Bradford Hazard Mitigation Committee 2024

The Town of Bradford, NH is updating its 2018 Hazard Mitigation Plan. The Hazard Mitigation Committee developed a Survey to obtain your opinions about severe weather events, disasters, natural hazards, and mitigation of these hazards & events in Bradford. Your responses will help make our community more resilient to disasters and severe weather. Individual responses will be kept anonymous and will be compiled for the 2025 Hazard Mitigation Plan's data collection to help direct priorities.

Please fill out our Hazard Mitigation & Severe Weather Event Survey. This 10-15 minute Survey will remain open throughout the planning process, so feel free to enter your response anytime. Tell others about this Survey and encourage them to fill it out too.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BradfordNH-HazMit

Who should fill out this survey?
Everyone - from Bradford residents, visitors to Town, neighbors surrounding Bradford, those who commute through Bradford, anyone who works within Bradford or owns a business here - all are invited to complete the Hazard Mitigation and Severe Weather Event survey.

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* 1. Please indicate the description that best fits your relationship to Bradford:

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* 2. Which roads, areas, or water bodies are you most concerned about in Bradford when storms or severe weather or other hazard events occur? Check all that apply.

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* 3. How concerned are you about the following natural hazards, storms/severe weather events, or technological/human hazards impacting Bradford within the next 5 years?

  Extremely Concerned Very Concerned Moderately Concerned Slightly Concerned Not Concerned At All
DROUGHT
Lower Water Supplies, Drier Soil and Vegetation
WILDFIRE
Brushfire, Outdoor Fires, Accidental
WINTER STORM, BLIZZARD or NOR'EASTER
ICE STORM
EXCESSIVE COLD
Wind Chill, Freezing
HEAT WAVE
Excessive Heat
DAM FAILURE
Water Overtop or Breach, Beaver Damage
INLAND FLOODING
Rainstorms, Snow Melt, Flash Floods- Causes Ditch Erosion, Road Washouts, River & Pond Overtop
RIVER HAZARDS
Ice Jams, Scouring, Erosion, Channel or Debris Movement
EARTHQUAKE
>4.0MM Magnitude
LANDSLIDE
Soil, Rockslide, Excavation Areas
PUBLIC HEALTH
Infectious or Communicable Diseases, Air & Water Quality, Biological Infestation, Addiction, Mosquito & Tick-borne Diseases
SOLAR STORMS AND SPACE WEATHER
Solar Winds, Geomagnetic Storms (Aurora Borealis), Solar Radiation, Radio Blackout- Causes Power Grid Failure, HF Radio (Emergency) Communications, GPS Failure
HIGH WIND
Windstorms, Gusts- Causes Tree Debris, Electric Outage
THUNDERSTORM
Could Include High Wind, Lightning, Rain, Hail
DOWNBURST
Microburst, Macroburst, Straight-Line Wind
LIGHTNING
TORNADO
HAIL
TROPICAL AND POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE
Hurricane, Tropical Storm
AGING INFRASTRUCTURE 
Bridges, Culverts, Roads, Pipes, Underground Lines, Debris
LONG TERM UTILITY OUTAGE
Power, Water, Sewer, Gas, Internet, Communications, Live Wire Danger
CONFLAGRATION
Fire in Densely Built Areas
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS/RADIOLOGICAL
Haz Mat Spills, Brownfields, Trucking, Known and Emerging Contaminants (like PFAS)
CYBER ATTACK
Data Breach, Telephone Rerouting, Identity Theft, Computer Virus, Phone Scams
HUMAN HAZARD
Terrorism, Violence, Hostage, Active Situation

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* 4. Natural hazards or severe weather can have a significant impact on a community, but planning for or mitigating these events can help lessen the impacts. Planning projects may require Town funds as well as federal funds in addition to Town staff support and volunteer support.

Please indicate how important you believe these local mitigation planning priorities are for Bradford over the next 5 years:

  Extremely Important Very Important Moderately Important Slightly Important Not Important At All
PROTECT PRIVATE & COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
Such as hazard mitigation training, preparation & workshops for businesses and services in Town, assisting with funding sources for improvements, helping property owners through the regulation process, encouraging improvements to buildings, roads and private culverts.
PROTECT TOWN FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS.
Such as Fire Department Police Dept, Town Office, Highway Dept, Community Center, Transfer Station, Town Hall, other Town services, etc.
PROTECT PUBLIC FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS.
Such as the public dams, Schools & their programs, Libraries and their programs, recreational sites, state forests.
LIMIT DEVELOPMENT IN HAZARD AREAS.
Such as along Warner River, Lakes, brooks, floodplains, wetlands, steep slopes, etc.
PROTECT HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL LANDMARKS. 
Such as old schoolhouses, cemeteries, covered bridges, bike paths, trails, railtrail, Town buildings, historic markers, etc.
STORMWATER RUNOFF, MANAGING NATURAL FEATURES like brooks, wetlands, and Warner River, Lake Massasecum, Class VI roads, and conservation lands. Such as making sure Town culverts are sized properly, limiting erosion, obtaining waterfront land, supporting trails and careful recreational uses.
PROTECT & REDUCE DAMAGE TO UTILITIES.
Such as electrical lines, fiber optic, satellite, cellular service, telecomm towers, (future) hydroelectric.
ENHANCE EMERGENCY SERVICES.
Such as Police Dept, Fire & Rescue, Highway Dept and Emergency Management.
IMPROVE THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. 
Such as spending time and money on roads, culverts, drainage, bridges, clearing debris after storms.
PROMOTE COOPERATION & EDUCATION among public agencies, citizens, non-profit organizations, schools, and businesses.
Such as for specific projects, hazard mitigation plan, emergency preparedness, emergency operations and response.
OTHER (specify below)

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* 5. Can you describe any notable severe weather event/storm, disaster, or other hazard incident you experienced in Bradford within the last 5 years (since 2019)? If yes, please provide brief comments on up to two Events (one Event per question):

For Event 1:

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* 6. How severe would you rate Event 1 on a scale of 0 to 100?

0 Mild 50 Average 100 Worst in Memory
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* 7. Can you describe any notable severe weather event/storm, disaster, or other hazard incident you experienced in Bradford within the last 5 years (since 2019)? If yes, please provide brief comments on up to two Events (one Event per question):

For Event 2:

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* 8. How severe would you rate Event 2 on a scale of 0 to 100?

(0) Mild (50) Average (100) Worst in Memory
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* 9. To protect your home and family from severe weather and natural disasters, has anyone in your household completed any of the following preparedness or mitigation activities over the last 5 years? Check all that apply.

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* 10. What are the best ways for you to receive IMMEDIATE, essential information about storms, disasters and severe weather events in Bradford? Please check your TOP 5:

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* 11. Please feel free to provide any other concerns or information related to severe weather, disasters, and hazard mitigation in Bradford in the space below.

Do you have any personal photos of severe weather events, storms or natural disasters taken in Bradford that you'd like to share with the Hazard Mitigation Committee? We can give you the photo credit if we use them within the Hazard Mitigation Plan! We are especially looking for photos from 2019-present, but earlier photos are also welcome.

You can upload your storm/weather photos or articles to the Bradford Hazard Mitigation Committee using either Google Drive or Dropbox. Here's how:

1. So that we can accurately identify your photo, please change the photo's file name to reflect the following information (or include a Google Doc/Word file explaining the details along with your photo uploads).

Date of Event, What Location is shown in the photo, and Who is Credited for the photo.

Example photo name: 2022Dec22Storm_WMainSt_BryanNowell.JPG


2. Choose either Google Drive or Dropbox and click on the respective link below:

For Google Drive

When you're logged into your Google account, you can upload your photos to the Google Drive folder.

Google Drive [Bradford Photos for Hazard Mitigation]:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cQULpExEC3nvts33Kk3KXre5mO7TRnBI?usp=sharing

For Dropbox

To upload Photos to Dropbox, click on the link below:

Dropbox [Bradford Photos for Haz Mit Plan 2025]:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/px5jfx2kwefqttqlg5ope/h?rlkey=h34gmcwoofqcd42z0ca2mqa6b&dl=0

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If you have paper photos or historical information, contact Bryan Nowell, Fire Chief at (603) 938-2231 or via email to
firechief@bradfordnh.org for more information.

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Thank you for completing our Hazard Mitigation & Severe Weather survey. Please stay safe!


Keep an eye out for our Bradford Hazard Mitigation Committee meetings on the Town Meetings Calendar, on the Hazard Mitigation Committee webpage and through emergency notifications at www.bradfordnh.org. You can contact Bryan Nowell, Fire Chief and Emergency Management Director at (603) 938-2231 or via email to firechief@bradfordnh.org for more information.

We meet about every 2-3 Mondays at 3:00 PM on Zoom Webinar and in-person at the Bradford Area Community Center, 134 East Main Street. We welcome anyone who is interested in learning about and participating in hazard mitigation planning discussions. Click to join our live Zoom meetings by Computer/Laptop/Tablet/Smartphone: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81560409665 | Webinar ID: 815 6040 9665. To listen by telephone, dial (toll call) US: +1 (929) 205-6099 or +1 (301) 715-8592.

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