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3. Risk Assessment 3.1 Risk Assessment A risk assessment is the process of measuring the potential loss of life, personal injury, and economic and property damage resulting from identified hazards. It allows planning personnel to address and reduce hazard impacts and emergency management personnel to establish early response priorities by identifying potential hazards and vulnerable assets. Results of the risk assessment are used to inform mitigation planning processes, including determining and prioritizing mitigation actions that reduce a community’s risk to a specified hazard. Past, present, and future conditions must be evaluated to assess risk most accurately for each jurisdiction. The Ramsey County risk assessment includes the following: Identification of hazards of concern that impact Ramsey County Methodology and tools used to conduct the risk assessment Hazard ranking Hazards of concern profiles and vulnerability assessment 3.2 Hazard Summary 3.2.1 IDENTIFICATION OF HAZARDS Ramsey County considered a full range of natural hazards that could impact the planning area. Hazard identification began with a review of the hazards assessed in the 2019 Ramsey County plan, the City of Saint Paul Hazard Mitigation Plan, and the State of Minnesota Hazard Mitigation Plan. A total of eight natural hazards and three human-caused hazards of concern were identified as significant hazards affecting the entire planning area, to be addressed in this plan: Dam/Levee Failure Drought Floods Geologic Hazards Hazardous Materials Summer Weather Hazards Tornado and Windstorm Winter Weather Hazards Human-Caused Hazards Infrastructure Failure 3.2.2 RAMSEY COUNTY DISASTER DECLARATIONS Table 10 lists FEMA declarations in Ramsey County. Ramsey County | Multi-Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan 34 Qbhf!2:4!pg!488