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<br />Ramsey County | Multi-Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan 34 <br />3. Risk Assessment <br />3.1 Risk Assessment <br />A risk assessment is the process of measuring the potential loss of life, personal injury, and economic <br />and property damage resulting from identified hazards. It allows planning personnel to address and <br />reduce hazard impacts and emergency management personnel to establish early response priorities by <br />identifying potential hazards and vulnerable assets. Results of the risk assessment are used to inform <br />mitigation planning processes, including determining and prioritizing mitigation actions that reduce a <br />community’s risk to a specified hazard. Past, present, and future conditions must be evaluated to assess <br />risk most accurately for each jurisdiction. The Ramsey County risk assessment includes the following: <br />• Identification of hazards of concern that impact Ramsey County <br />• Methodology and tools used to conduct the risk assessment <br />• Hazard ranking <br />• Hazards of concern profiles and vulnerability assessment <br />3.2 Hazard Summary <br />3.2.1 IDENTIFICATION OF HAZARDS <br />Ramsey County considered a full range of natural hazards that could impact the planning area. Hazard <br />identification began with a review of the hazards assessed in the 2019 Ramsey County plan, the City of <br />Saint Paul Hazard Mitigation Plan, and the State of Minnesota Hazard Mitigation Plan. A total of eight <br />natural hazards and three human-caused hazards of concern were identified as significant hazards <br />affecting the entire planning area, to be addressed in this plan: <br />• Dam/Levee Failure <br />• Drought <br />• Floods <br />• Geologic Hazards <br />• Hazardous Materials <br />• Summer Weather Hazards <br />• Tornado and Windstorm <br />• Winter Weather Hazards <br />• Human-Caused Hazards <br />• Infrastructure Failure <br />3.2.2 RAMSEY COUNTY DISASTER DECLARATIONS <br />Table 10 lists FEMA declarations in Ramsey County.