Mitigation Plan for Four New Jersey Counties County Planning Team Kickoff Meeting prepared for:

1. Mitigation Plan for Four New Jersey Counties County Planning Team Kickoff Meeting prepared for: Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties prepared by: Stuart Wallace, LLC May 2014

2. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties Agenda • Introductions • Benefits & Costs of Participation • Hazard Mitigation Planning Overview • Project Overview • Municipal Participation

3. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties Introductions • County Office of Emergency Management • Municipal OED Coordinators • Others? • Stuart Wallace, LLC

4. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties Introductions • Name, Position, Municipality? • Previous Experience in Hazard Mitigation Planning or Implementation?

5. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties Benefits & Costs of Participation

6. Understanding risks to your communities from natural hazards. Identifying and documenting projects to reduce identified risks. Describing an implementation strategy for projects including potential funding sources. Opportunities to lower local flood insurance premiums. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties Benefits of Participation

7. Every $1 spent on Mitigation saves $4 in Recovery* From 1955-2005, mitigation measures prevented 220 deaths and 4,700 injuries* For every eligible $1 “spent” by local communities on FEMA-funded grant projects, the Federal government contributes $3 to $9. Note: For this project, the local share of the project will be covered through “force-account” or “in-kind” services. * Source: The Multihazard Mitigation Council, “Hazard Mitigation Saves,” 2005 an independent review of FEMA mitigation activities Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties Benefits of Participation

8. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties Costs of Not Participating Communities that do not have an approved HMP are not eligible for federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance programs including: • Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) – funds available as a result of a Presidential Disaster Declaration (e.g., Superstorm Sandy) • Annual grant programs including: • Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program (PDM) Funding • Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) Program Funding • Repetitive Flood Loss Funding

9. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties Hazard Mitigation Planning Overview

10. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties What is a “Hazard”? Any natural event that results in loss of life or injury, property damage, or economic disruption.

11. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties What is “Hazard Mitigation”? Any measures undertaken to reduce risks posed by natural hazards on a place and its population.

12. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties What is “Hazard Mitigation”? Hazard mitigation measures can include projects that limit the extent of hazardslike levees, floodwalls, building safe rooms…

13. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties What is “Hazard Mitigation”? … projects that move or protect assetslike acquisition, elevation, or retrofit of buildings…

14. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties What is “Hazard Mitigation”? …regulatory programs like enacting or enforcing building codes, permits, or land use policies…

15. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties What is “Hazard Mitigation”? …training and educational activities for communities and local agencies…

16. Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP): A plan to reduce a community’s risk and exposure to disasters … which is different from an … Emergency Operations Plan(EOP): A plan to guide a community’s response to an emergency or disaster Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties What is a “Hazard Mitigation Plan”?

17. A Hazard Mitigation Plan is typically written before hazard events occur (pre-disaster) Hazard mitigation projects can be implemented either before or after a disaster (pre-disaster or post-disaster). Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties What is a “Hazard Mitigation Plan”?

18. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties How is the Plan Developed? This graphic shows the process recommended by FEMA.

19. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties How is the Plan Developed?

20. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties How is the Plan Developed?

21. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties How is the Plan Developed?

22. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties How is the Plan Developed?

23. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties How is the Plan Developed? The HMP answers two basic questions: • What hazards present the greatest risk to the County and its citizens? • What are the most effective ways to reduce those risks?

24. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties Risk Assessment

25. Risk Assessment Risk is assessed in several ways: Exposure of assets to hazards that occur in predictable areas - such as flood(per FEMA FIRM maps)…

26. Risk Assessment …or a manmade hazard like dam failure…

27. Risk Assessment Patterns of past damages – such as repetitive flooddamage claims under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

28. Risk Assessment …or locations where Public Assistance Grant Program (PA) projects have been identified.

29. Risk Assessment • Exposure to events of predictable magnitudes that can cause building failures – such as such as snow loads from winter storms…

30. Risk Assessment …or earthquakes…

31. Risk Assessment …and high winds

32. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties Hazard Identification The 1st attachment in the briefing materials lists the potential hazards that were identified in the current HMP and high priority hazards that were examined in the risk assessment. This list will be reviewed with each participating municipality in upcoming working sessions.

33. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties Hazard Identification High priority hazards generally included: Dam & Levee Failure Earthquakes Flood High Winds Severe Winter Storms

34. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties Hazard Identification High priority hazards were also identified for specific municipalities included: Coastal Erosion and Storm Surge Wildfire

35. Mitigation Plan for Four NJ Counties Mitigation Project Types

36. Potential Mitigation Projects “Soft” mitigation projects include mitigation activities such as: • building code enforcement • land development regulations • public education • studies and plans, etc.

37. Potential Mitigation Projects “Hard” mitigation projects or “property protection” construction activities: • acquisition / elevation / mitigation reconstruction of structures • retrofits for high wind loads such as installing hurricane shutters • improving drainage, etc.

38. Most cost-effective mitigation measure. Permanently removes vulnerable property from the floodplain. The structure is demolished or relocated and the land is dedicated as open space in perpetuity. Requires willing sellers and communities. Taken from Missouri Buyout Program 2002 Acquisition

39. Raising a structure above the Base Flood Elevation. Building size, structural integrity, and type of foundation must be considered. There are different types of elevation which can be used depending on the structure. Top Picture: A house in Miami in the process of being elevated. Bottom Picture: That same house once completed. Taken from FEMA, Above the Flood, 2000 Elevation

40. Pilot program funded under Disaster Declarations 1603 and 1607 (Hurricanes Katrina and Rita). If acquisition and elevation are not feasible then a structure may be demolished and reconstructed at the same location meeting current construction codes and standards. Mitigation Reconstruction

41. Potential Projects for public buildings, hospitals and health care facilities, utilities, police stations, fire stations, emergency operations center, jails and detention centers, and schools: Install shutters or impact resistant glass on windows. Strengthen the doors. Install hurricane straps and clips to strengthen roof. Bolt walls to foundation. Relocate utility lines underground. Elevate the heating, ventilating and cooling (HVAC) equipment, such as furnace and hot water heater. Hardening or Retrofitting of Critical Facilities

42. Install shutters or impact resistant glass on windows Hardening or Retrofitting of Critical Facilities Roll-Down Shutters Colonial Shutters Accordion Shutters Corrugated Metal Panel Impact Resistant Glass

43. Strengthen the doors. Hardening or Retrofitting of Critical Facilities From Against the Wind

44. Install hurricane straps and clips to strengthen roof. Hardening or Retrofitting of Critical Facilities From Against the Wind From Against the Wind From The Advocate

45. Bolt walls to foundation. Hardening or Retrofitting of Critical Facilities From www.townparkconstruction.com

46. Relocate utility lines underground. Hardening or Retrofitting of Critical Facilities Fallen utility lines after Wilma. From www.galtmile.com

47. Elevate the heating, ventilating and cooling (HVAC) equipment, such as furnace and hot water heater. Hardening or Retrofitting of Critical Facilities From FEMA, Protecting Building Utilities

48. Potential projects for pump stations, water control facilities, water treatment and delivery systems, power generation facilities, sewage collection and treatment facilities: Install backflow valves. Elevate the generators and pumps. Anchor fuel tanks. Eliminate infiltration problems with underground utility systems. Hardening or Retrofitting of Critical Facilities

49. Creating detention/retention ponds and reservoirs. Building floodwalls and diversions. Constructing storm sewers and increasing culvert capacity. Maintenance is not an eligible project. Detention Pond in North Carolina Drainage Improvements A culvert

50. Modifying uninhabited portions of the structure to allow floodwaters to enter without causing significant damage. Materials must be water resistant. Not practical for most slab-on-grade structures with living space near ground level. Does not reduce damage from high velocity floods. Only appropriate in limited situations. Elevated Appliances from www.louisianafloods.org Wet Floodproofing From www.louisianafloods.org