Are You Ready? 2025 Mitigation Survey - Residents

How long have you lived in Marion County?

Less than a year

One to five years

More than five years

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Do you own or rent your home?

Own

Rent

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Is at least 25% of your property located within a floodplain?

Unsure

Yes

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What is the main reason you do not carry flood insurance?

Do not know flood insurance is available

Have not been able to find a flood insurance carrier

Have tried but have not found a policy that suits my needs

Plan prices have been too expensive

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If your property was located in an area that was designated as "high hazard," or had repeated instances of damage from natural hazard events, which of the following next steps would you consider? Select all that apply.

Elevation of your home (due to flooding possibility)

Governmental agency buyout of your property

Purchase additional insurance (due to a hazard other than flooding)

Purchase flood insurance (due to flooding possibility)

Retrofit of your property to be increase resistance to high-hazard events

I would not consider any further action.

Other

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Which of the following incentives would encourage you make an investment in increasing resistance to high-hazard events? Select all that apply.

Ad valorem (property tax) discount

Building permit fee waiver/discount

Federal income tax incentive

Insurance premium discount

Low-interest rate loan

Mortgage discount

I am not willing to make such an investment.

Other

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Which of the following strategies would be the most beneficial for governmental agencies in Marion County to implement?

Assist vulnerable property owners in securing funding to mitigate impacts to their properties

Buyout flood prone properties and maintain more natural areas

Provide better information regarding high-risk areas and potential effects of high-hazard events

Retrofit and harden essential facilities such as hospitals, police or fire departments, schools, shelters

Retrofit existing roadways to better mitigate high-hazard events

Replace inadequate/obsolete bridges

Strengthen codes, ordinances and plans to require better risk management standards

No strategies should be implemented

Other

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Are You Ready? 2025 Mitigation Survey - Residents

Are You Ready? 2025 Mitigation Survey - Residents

How long have you lived in Marion County?

Do you own or rent your home?

Which of the following hazards concerns you the most as a Marion County resident?

What actions have you personally taken to reduce your home's susceptibility to potential disasters? Select all that apply.

Is at least 25% of your property located within a floodplain?

What is the main reason you do not carry flood insurance?

If your property was located in an area that was designated as "high hazard," or had repeated instances of damage from natural hazard events, which of the following next steps would you consider? Select all that apply.

Which of the following incentives would encourage you make an investment in increasing resistance to high-hazard events? Select all that apply.

Which of the following strategies would be the most beneficial for governmental agencies in Marion County to implement?

What do you find is the most effective way to get emergency-related information?

Please share any other comments you have below.

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Are You Ready? 2025 Mitigation Survey - Residents

Are You Ready? 2025 Mitigation Survey - Residents

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How long have you lived in Marion County?

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Do you own or rent your home?

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Which of the following hazards concerns you the most as a Marion County resident?

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What actions have you personally taken to reduce your home's susceptibility to potential disasters? Select all that apply.

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Is at least 25% of your property located within a floodplain?

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What is the main reason you do not carry flood insurance?

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If your property was located in an area that was designated as "high hazard," or had repeated instances of damage from natural hazard events, which of the following next steps would you consider? Select all that apply.

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Which of the following incentives would encourage you make an investment in increasing resistance to high-hazard events? Select all that apply.

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Which of the following strategies would be the most beneficial for governmental agencies in Marion County to implement?

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What do you find is the most effective way to get emergency-related information?

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Please share any other comments you have below.

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