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Atlantic County Multi-Jurisdictional Natural Hazard Mitigation Planning Project

Hazards Mitigation Questionnaire

A regional planning partnership of municipalities, agencies and stakeholders has recently been formed to address natural hazards that may occur in Atlantic County. A steering committee has been selected to oversee this process. In order to identify and plan for future natural disasters, we need assistance from the residents of Atlantic County. This questionnaire is designed to gauge the level of knowledge local citizens have about natural-disaster issues and areas vulnerable in your community to any type of natural disaster. The information you provide will help coordinate activities to reduce the risk of injury or property damage in the future.

This survey consists of 15 questions and will take approximately 5 minutes to complete.

GENERAL HOUSEHOLD INFORMATION

The following requested demographic information will aid the steering committee in determining the hazard mitigation needs of our community. For example, indicating whether you own a house or are a tenant will help determine the needs for both renters and homeowners. The answers provided in this section will be treated as confidential and will be used solely for the preparation of this plan and will not be provided to any other group or interest.

1. Please indicate your age range:

18 to 30 31 to 40 41 to 50 51 to 60 61 or Over

2. Gender: Male Female

3. Please indicate your highest level of education:

Grade school/no schooling	High School Graduate/GED	Some High School
Some College/Trade School	College Degree	Post Graduate degree

4. How long have you lived in Atlantic County?

Less than 1 year 1 to 5 years 6 to 9 years 10 to 19 years 20 years or more

5. Do you own or rent your place of residence? Own Rent No Answer

6. What is your zip code?

7. What is your home address?

NATURAL HAZARD INFORMATION

8. In the past 10 years, which of the following types of natural hazard events have you or someone in your household experienced within Atlantic County and how concerned are you about the following natural hazards impacting Atlantic County? (Please check all that apply)

9. Please rank how prepared you feel you and your household are for the probable impacts of natural hazard events likely to occur within Atlantic County. Rank on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 representing the most prepared.

1	2	3	4	5
Not Prepared				Most Prepared

10. Why do you think you are prepared for the probable impacts from natural hazard events that may occur within Atlantic County? (Please check all that apply)

Emergency preparedness information from a government source (e.g., federal, state, or local emergency management)

Locally provided news or other media information

Schools and other academic institutions

Attended meetings that have dealt with disaster preparedness

Other:

11. Information on the impacts of and how to prepare for a natural disaster can be disseminated to the public in various ways. Of the methods described below, please identify the top three ways which would be MOST EFFICTIVE in helping you make your home safer and better able to withstand the impact of natural hazard events. (Note: Only the first three answers will be recorded.)

Printed Media
Newspaper - Press of Atlantic City
Newspaper - Current
Newspaper - Record Journal
Newspaper - Other
Telephone Book
Information Brochures

Public Forums
Public Meetings
Workshops
Schools

Television
TV Advertisements
TV News

Radio
Radio Advertisements
Radio News

Other Methods
Public Awareness timeframe (i.e. Flood Awareness Week, Winter Strom Preparedness Month)
Outdoor Advertisements
Fire Department/EMS Agency
Church
Public Library
Internet
Academic Institutions
Books
Chamber of Commerce

12. To the best of your knowledge, is your property located in a designated floodplain? Yes No

13. Do you have flood insurance? Yes No

14. Do you or did you have problems getting homeowners insurance? Yes No

NATURAL HAZARD MITIGATION
The term mitigation means to make something become less harsh or severe, to alleviate. Mitigation activities are those types of actions you can take to protect your home and property from natural hazard events such as floods, severe storms and excessive temperatures. Atlantic County is preparing an All-Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan to formulate and document mitigation strategies that will aid our community in protecting life and property from the impacts of future natural disasters.

15. If your property were located in a designated “high hazard” area, or had received repeated damages from a natural hazard event, would you consider a ”buyout”, elevation of the structure, or relocation offered by a public agency?
Yes No

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