Hazard Mitigation Community Survey

Macomb County will be updating its Hazard Mitigation Plan in 2025. The Hazard Mitigation Plan identifies natural and human-caused hazards that pose a threat to the community; it ranks the hazards based on the potential threat they pose to the population, property, and the economy; and it recommends projects to reduce or eliminate the potential impacts of the identified hazards. This survey provides an opportunity for you to share your opinions and participate in the mitigation planning process. The information you provide will help us better understand your hazard concerns and can lead to mitigation activities that reduce the risk of injury or property damage in the future.


The survey consists of 13 questions and will take approximately 20 minutes to complete.

1. How long have you lived/worked in Macomb County?*
2. Are you responding on behalf of a residence or business?*

Hazard Specific:

5. This question includes a list of natural hazards and will ask a two-part question. Have you experienced the natural hazard in Macomb County? How concerned are you about the natural hazard in the future?

An uncontrolled release of water from a reservoir through a dam as a result of structural failures or deficiencies in the dam.

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How concerned are you about a Dam Failure in the future?*

A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.

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How concerned are you about Drought in the future?*

A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.

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How concerned are you about an Earthquake in the future?*

Unexpected, unusual, severe, or unseasonal temperature.

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How concerned are you about Extreme Temperature in the future?*

A form of precipitation that occurs during thunderstorms when raindrops, in extremely cold areas of the atmosphere, freeze into balls of ice before falling towards the earth's surface.

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How concerned are you about a Hail Storm in the future?*

An Ice Storm is a freezing rain situation (rain that freezes on surface contact) with significant ice accumulations of 0.25 inches or greater. Sleet is rain that turns to ice before reaching the ground.

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How concerned are you about an Ice and Sleet Storm in the future?*

A visible electrical discharge or spark of electricity in the atmosphere between clouds, the air and/or the ground often produced by a thunderstorm.

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How concerned are you about Lightning in the future?*

An occurrence or imminent threat of an illness or health condition, caused by bio terrorism, epidemic or pandemic disease, or an infectious agent or biological toxin, that poses a substantial risk to humans by either causing a significant number of human fatalities or permanent or long-term disability.

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How concerned are you about a Public Health Emergency in the future?*

Occurs when streams and rivers exceed the capacity of their natural or constructed channels to accommodate water flow and water overflows the banks, spilling out into adjacent low-lying, dry land.

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How concerned are you about Riverine Flooding in the future?*

High-wind conditions that occur during severe thunderstorms, tropical cyclones, extensive deep low pressure systems and tornadoes.

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How concerned are you about Severe Wind in the future?*

Flooding caused by storm wind that pushes water up and creates high waves on land.

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How concerned are you about Shoreline Flooding in the future?*

An event in which the state has record or near record snowfall in one or more counties that overwhelms the capability of the affected state and local governments to respond to the event.

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How concerned are you about Snowstorms in the future?*

A fire involving the structural components of various types of residential, commercial or industrial buildings.

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How concerned are you about a Structural Fire in the future?*

Land subsidence is a gradual settling or sudden sinking of the ground surface due to the movement of subsurface materials.

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How concerned are you about Subsidence in the future?*

A narrow, violently rotating column of air that extends from the base of a thunderstorm to the ground and is visible only if it forms a condensation funnel made up of water droplets, dust, and debris.

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How concerned are you about a Tornado in the future?*

An unplanned fire that burns in a natural area.

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How concerned are you about a Wildfire in the future?*

Man-Made/Technological Hazards

6.This question includes a list of man-made/technological hazards. Please select how concerned you are about the hazard in the future.

Active Assailant*

An active shooter is an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area.

Civil Disturbance*

An incident which disrupts a community and requires intervention to maintain public safety.

Cyber Attack*

Malicious attempts to access or damage a computer system.

Energy Emergency*

An actual or potential loss of energy supply that may significantly impact the health and welfare of citizens, the economic stability of a region, emergency services, and/or government operations.

Hazmat - Fixed Site*

A spill or release of chemicals, radioactive materials or biological materials inside a building or to the environment.

Hazmat - Transportation*

Spill or release of hazardous material during transportation.

Infrastructure Failure*

Infrastructure failure is the destruction of, or interruption of services provided by, critical infrastructure.

Nuclear Attack*

A malicious act using nuclear, radiological or chemical device that is intended to harm a large number of people.

Nuclear Plant Accident*

An event occurring in a nuclear power plant or anywhere that radioactive materials are used, stored, or transported and involving the release of potentially dangerous levels of radioactive materials into the environment.

Oil and Gas Well Accident*

Incident such as an explosion, fire, loss of well control, release of oil, gas or dangerous substances causing, or with significant potential to cause, damage to facilities, serious personal injury or widespread persistent degradation of the environment.

Pipeline Accident*

An accident occurring during the transport of natural gas or other hazardous liquids, such as gasoline or propane, or through pipeline systems.

Terrorism/WMD Attack*

The unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

Transportation Accident*

An incident directly caused by the driving of a motor car or motor vehicle, a railway train or a tram.

Flood Hazard Information

Due to the presence of the Clinton River system and proximity to Lake St. Clair, flooding is a somewhat common and expected occurrence in Macomb County. The following questions will help us to determine how prepared Macomb County is to mitigate and recover from floods. Homeowners in all NFIP communities are encouraged to discuss flood insurance with their insurance provider. For additional information, please visit www.floodsmart.gov.

7. To the best of your knowledge, is your property located in a special flood hazard area?*
8. Do you have flood insurance through the National Flood Insurance Program?*
10. Is your property about the same, less or more prone to flooding now than it was 5 years ago?*

Preparedness

11. How Prepared do you feel your household or business is for impacts of natural hazard events likely to occur within Macomb County?*
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Thank you for filling out this questionnaire. The information you provided will be used for mitigation planning purposes and will be kept confidential. If you have any questions regarding this questionnaire or about the county's mitigation efforts, please contact Macomb County Emergency Management at 586-469-5270 or mcoem@macombgov.org.

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