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* 1. What city do you reside in within Smith County?

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* 2. Do you reside outside of the city limits of any city?

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* 3. Do you work anywhere within Smith County?

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* 4. Please indicate your age range.

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* 5. As a total, how long have you lived in Smith County

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* 6. What is the primary language spoken in your household?

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* 7. What is your race?

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* 8. What is your gender?

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* 9. What is your level of education?

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* 10. Do you own or rent you home?

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* 11. How much is your gross household income?

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* 12. Do you have regular access to the internet?

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* 13. Is your property located in or near a FEMA designated floodplain?

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* 14. Do you have flood insurance?

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* 15. Is your property at risk for wildfires?

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* 16. Do you have hazardous event insurance?

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* 17. Have you had problems getting homeowners or renters insurance due to risks of hazardous events?

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* 18. Do you have any special access to functional needs (AFN) within your household that would require early warning or specialized response during disasters?

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* 19. If you answered yes to this question, are you or other members of your household enrolled in the State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry (STEAR) Program?  https://www.tdem.texas.gov/response/state-of-texas-emergency-assistance-registry

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* 20. Are the members of your household enrolled in the county mass notification system, to receive automatic alerts for emergency notifications? https://www.smart911.com/smart911/ref/reg.action?pa=smithcounty

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* 21. Do you consider yourself to be an underserved community? (Refers to populations sharing a particular characteristic, as well as geographic communities that have been systematically denied a full opportunity to participate in aspects of economic, social, and civic life. The barriers to opportunity and participation these communities face have been occurring throughout history and continue today.)

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* 22. Do you consider yourself or your household to be socially vulnerable? (Understood as the potential for loss within an individual or social group, recognizing that some characteristics influence an individual’s or group’s ability to prepare, respond, cope, or recover from an event. These characteristics can overlap within populations to create heightened vulnerability, which may be compounded by infrastructure deficiencies within communities and historic or existing discriminatory government policies.

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* 23. When you moved into your home, did you consider the impact a natural disaster could have on your home?

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* 24. Was the presence of a natural hazard risk zone (dam failure zone, flood zone, landslide hazard area, high fire risk, etc.) disclosed to you by a real estate agent, seller, or landlord before you purchased or moved into your home?

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* 25. Would the disclosure of this information influence your decision to buy or rent your home?

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* 26. Would you be willing to invest in risk reduction to your property such as clearing brush, performing seismic upgrades, etc.)

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* 27. Which of the following incentives would encourage you to invest money into risk reduction on your property?

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* 28. If your property is located in a designated “high hazard” area such as a floodplain, would you consider a “buyout” offer by a public agency?

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* 29. Would you support the regulation (restrictions) on land uses within known high hazard areas?

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* 30. What types of projects do you believe the County, State or Federal government agencies should be doing to reduce damage and disruption from hazard event within Smith County? Please select all that apply. 

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* 31. How concerned are you about the following hazards in Smith County? (Select all that apply.)

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* 32. Which of the following hazardous events have you or anyone in your household experienced while living in Smith County at any time? (Select all that apply.)

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* 33. From the event or events that you chose, how prepared is your family to deal with that event?

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* 34. What could be done to increase your preparedness?

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* 35. Which of the following have provided you with useful information to help you be prepared for a natural hazardous event? (Select all that apply)

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* 36. Which of the following methods do you think are most effective for providing hazard and disaster information?

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* 37. Do you think it is the responsibility of Federal, State, and Local governments to provide education programs and training to local citizens for emergency preparedness?

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* 38. Do you think it is the responsibility of the individual to educate themselves on emergency preparedness?

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* 39. Do you think information pertaining to natural disasters and risk reduction is readily available?

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* 40. Which of the following steps has your household taken to prepare for a hazardous event? (Select all that apply.)

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* 41. Please enter any additional information or comments here.

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