Emergency Management

	Cover
	Inside Cover
	How to Use This Volume, Table of Contents, Glossary
Section 1	Emergency Operations Center
Section 2	Data Collection Management
Section 3	Command Section
Section 4	Operations Section
Section 5	Planning Section
Section 6	Logistics Section
Section 7	Finance Section
Section 8	Community Services Section
Section 9	Incident Action Plan
Section 10	Resource Ordering Process
Section 11	ICS Forms
Section 12	Organizing for Special Incidents

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	Entire Plan (large file)
Section 1	Background and Overview
Section 2	Plan Activation and Disaster Declaration
Section 3	Response Actions
Section 4	Alert, Warning and Evacuation
Section 5	Incident Management Team
Section 6	Emergency Operations Center
Section 7	Incident Communications
Section 8	Resource Management
Section 9	Sheltering and Feeding
Section 10	Organizing for Special Incidents
Section 11	Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents
Section 12	Disaster Recovery
Section 13	Whole Community and Mass Care
Section 14	Pandemic


Annex 1	Evacuation Plan
Annex 2	Sheltering Plan
Annex 3	Special Needs Plan
Annex 4	Pet Sheltering Plan
Annex 5	Avalanche Plan
Anenx 6	Earthquake Plan
Annex 7	Tsunami Plan
Annex 8	Volcano Plan
Annex 9	Armed Intruder
Annex 10	Call Center
Annex 11	Alluvial Flooding
Annex 12	Joint Information System

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.

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

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 Kenai Peninsula Borough, in cooperation with FEMA and the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, has completed installation of a new all hazard warning siren system in Homer, Seward, Nanwalek, Port Graham and Seldovia. See map

The new sirens are intended primarily for coastal tsunami warning, but have the ability to provide warnings for other hazards including floods, windstorms, lost children and volcanic activity.

Each siren tone will be followed by a pre-recorded voice message identifying the emergency and advising residents to tune to local radio for further information. 911 Dispatch centers in Seward, Homer and Soldotna also have the ability to broadcast a live voice message or type in a current message that would be translated to voice for broadcast over the sirens.

The sirens are tested the first Wednesday of each month at approximately 1 p.m., and the siren at the Seward Fire Department is activated daily at noon.

Listen to the voice messages and the siren tones

Voice Messages	Siren Tones
Amber Alert	Noon Whistle
Evacuate Immediately	Steady Siren - 30 seconds
High Wind Warning	Steady Siren - 180 seconds
Shelter in Place	Westminster Chimes - 10 seconds
Test Message
Tsunami Warning
Volcano Warning

November 2018	Cook Inlet Earthquake*
October 2018	Fall Flooding - Seward*
June 2015	Card Street Wildfire, Stetson Creek and Juneau Lake Wildfires
May 2014	Funny River Wildfire
October 2013	Kalifornsky Beach Flooding*
September 2012	Severe Storm, Winds, Flooding and Landslides*
November 2011	Severe Storm*
July 2009	Shanta Creek Fire
May 2009	Mile 17 East End Road Fire
March - October 2009	Redoubt Volcano Eruptions
June - July 2007	Caribou Hills Fire
January 2007	Kenai River Flooding & Ice Jams*
October 2006	Seward Flooding*
February 2006	Seward Severe Winter Storm & Avalanches*
February 2006	Seabulk Pride Tanker Grounding
December 2005 - 2006	Augustine Volcano Eruptions
June - July 2005	King County Creek Fire
July 2005	Fox Creek & Irish Channel Fires
April - May 2004	Tracy Avenue Fire
August 2004	Glacier Creek Fire
March 2003	Winter Storm*
October - November 2002	Severe Winter Weather & Flooding*
June - July 2001	Kenai Lake, Mystery Hills & Thurman Fires
February 2000	Gulf Coast Storm & Avalanche*
December 1999	Seldovia Fuel Spill
August 1999	Unocal Explosion
June 1999	Mansfield-Hutler Road Fire
July 1998	Icicle Seafood Cannery Fire
January 1998	Port Graham Cannery Fire
December 1997	Soldotna Ice Jam Flooding
September 1997	Ninilchik Sulfur Spill
July 1997	Kasilof Fires
1996	Illiamna Volcano Eruptions & Earthquakes
August 1996	Snow River Glacier Flooding
June 1996	Crooked Creek Fire
May 1996	Hidden Creek & Voznesenka Village Fires
September 1995	Kenai River & Seward Flooding*
April 1994	Halliburton Explosion
December 1992	Kenai River & Anchor River Ice Jam Flooding
1992	Mt. Spurr Volcano Eruptions
January 1992	City of Soldotna Chlorine Release
May - June 1991	Pothole Lake Fire
December 1990	Kenai River Ice Jam Flooding
1989 - 1990	Seward Flooding
1989 - 1990	Redoubt Volcano Eruptions
April 1989	Exxon Valdez Oil Spill*
January 1989	Extreme Cold
Fall 1986	Seward Flooding*
April 1986	Crown Point Hazmat Spill*
	*Disaster Declaration

The Kenai Peninsula Borough (KPB) Office of Emergency Management (OEM) was established by ordinance for coordination of disaster management between the Borough, the State of Alaska, other municipalities, and response and recovery organizations. The OEM also provides administrative support to the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC).

The KPB has experienced earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, avalanches, floods, tsunami, fires and winter storms. Brochures, fact sheets and checklists are available from the links on the left or by contacting our office. We hope you will familiarize yourself with emergency preparedness.

The KPB OEM has the primary responsibility for disaster management programs and activities. The overall objectives for OEM are disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery to all disaster incidents, whether natural or man-made. The KPB is an active location for natural disasters.

The Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) is made up of Borough citizens from all walks of life including industry, local government, police and fire representatives, and others concerned about emergency preparedness at all levels.

The OEM works in conjunction with the LEPC to keep the KPB Emergency Response Plan as a working document which provides a system to manage the preparation for, mitigation of, response to, and recovery from disaster emergencies.

The KPB, in cooperation with FEMA and the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, has completed installation of a all hazard warning siren system in Homer, Seward, Nanwalek, Port Graham and Seldovia.

The KPB was the first government in the State of Alaska to offer the Community Alert Network (CAN), which was a computerized phone system to warn residents of important information. With newer mobility technology, this system has been replaced with KPB Alerts. Residents should register their cell phone to associate it with a location for alerting.

The OEM prepares and distributes emergency preparedness information to the public, informing them how to prepare for emergencies and the suitable actions that should be followed after emergency situations.

Kenai Peninsula Borough Office of Emergency Management
Emergency Response Center
253 Wilson Lane, Soldotna, AK 99669
907-262-4910 Office 907-714-2395 Fax
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