2020 – 2025 Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan UPDATED BY: MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY FACILITIES ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING ORIGINAL FALL 2008 REPORT PREPARED BY: WESTERN UPPER PENINSULA PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT REGION WITH THE GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE OF MICHIGAN TECH DISASTER RESISTANT UNIVERSITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Michigan Technological University Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan October 2019 Updated Report Prepared by: Michigan Technological University Facilities Administration & Planning 1400 Townsend Drive Houghton, MI 49931 E-mail: [email protected] https://www.mtu.edu/facilities/ Original Report Prepared by: Western Upper Peninsula Planning & Development Region October 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 1 BACKGROUND & PURPOSE ................................................................................................................................... 1 HAZARD MITIGATION HISTORY .......................................................................................................................... 2 MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (MICHIGAN TECH) ................................................................... 3 SCOPE AREAS CONSIDERED ................................................................................................................................. 5 PLANNING PROCESS ............................................................................................................................................... 7 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ........................................................................................................................................ 10 PLAN OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................... 11 SECTION 2: COMMUNITY PROFILE ................................................................................... 13 COMMUNITY BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................................. 13 POPULATION & DEMOGRAPHICS ....................................................................................................................... 15 GEOGRAPHY & ENVIRONMENT ......................................................................................................................... 15 EMPLOYMENT & INDUSTRY ............................................................................................................................... 17 HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ...................................................................................................... 18 TRANSPORTATION NETWORK ........................................................................................................................... 19 POLICE, FIRE, & EMERGENCY FACILITIES ....................................................................................................... 21 SECTION 3: UNIVERSITY PROFILE ..................................................................................... 25 UNIVERSITY IMPACT ............................................................................................................................................ 25 UNIVERSITY MISSION ........................................................................................................................................... 25 UNIVERSITY BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................... 26 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ........................................................................................................................ 27 SCOPE—AREAS CONSIDERED ............................................................................................................................ 29 ECONOMIC IMPACT............................................................................................................................................... 36 SECTION 4: HAZARD IDENTIFICATION & RISK ANALYSIS ....................................................... 38 INITIAL HAZARD IDENTIFICATION ...................................................................................................................................... 38 STATE AND FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATIONS .......................................................................................................... 40 RISK & VULNERABILITY ........................................................................................................................................................ 40 NATURAL HAZARDS ................................................................................................................................................................ 41 TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS .................................................................................................................................................. 67 SOCIETAL HAZARDS ................................................................................................................................................................ 78 HAZARD PRIORITY RANKING ............................................................................................................................................... 84 HAZARD SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................................. 86 SECTION 5: MITIGATION STRATEGY .............................................................................................. 88 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................................................... 88 MITIGATION GOALS ................................................................................................................................................................ 89 IDENTIFICATION & ANALYSIS OF MITIGATION ACTIONS ............................................................................................ 90 RECOMMENDATION & PRIORITIZATION OF MITIGATION ACTIONS .......................................................................... 94 POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES ......................................................................................................................................... 100 SECTION 6: PLAN MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES ...................................................................... 102 ADOPTION & IMPLEMENTATION ........................................................................................................................................ 102 MONITORING, REVIEWING, & AMENDING ..................................................................................................................... 103 CONTINUED PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT ................................................................................................................................. 105 SECTION 7: RESOURCES ..................................................................................................................... 106 ORINGINAL PLAN RESOURCES (2008) ................................................................................................................................. 106 ADDITIONAL PLAN RESOURCES (2019) .............................................................................................................................. 110 APPENDICES ........................................................................................................................................... 112 APPENDIX A: MICHIGAN TECH / DRUAC MEETING AGENDAS .............................................................................. 113 APPENDIX B: PUBLIC INFORMATION DOCUMENTATION ............................................................................................ 125 APPENDIX C: PRIORITY RANKING BENCHMARKS ........................................................................................................ 139 APPENDIX D: BUILDING ASSESSMENT FORMS ............................................................................................................. 146 APPENDIX E: OMITTED SECTIONS...................................................................................................................................... 169 APPENDIX F: VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT (Section 6 of 2008 plan) ........................................................................ 177 Michigan Tech Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan Introduction Section 1: Introduction ♦ Background & Purpose ♦ Hazard Mitigation History ♦ Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech) ♦ Scope-Areas Considered ♦ Planning Process ♦ Plan Overview Background & Purpose Hazard mitigation is the process of taking action to reduce the consequence of future disasters. Hazard mitigation is about acting proactively, and when successful, will lessen negative impacts to such a degree that future events could remain incidents instead of culminating into disasters. The reason to mitigate hazards is to reduce the costs incurred when disaster strikes, in this case costs involved in the university setting. Costs include, but are not limited to, human life and injury, property damage, compromise of valuable research, loss of instruction, student & teacher departures, increases in insurance premiums, and reduced community involvement. When a university closes down