All-Hazard Mitigation Plan - Update May 2024

The Kenai Peninsula Borough is updating the 2019 Hazard Mitigation Plan. We are seeking your input in the plan development process. The updated plan will help the Borough apply for future funding to support projects that will reduce hazard risk in the region and support related projects in your community.

Action Requested: The planning team would like your input in identifying the natural hazards in your area that may affect roads, bridges, buildings, neighborhoods or even gathering areas. Your input is critical to developing effective mitigation strategies and planning future development projects that may reduce losses and damage from:

  •          Flooding and Erosion
  •          Wildfires
  •          Earthquakes
  •          Severe Weather

  •          Tsunamis/Seiches
  •          Volcanoes
  •          Avalanches/Landslides
  •          Human-Caused Hazards

For more information and meeting schedule on this project or to complete the survey, visit the STORY MAP https://hazard-mitigation-plan-kpb.hub.arcgis.com/. 

The story map (an interactive project website designed to tell a story with maps) will also be a primary, two-way communication tool to provide additional information and to gather survey input about the project. NOTE: The public will be invited to provide feedback on the Draft Plan, which can also be accessed with this link when the plan is available.

For more infomation, you may also contact:

Mary Toll, OEM Project Manager                      Joe Rolfzen, Project Consultant, Kuna Engineering
Phone: 907-714-2686                                       Phone: 907-339-6500                                       
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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.

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.

 

2019 All-Hazard Mitigation Plan Update

 

Entire 2019 Hazard Mitigation Plan

Table of Contents
  Executive Summary
Section 1.0  Introduction
Section 2.0 Flood and Coastal Erosion
Section 3.0  Wildfires
Section 4.0 Earthquakes
Section 5.0 Weather
Section 6.0 Tsunamis and Seiches
Section 7.0 Volcanoes
Section 8.0 Avalanches
Section 9.0 Human-Caused Hazards
   
Annex A City of Homer All-Hazard Mitigation Plan
Annex B City of Kachemak All-Hazard Mitigation Plan
Annex C  City of Kenai All-Hazard Mitigation Plan
Annex D City of Seldovia All-Hazard Mitigation Plan
Annex E City of Seward All-Hazard Mitigation Plan
Annex F City of Soldotna All-Hazard Mitigation Plan
Annex G Port Graham Village Flood Mitigation Plan
Annex H All Lands All Hands Action Plan
Annex I Seward Bear Creek Flood Service Area Hazard Mitigation Plan
   
Appendix A  Glossary of Terms
Appendix B List of Acronyms
Appendix C List of Tables
Appendix D Changes to Plan for 2019 Update
Appendix E Completed FEMA Plan Review Tool
Appendix F Plan Adoption Documentation
Appendix G How to Determine Cost-Effectiveness of Mitigation Projects (State Plan) 
Appendix H Planning and Public Outreach Documentation
   

All-Hazard Mitigation Plan Update

Public Opinion Survey