| Hazard mitigation
is a phrase that describes actions taken
to prevent or reduce the long-term risks to life and property from
hazards. Pre-disaster mitigation actions are taken in advance of a
hazard event and are essential to breaking the typical disaster
cycle of damage, reconstruction, and repeated damage. With careful
selection, mitigation actions can be long-term, cost-effective means
of reducing the risk of loss.
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher
Education has launched a Hazard Mitigation Planning process, also
known as the “Disaster Resistant University” initiative. The
hazard mitigation planning process consists of public involvement
through a series of meetings and participating in a short survey to
help us to understand the public’s knowledge of how our campus is
vulnerable to a variety of hazards, both natural and human-caused.
The Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee
would appreciate if you would take a few minutes to complete the
following “Questionnaire on Hazard Vulnerability” and submit
it to the Disaster Resistant University Project Manager. Please
understand we are seeking opinions from your perspective; there is
not a correct or incorrect response. Should you choose not to
respond to a particular question or area of the survey, please leave
that segment blank. To participate in the plan, enter your
information in the form and click “SUBMIT”; your time and
cooperation with this effort is greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Stephen Helms, DRU Project Manager |