Guam Hazard Mitigation Plan - Western States Seismic Policy Council

Appendix CDefinitionsthat significantly impacts the ability to: render essential government and emergency services(medical, fire, safety); and threatens the health and safety of the public.Fujita scale of tornado intensity. Rates tornadoes with numeric values from F0 to F5 based ontornado winds peed and damage sustained. An F0 indicates minimal damage such as broken treelimbs or signs, while an F5 indicates severe damage sustained.General obligation bond. A bond secured by the taxing and borrowing power of themunicipality issuing it.Geographic Information System (GIS). A computer software application that relates physicalfeatures on the earth to a database to be used for mapping and analysis.Goals. General guidelines that explain what you want to achieve. Goals are usually broadstatements with long-term perspective.Hazard event. A specific occurrence of a particular type of hazard.Hazard identification. The process of identifying hazards that threaten an area.Hazard information center. Information booths, publication kiosks, exhibits, etc. that displayinformation to educate the public about hazards that affect the jurisdiction and hazard mitigationactivities people can undertake.Hazard mitigation. Cost-effective measures taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk fromhazards and their effects.Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). Authorized under Section 404 of the Robert T.Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, HMGP is administered by FEMA andprovides grants to states, tribes, and local governments to implement hazard mitigation actionsafter a major disaster declaration. The purpose of the program is to reduce the loss of life andproperty due to natural disasters and to enable mitigation activities to be implemented as acommunity recovers from a disaster.Hazard profile. A description of the physical characteristics of hazards and a determination ofvarious descriptors, including magnitude, duration, frequency, probability, and extent. In mostcases, a community can most easily use these descriptors when they are recorded and displayedas maps.Hazard threat recognition. The process of identifying possible hazards and estimating potentialconsequences.Hazard warning systems. Systems or equipment such as community sirens and NationalOceanic Atmospheric Administration weather radios designed to provide advanced warning ofan impending hazard. Warning systems allow communities to take protective actions before ahazard event occurs, including taking cover, finding shelter, or moving furniture, cars, andpeople out of harm’s way.Hazard. A source of potential danger or adverse condition. Hazards include both natural andman-made events. A natural event is a hazard when it has the potential to harm people orproperty and may include events such as floods, earthquakes, tsunami, typhoons, and wildlandfires that strike populated areas. Man-made hazard events originate from human activity and mayinclude technological hazards and terrorism. Technological hazards arise from human activitiesand are assumed to be accidental and/or have unintended consequences (i.e., manufacture,C-7