If elected/appointed officials and citizens lack knowledge about hazards and risk, find opportunities to share: (check all that apply)

Hazard Mitigation Test

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10. If elected/appointed officials and citizens lack knowledge about hazards and risk, find opportunities to share: (check all that apply)

checked --- Disaster statistics and public safety impacts of disasters, particularly the last hazard event to affect the community.
High costs of hazard mitigation planning.
checked ---- Economic costs of hazard events and benefits of hazard mitigation.
checked ---- Hazard mitigation success stories.

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Other Interview Questions

• Notices to residents of a hazard-prone area and displays of mitigation techniques are examples of hazard mitigation actions in the __ category.
• Floodproofing and acquisition are examples of hazard mitigation action in the __ category.
• Floodproofing and acquisition are examples of hazard mitigation action in the __ category.
• The _____ provides direction for the community’s efforts to reduce the potential losses identified in the risk assessment.
• It is important that __ be measurable so you will know when you have successfully implemented the mitigation strategy.
• __ is the loss estimation software program that is useful in predicting the physical, economic, and social impacts of various hazard events.
• The __ may make available additional disaster loan amounts, up to 20 percent, to help pay for hazard mitigation actions.
• One example of a local government responsibility under the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 is:
• The __ Act authorizes the President to declare that a major disaster or emergency exists.
• Hazard mitigation planning efforts will be more successful if the team has official ________ to develop and implement a hazard mitigation plan.
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