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Increasing Life Safety Before A Natural Disaster Strikes Survey
The (ABC School District) is participating in a pilot project with the Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction (OSPI) to create a Hazard Mitigation Plan for our school district as part of the first statewide K–12 Facilities Hazard Mitigation Plan. Hazard mitigation pertains to measures that can be taken to reduce risks from natural disasters. Risk is defined as threats to buildings, infrastructure, and people that can result in damage, disruption of school functions, and death or injuries to students, staff, and volunteers.
There are 9 natural hazards in Washington State that could result in a natural disaster, including Avalanches, Droughts, Earthquakes, Floods, Landslides, Severe Weather Events (wind, snow, ice storms), Tsunamis, Volcanic Events (including lahars which are volcanic mud flows), and Wildland/Urban Interface Fires.
The purposes of our Hazard Mitigation Plan include:
- Collecting the most recent data regarding earthquakes, floods, tsunamis and other natural hazards that could pose a risk to our District’s schools, facilities, and people. (List only those hazards applicable to your district.)
- Identifying which facilities within our District are at greatest risk from one or more natural hazards and prioritizing actions that can reduce those risks.
- Being eligible to obtain FEMA mitigation grant funding to help pay for mitigation projects that will eliminate or reduce the greatest risks to our District’s K–12 facilities from natural hazards.
Risks to schools from natural hazards simply mean threats to school buildings, infrastructure, and the students, staff, volunteers, and contractors in our schools. The level of risk from natural hazards depends on the combination of three factors:
- The frequency and severity of natural hazard events such as floods or earthquakes,
- The vulnerability of school facilities to damage from natural hazard events, and
- The level of life safety risk to students, staff, volunteers, and contractors.
This survey is designed to assist our District in developing a Hazard Mitigation Plan by identifying the concerns and preferences of our parents, teachers, other ABC School District personnel, and other members of the public for reducing risks from natural hazards to our District’s schools, facilities, and people.
Please take a few minutes to complete this survey. We appreciate your participation.
Signed,
Superintendent or Principal
1. If a natural disaster were to happen in our community that affected K–12 school facilities, I would be most concerned about (choose one):
⃝Disruption of schools: school closures or necessity to relocate to alternate sites because of natural hazard events.
⃝Damage to school facilities and other economic losses, such as loss of school revenues from lost school days from natural hazard events.
⃝Deaths and injuries from natural hazard events affecting schools.
⃝Other (please specify) ______
2. What level of concern do you have regarding the following types of natural hazard disaster situations that could affect schools, facilities, and people within our school district?
Very Low / Low / Moderate / High / Very HighVery frequent events (e.g., winter storms several times a year) that disrupt transportation to/from schools, result in school closures, and may cause minor damage to facilities, but pose very little risk of death or injury (choose one). / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝
Relatively frequent events (e.g., floods every few years) that may result in $500,000 in damages, but no deaths or injuries (choose one). / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝
Relatively infrequent events (e.g., major floods every 10 years or more) that may result in $5,000,000 in damages, but no deaths or injuries (choose one). / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝
Relatively infrequent events (e.g., moderate-sized earthquake every 50 years) that would result in one death (choose one). / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝
Relatively infrequent events (e.g., large earthquake every 100 years) that would result in 10 deaths (choose one). / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝
Very infrequent events (e.g., a great earthquake every 1,000 years) that would result in 200 deaths (choose one). / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝
3. What do you believe is the level of threat to K–12 schools, facilities, and people in our school district from the following hazards? (Include only those hazards applicable to your district.)
Very Low / Low / Moderate / High / Very HighAvalanches (choose one) / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝
Drought (choose one) / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝
Earthquakes (choose one) / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝
Floods (choose one) / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝
Landslides (choose one) / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝
Severe Weather (wind, snow, ice storms) (choose one) / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝
Tsunamis (choose one) / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝
Volcanic Events (including lahars, which are volcanic mud flows) (choose one) / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝
Wildland/Urban Interface Fires (choose one) / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝
4. Given that school districts have limited financial resources, how would you rate the importance of the following goals for addressing the risks to K–12 schools from natural hazards?
Not Important / Low / Moderate / High / Very ImportantReduce the potential for disruption of academic programs by schools being closed for disaster repairs; with students relocated to other schools (choose one). / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝
Reduce the potential for disruption of before- and after-school activities by schools being closed for disaster repairs; with students relocated to other schools (choose one). / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝
Reduce the potential for property damage to school facilities from natural disasters (choose one). / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝
Reduce the potential for deaths and injuries of students and staff in schools during a natural disaster (choose one). / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝
5. Risk Reduction Strategies. Please tell us about your level of support regarding the following strategies related to reducing risks to schools from natural disasters:
Not Important / Low / Moderate / High / Very ImportantMore resources should be available to help school districts implement risk reduction measures for schools that are at high risk from natural hazards (choose one). / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝
Washington State should be more proactive in helping districts identify schools that are at high risk from natural hazards (choose one). / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝
New schools should not be built in areas that are at high risk from natural hazards (choose one). / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝ / ⃝
6. Are there other Risk Reduction Strategies you feel would be helpful to K–12 schools within our school district?
⃝Yes
⃝No
If Yes, what do you suggest?
Demographic Information
The following questions will help us to better understand the information we get from this survey.
7. Survey Participants. Please identify the group that best describes your interest in this project (choose one).
⃝Interested Citizen
⃝Parent
⃝Teacher
⃝Other School District Personnel
⃝School District Contractor
⃝Agency or Organization Staff (not a school district)
8. If you work for an educational Agency/Organization that is not this District, please provide us with the name of your organization.
______
9. Optional: If you work for an educational Agency/Organization that is not this District, please provide us with contact information for your Agency/Organization.
Contact Name ______
Position ______
Phone______
Email______
Thank you for taking the time to respond to the ABC District’s hazard mitigation planning survey!
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