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Eugene -Springfield Area Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan <br />1. Mitigation Planning <br />1.4.6 Crucial Sectors <br />During the development of the 2014 Vulnerability Assessment6 the assessment <br />team identified a unique culture of collaboration and information sharing within <br />our community. They also identified three sectors fundamental to the <br />maintenance, and restoration of all other sectors; electricity, fossil fuels, and <br />transportation. <br />In addition to assessing the impacts of natural hazards on these sectors, the 2014 <br />Vulnerability Assessment Team investigated the impact of climate change and <br />fossil fuel dependency on the sectors' ability to mitigate, respond to, and recover <br />from natural disasters. <br />Refer to Section 4 — Risk and Vulnerability, for more information about the risk <br />and vulnerability process used to develop this plan. <br />1.5 Summary of Risk (2020) <br />Table 1-1 represents the Risk Assessment Matrix adopted by NHMP Update <br />Committee for the 2020 NHMP. <br />1 ssess <br />Matrix <br />Natural Hazard <br />Risk Rating <br />etic Disturbance (GMD) <br />7Earth <br />VeryHigh <br />ake <br />Ver Hi h <br />Storm <br />High <br />Drought <br />High <br />Wildfire <br />High <br />Windstorm <br />High <br />Flood Riverine <br />Moderate <br />Landslide <br />Moderate <br />Flood Stormwater <br />Low <br />Extreme Weather <br />Low <br />Volcano <br />Low <br />1.6 Impacts — Cascading Incidents <br />In previous versions of this NHMP two impacts, dam failures and hazardous <br />materials, were their own standalone hazards. In risk assessment a natural hazard <br />8 United States. City of Eugene. Emergency Management. Regional Climate and Hazards <br />Vulnerability Assessment December 2014. Accessed April 2019. https://www.eugene- <br />or.gov/DocumentCenter/View/20644/2014-Eugene Springfield-Climate-and-Hazards- <br />Vulnerability-Assessm ent?bidl d=. <br />1-6 January 2020 <br />