazard Mitigation vs. Emergency Response. Emergency response typically involves well-practiced, coordinated efforts to save lives and property following a disaster. Hazard mitigation is intended to reduce community and individual vulnerability to, as well as the economic and emotional costs of, hazards before they occur. Ideally, communities have both types of plans in place.
Background. The KPB has worked with Peninsula cities to develop the final draft of a multi-jurisdictional mitigation plan. 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) made funding available to examine pre-disaster hazard mitigation in the United States. Alaska engaged in this effort at the city, borough and state-wide levels. Information gathered from the incorporated cities within borough boundaries has been incorporated into the KPB and the State of Alaska mitigation strategies. The plan will be evaluated and updated every five years or within one year of a disaster event that significantly affects the KPB community.