Checklist: Natural hazards

An emergency plan should include preparing for a variety of hazards.

Natural hazards

Geological hazards

  • Earthquake
  • Tsunami
  • Volcano
  • Landslide, mudslide, subsidence

Meteorological hazards

  • Flood, flash flood, tidal surge
  • Water control structure/dam/levee failure
  • Drought
  • Snow, ice, hail, sleet, arctic freeze
  • Windstorm, tropical cyclone, hurricane, tornado, dust storm
  • Extreme temperatures (heat, cold)
  • Lightning strikes (wildland fire following)

Biological hazards

  • Foodborne illnesses
  • Pandemic/infectious/communicable disease (Coronavirus, avian flu, H1N1, etc.)

Human-caused events

Accidental

  • Hazardous material spill or release
  • Nuclear power plant incident (if located in proximity to a nuclear power plant)
  • Explosion/fire
  • Transportation accident
  • Building/structure collapse
  • Entrapment and/or rescue (machinery, confined space, high angle, water)
  • Transportation incidents (motor vehicle, railroad, watercraft, aircraft, pipeline)

Intentional

  • Robbery
  • Lost person, child abduction, kidnap, extortion, hostage incident, workplace violence
  • Demonstrations, civil disturbance
  • Bomb threat, suspicious package
  • Terrorism

Technology caused events

  • Utility interruption or failure (telecommunications, electrical power, water, gas, steam, HVAC, pollution control system, sewerage system and other critical infrastructure)
  • Cybersecurity (data corruption/theft, loss of electronic data interchange or ecommerce, loss of domain name server, spyware/malware, vulnerability exploitation/botnets/hacking, denial of service)

Source: Ready.gov

 

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