Section 5 - Mutual Aid / Agreements Summary Any Mutual Aid agreements, Master Agreements or ongoing Delegations of Authorities should be entered. Specific Mutual Aid questions related to POETE will be asked in the Community Preparedness Report (CPR). Step 2 Identify Threats or Hazards of Concern Alaskan communities face a variety of threats and hazards from natural, technological, or human-caused incidents. Table 3 provides examples of the types of threats and hazards. Natural hazards are those resulting from acts of nature Technological hazards are those resulting from accidents or the failures of systems and structures Threats or human-caused incidents are those resulting from the intentional actions of an adversary The focus in this step is on deciding what should be on the list. For example, a coastal jurisdiction in Southeast Alaska might include a tsunami while an inland jurisdiction that would not be directly impacted would not. The jurisdiction should select the hazard that will have the highest impact to the community. Table 3: Hazard Categories Natural Technological Human-Caused Involves accidents or the failures of Caused by the intentional actions of Resulting from acts of nature. systems and structures. an adversary. Avalanche Airplane Crash Disturbance Earthquake Dam/Levee Failure Cyber Incidents Flood Hazardous Materials Sabotage Landslide Release School Violence Tsunami Power Failure Terrorist Acts Volcanic eruption Radiological Release Wildfire Derailment Winter Disease outbreak Epidemic Jurisdictions should consider threats and hazards that in a neighboring community. For example, an industrial accident at a chemical plant in one community could impact communities downwind of where the accident occurred.
Section 5 - Mutual Aid / Agreements Summary Any Mutual Aid agreements, Master Agreements or ongoing Delegations of Authorities should be entered. Specific Mutual Aid questions related to POETE will be asked in the Community Preparedness Report (CPR). Step 2 Identify Threats or Hazards of Concern Alaskan communities face a variety of threats and hazards from natural, technological, or human-caused incidents. Table 3 provides examples of the types of threats and hazards. Natural hazards are those resulting from acts of nature Technological hazards are those resulting from accidents or the failures of systems and structures Threats or human-caused incidents are those resulting from the intentional actions of an adversary The focus in this step is on deciding what should be on the list. For example, a coastal jurisdiction in Southeast Alaska might include a tsunami while an inland jurisdiction that would not be directly impacted would not. The jurisdiction should select the hazard that will have the highest impact to the community. Table 3: Hazard Categories Natural Technological Human-Caused Resulting from acts of nature. Involves accidents or the failures of systems and structures. Caused by the intentional actions of an adversary. Avalanche Earthquake Flood Landslide Tsunami Volcanic eruption Wildfire Winter Disease outbreak Epidemic Airplane Crash Dam/Levee Failure Hazardous Materials Release Power Failure Radiological Release Derailment Disturbance Cyber Incidents Sabotage School Violence Terrorist Acts Jurisdictions should consider threats and hazards that in a neighboring community. For example, an industrial accident at a chemical plant in one community could impact communities downwind of where the accident occurred.
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