Health Risk Assessment (HRA):

Workshop Guide
What is an HRA?

An HRA identifies and ranks the hazards in

your community according to the following
equation:

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What questions does an HRA answer?

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Why are we doing an HRA?

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How does the HRA relate to an HVA?

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How does this benefit my county?

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What will I get from this process?
 A county health preparedness profile
 GIS resources
 Fulfill a grant requirement for community
participation/partnership
 Identify areas for improvement in agency
plans
 Identify strengths in agency plans
 Document baseline preparedness to assess
progress
 Learn about the preparedness perspectives of
different agencies

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What is your role in this process?

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Questions?

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Housekeeping

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Paperwork

• Sign-in
• Non-disclosure agreement
– Please complete now
• Evaluation will be sent out via
SurveyMonkey
– Please include your e-mail address on the
sign-in sheet

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Part I: Hazard Prioritization
Tool

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Step 1: Identify additional hazards

• Review list of hazards and definitions

(10 minutes)
• Hazard = initial source of danger
(hurricane vs. flood – separate
hazards)

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Step 2: Discussion and Consensus

• What additional hazards did you

identify (if any)?
• How would you define these hazards?
• Voting/consensus
– Does this hazard fit the definition of a
hazard? (Y/N)
– A new hazard must have a majority vote
to be included in list

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Step 3: Rank hazards (30 minutes)

• Add any additional hazards to

Worksheet 1
• Rank hazards using the instructions
and definitions provided
• Complete this form individually
• Turn in completed worksheet to
facilitator

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PARTICIPANT BREAK

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Part II: Impact Planning
Tool

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Step 1: Fill-out impact worksheet

• Using the top hazard identified by the

group in Part I, each agency should fill-
out a separate, sector-specific worksheet
• If more than one representative from
your agency is present, please return a
single worksheet for your agency to the
facilitator
• Public health and “other” agencies will
fill-out a single impact worksheet as a
group

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General indicator scale

The 0-4 rating scale is specific to each indicator; however,

0-4 generally means the following:

•0 = None: Added impact of disaster is negligible

•1 = Minimal: Adequately handled by agency using
existing resources
•2 = Moderate: Stretches capacity of existing resources;
draws upon mutual aid/Memorandums of
Understanding (MOUs) within the county
•3 = Severe: Needs far exceed capacity of local authority
and must call on surrounding counties for aid
•4 = Catastrophic: Available resources are overwhelmed,
requiring state or federal assistance

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Part III: Mitigation Planning
Tool

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Step 1: Community mitigation

• As a group (all workshop participants),

fill-out the community mitigation
worksheet

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Step 2: Agency mitigation

• For your agency, fill-out the mitigation

worksheet
• If there is more than one
representative from your agency,
please return a single completed
worksheet to the form
checker/facilitator

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Part V: Next Steps

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HRA Project Timeline

Key Dates:
LHD Workshops/Assessments Late May-June 2012
Results due via SurveyMonkey June 29th
State analysis July 2012
Analysis due to CDC 8/8/2012
Final report to partners September/October 2012
Regional report back Fall 2012
Strategic planning Fall 2012/Spring 2013

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Please return the following:

• Blank forms
• Non-disclosure agreements
• Worksheet 1: Hazard Prioritization
• Worksheet 2: Impact
• Worksheet 3: Mitigation

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Thank you!

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