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Town of Burrillville Hazard Mitigation Plan Survey

The Town of Burrillville, RI is currently updating the 2021 Burrillville Hazard Mitigation Plan. This plan is important because it helps the Town plan for projects that reduce the risk of injury or damage to property from future natural hazard events (such as flooding, severe storms and drought), human-caused hazard events (such as hazardous materials incident, cybersecurity incident, critical incident, and chemical/biological/radiological/nuclear agent), and technological hazard events (such as infrastructure failure). We need your help as we gather information for the plan. The information you provide in this survey will help us coordinate activities, identify projects, and position the Town for access to funding for implementation of actions. The survey should take less than 10 minutes to complete and responses will remain anonymous. The Burrillville Local Hazard Mitigation Committee (LHMC) thanks you for taking the time to participate in this information-gathering process.
1.Which of the following hazard events have you or has anyone in your household and/or business experienced in the past 10 years within the Town of Burrillville? (Check all that apply)
2.In your opinion, how prepared is your household and/or business to deal with each type of hazard event? (Check one response for each hazard)
Prepared
Not Prepared
Not Sure
Natural Hazard Event
Human-Caused Accidental Event
Human-Caused Deliberate Event
Technological Event
3.Which of the following have provided you with useful information to help you prepare for a hazard event? (Check all that apply)
4.How concerned are you about the following hazards in the Town of Burrillville? (Check one response for each hazard)
Not Concerned
Concerned
Very Concerned
Flood-Related Hazards
Winter-Related Hazards
Wind-Related Hazards
Geologic-Related Hazards
Extreme Heat-Related Hazards
Drought-Related Hazards
Brushfire/Wildfire-Related Hazards
Invasive Species-Related Hazard
Changes in Groundwater
Communicable-Related Hazards
Human-Caused Accidental
Human-Caused Deliberate
Technological
5.Which of the following steps has your household and/or business taken to prepare for a hazard event? (Check all that apply)
6.In your opinion, which of the following methods do you think are most effective for providing hazard/disaster information? (Check all that apply)
7.Is your property located in or near a FEMA-designated flood zone/floodplain?
8.Do you have flood insurance?
9.In the past, has your home and/or business been damaged by any natural hazard event? (i.e., flood waters entering your home, pipes freezing during periods of extreme cold temperatures, tree down on utility lines)
10.Do you have any special access or functional needs within your household and/or business that would require early warning or specialized response during disasters?
11.Are you familiar with any special needs your neighbor (s) may have in the event of a natural hazard event/disaster? (May include limited mobility, chronic/severe medical conditions, memory impairments.)
12.Are you interested in making your home, business or neighborhood more resilient to natural hazards?
13.Would you be willing to spend your own money on your current home and/or business to help protect it from impacts of potential future natural hazards/disasters within the community?

Examples could include: Elevating a flood-prone home; Elevating utilities in flood-prone basements; Strengthening your roof, siding, doors, or windows to withstand high winds; Removing trees/low branches.
14.In your opinion, what types of projects do you believe local, county, state or federal government agencies could be doing to reduce the damage and disruption of natural hazard events/disasters in Burrillville? (Select your top three choices)
Choice One
Choice Two
Choice Three
15.Have you noticed particular changes in the environment in the past 10 years in Burrillville? (Check all that apply)
16.Do you follow weather-related activities, news, and policy?
17.In your opinion, has the Town done enough to prepare for the projected future impacts of changing weather patterns?
18.What type (s) of natural, human-caused and/or technological hazards should the Town be focusing on?
19.Over the past 5 years, has your quality of life been impacted by natural, human-caused, and/or technological hazard events?
Yes
No
Not Sure
Natural Hazard Event
Human-Caused Accidental Event
Human-Caused Deliberate Event
Technological Event
20.What would you like to hear more about?
21.Additional comments?