Spokane County updates hazard mitigation plan: wildfire risk rises to leading hazard, ash fall removed
County planning staff presented a five‑year update to the Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan that removes volcanic ash fall from the hazard list, raises wildfire risk score to 3.75 (highest) and increases earthquake vulnerability due to new fault modeling; public comment period and a September presentation are planned.
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Spokane County planning staff briefed commissioners on Aug. 12 on a five‑year update to the county’s Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan. The packet the board received includes a revised risk ranking and a substantive narrative the office said totals roughly 205 pages.
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