Hazard Mitigation Plan

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Thank you for your interest in the city's Hazard Mitigation Plan. This online open house closed November 6, 2024. Our next online open house will be available April 17 to May 1. For more information on the plan, visit BellevueWA.gov/hmp.

The steps of emergency management are shown in a circle: disaster, response, recovery, mitigation, prevention, preparedness.

The City of Bellevue started work earlier this summer on our first ever comprehensive Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP). This plan will help us identify areas in Bellevue that are vulnerable to natural hazards, assess risks and formulate actions to reduce or eliminate the impacts of these hazards. Natural hazards include droughts, earthquakes, severe weather and floods. Having a completed HMP helps reduce the cost of disaster response and recovery, allows the city to apply for federal and state grants which can help fund mitigation measures, and keeps people who live, work, play and study in Bellevue safe.

This online open house is the next step in preparing our HMP. The information you share will help us learn more about the community's concerns so we can tailor the plan to address the specific needs of Bellevue. It will also help us identify actions we can take to make our community safer. There are three ways for you to share feedback with us, available in the tabs below.

  • A short survey including questions on your past experience with natural hazards and how prepared you feel for a natural hazard
  • A mapping exercise where you can place a pin on areas you’re concerned about
  • A space to ask questions.

What is hazard mitigation?

Hazard mitigation is a crucial part of emergency management. Mitigation is the act of reducing or avoiding the impacts of disasters, including risk to life and property. Mitigation can keep natural hazards from having catastrophic impacts, which helps communities recover more quickly after a disaster occurs. Some examples of mitigation strategies include seismic retrofit of buildings and bridges, redundancy of water systems and fuel systems, and tree planting to reduce heat in urban areas.

A hazard mitigation plan forms the foundation of a community’s long-term strategy to reduce losses caused by disasters and break the cycle of damage and reconstruction. Through the process of creating this plan, the city will identify hazards, assess risks and develop mitigation strategies.

The City of Bellevue started work earlier this summer on our first ever comprehensive Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP). This plan will help us identify areas in Bellevue that are vulnerable to natural hazards, assess risks and formulate actions to reduce or eliminate the impacts of these hazards. Natural hazards include droughts, earthquakes, severe weather and floods. Having a completed HMP helps reduce the cost of disaster response and recovery, allows the city to apply for federal and state grants which can help fund mitigation measures, and keeps people who live, work, play and study in Bellevue safe.

This online open house is the next step in preparing our HMP. The information you share will help us learn more about the community's concerns so we can tailor the plan to address the specific needs of Bellevue. It will also help us identify actions we can take to make our community safer. There are three ways for you to share feedback with us, available in the tabs below.

  • A short survey including questions on your past experience with natural hazards and how prepared you feel for a natural hazard
  • A mapping exercise where you can place a pin on areas you’re concerned about
  • A space to ask questions.

What is hazard mitigation?

Hazard mitigation is a crucial part of emergency management. Mitigation is the act of reducing or avoiding the impacts of disasters, including risk to life and property. Mitigation can keep natural hazards from having catastrophic impacts, which helps communities recover more quickly after a disaster occurs. Some examples of mitigation strategies include seismic retrofit of buildings and bridges, redundancy of water systems and fuel systems, and tree planting to reduce heat in urban areas.

A hazard mitigation plan forms the foundation of a community’s long-term strategy to reduce losses caused by disasters and break the cycle of damage and reconstruction. Through the process of creating this plan, the city will identify hazards, assess risks and develop mitigation strategies.

Thank you for your interest in the city's Hazard Mitigation Plan. This online open house closed November 6, 2024. Our next online open house will be available April 17 to May 1. For more information on the plan, visit BellevueWA.gov/hmp.

Do you have questions about the Hazard Mitigation Plan? Let us know here and someone will respond with the answer.

  • Share Is there a way to break down the severe weather category? (High straight-line wind, tornado, solar weather causation, freeze/frost event, snow event). In texas, in 2022, they experienced all of thses on a statewide level. 2. Can there be an interface with other Hazard Mitigation Planners? The whole State of Texas has many reports regarding what happened that began with surviving weather, then access to urgent care, firefighting support, WATER, instant hot residential units had to be replaced by the tens of thousands. At my last check the state was still tallying deaths. The state of texas ran out of fuel. Family near Denton, Texas could not drive far enough in any direction to get away from the weather event--unless a refueling source was guarenteed, they risked running out of fuel in below zero conditions. on Facebook Share Is there a way to break down the severe weather category? (High straight-line wind, tornado, solar weather causation, freeze/frost event, snow event). In texas, in 2022, they experienced all of thses on a statewide level. 2. Can there be an interface with other Hazard Mitigation Planners? The whole State of Texas has many reports regarding what happened that began with surviving weather, then access to urgent care, firefighting support, WATER, instant hot residential units had to be replaced by the tens of thousands. At my last check the state was still tallying deaths. The state of texas ran out of fuel. Family near Denton, Texas could not drive far enough in any direction to get away from the weather event--unless a refueling source was guarenteed, they risked running out of fuel in below zero conditions. on X (formerly Twitter) Share Is there a way to break down the severe weather category? (High straight-line wind, tornado, solar weather causation, freeze/frost event, snow event). In texas, in 2022, they experienced all of thses on a statewide level. 2. Can there be an interface with other Hazard Mitigation Planners? The whole State of Texas has many reports regarding what happened that began with surviving weather, then access to urgent care, firefighting support, WATER, instant hot residential units had to be replaced by the tens of thousands. At my last check the state was still tallying deaths. The state of texas ran out of fuel. Family near Denton, Texas could not drive far enough in any direction to get away from the weather event--unless a refueling source was guarenteed, they risked running out of fuel in below zero conditions. on Linkedin Email Is there a way to break down the severe weather category? (High straight-line wind, tornado, solar weather causation, freeze/frost event, snow event). In texas, in 2022, they experienced all of thses on a statewide level. 2. Can there be an interface with other Hazard Mitigation Planners? The whole State of Texas has many reports regarding what happened that began with surviving weather, then access to urgent care, firefighting support, WATER, instant hot residential units had to be replaced by the tens of thousands. At my last check the state was still tallying deaths. The state of texas ran out of fuel. Family near Denton, Texas could not drive far enough in any direction to get away from the weather event--unless a refueling source was guarenteed, they risked running out of fuel in below zero conditions. link

    Is there a way to break down the severe weather category? (High straight-line wind, tornado, solar weather causation, freeze/frost event, snow event). In texas, in 2022, they experienced all of thses on a statewide level. 2. Can there be an interface with other Hazard Mitigation Planners? The whole State of Texas has many reports regarding what happened that began with surviving weather, then access to urgent care, firefighting support, WATER, instant hot residential units had to be replaced by the tens of thousands. At my last check the state was still tallying deaths. The state of texas ran out of fuel. Family near Denton, Texas could not drive far enough in any direction to get away from the weather event--unless a refueling source was guarenteed, they risked running out of fuel in below zero conditions.

    C4Sdhs asked almost 2 years ago

    Thank you for reaching out about this. We are limited in the hazards we can incorporate and are not able to break down the severe weather category into more detailed subcategories. However if you would like to include your breakdown in the comment section we will definitely review that data and take it into account while building the risk assessment.

    We appreciate you highlighting the resources provided from Texas. In emergency management we are always seeking to learn from other jurisdictions’ experiences during emergencies and definitely will be reaching out to other hazard mitigation planners throughout this process to make sure those lessons learned are incorporated into our planning efforts.

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    What preparations can residents do for cyberattacks on utility and other infrastructure? What is the city doing? What are the risks?

    Er555 asked almost 2 years ago

    Thank you for reaching out about this, we appreciate it. The focus of this plan is specifically on mitigation for natural hazards. However, we recognize that cyberattacks and other threats are a growing concern for our community members. We do provide some guidance on steps you can take to prepare for an internet outage and/or cyber attack on the Office of Emergency Management’s website here. The city also takes this threat seriously and is always working on establishing redundant systems and back-up plans to ensure that there is redundancy for our major infrastructure systems.