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Anoka County 2019 Multi-Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan 73 3BSECTION 4: HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT 27B4.1 Overview Anoka County and its communities are vulnerable to a wide array of natural and manmade hazards that threaten life and property. The Hazard Identification section provides background information for these hazards from a broad perspective. It is important that all of these hazards be initially considered for relevance in advancing through the hazard mitigation planning process. Subsequent sections of the Plan—the Hazard Analysis and the Vulnerability Assessment—address the hazards of specific concern to Anoka County in greater detail from a localized perspective. 28B4.2 Hazard Identification The Anoka County Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee re-considered and re-evaluated all hazards in terms of their potential risk to Anoka County and participating municipalities that were included in the 2013 plan. The State of Minnesota Hazard Mitigation Plan identifies Blizzards and Ice Storms individually. For the purpose of this mitigation plan those hazards are combined under Winter Weather. In addition, Lightning, Windstorm and Hailstorm were individually identified. As those hazards are almost always encountered during thunderstorms, they are combined under the Thunderstorm category. Infectious disease is a category that was re-categorized under Epidemics/Pandemics, which also includes Vectors. Water contamination is categorized under public utilities and radiological is categorized under Hazardous Materials. Depicted in the table below is a comprehensive, listing of specific hazards that are identified by FEMA, the State of Minnesota Hazard Mitigation Plan and Anoka County as hazards that may potentially threaten Anoka County and its municipalities. It is followed by brief definitions or descriptions of each hazard. During the current update for the Hazard Mitigation Plan, the Manmade Hazard of Illegal Methamphetamine Labs was reviewed. During the previous five years there have been no reported Illegal Methamphetamine Labs found in Anoka County. This item has been replaced with Active Violence / Active Shooter due to the increased number of incidents occurring across the United States and in increase in awareness of Active Violence / Active Shooter events and the need to have response plans in place for these types of incidents. Multi-hazard Requirement §201.6(c)(2)(i): [The risk assessment shall include a] description of the type of all natural hazards that can affect the jurisdiction. A. Does the plan include a description of the types of all natural hazards that affect the jurisdiction? If the hazard identification omits (without explanation) any hazards commonly recognized as threats to the jurisdiction, this part of the plan cannot receive a Satisfactory score. Consult with the State Hazard Mitigation Officer to identify applicable hazards that may occur in the planning area.