The Region 5 Hazard Mitigation Plan is broken down into the following sections. The Plan was submitted to Washington State Emergency Management Division and then to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for review in mid-April of 2008. All documentation was accepted and approved in November, 2008. This is a multi-jurisdictional plan encompassing 48 jurisdictions in the County. The Base Plan can be viewed by clicking on the links below:

Table of Contents and Introduction
Executive Summary
Section 1 - Process
Section 2 - Profile
Section 3 - Capability Identification
Section 4 - Risk Assessment

The Risk Assessment portrays the risks identified in the County, and is divided by natural hazard type. In Pierce County, there are two main categories of hazards identified. The following shows those types and a list of each hazard in that category.

Geological Hazards

• Avalanche
• Earthquake
• Landslide
• Tsunami
• Volcano

Meteorological Hazards

• Climate
• Drought
• Flood
• Severe Weather
• Wildland Urban Interface Fires

Section 5 - Mitigation Strategy
Section 6 - Infrastructure
Section 7 - Plan Maintenance

Addenda

For coordination purposes the jurisdictions have been grouped into the following four working groups.

City and Town Group
Fire Group
School Group
Utility Group

Appendix

Acronym List

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