World Aware, Emergency Planning

Neighborhood & household risk assessment

Identify, score, and prioritize the disaster risks facing your household and neighborhood. Takes 10–15 minutes. Your assessment is saved on this device.

Risk score bands. Each hazard scores likelihood times impact, from 1 to 25.

Low1 to 5
Moderate6 to 9
High10 to 14
Critical15 to 25

Start with your address

Household assessment

We check public hazard data for this address and estimate how likely each hazard is. You then rate the impact for your situation.

Privacy

Your address is sent to public mapping and government data services (OpenStreetMap, FCC, FEMA, USGS, EPA, NOAA), some through third-party relay servers. World Aware does not receive, store, or log your address. Your results stay in this browser.

Include city and state (or ZIP) for best results. U.S. addresses only.

Household assessment

0 of 62 hazards scored

Your risk priority list

Reference guide

Likelihood scale

ScoreLabelFrequency
1Extremely unlikelyExpected once every 50+ years
2UnlikelyExpected once every 20–50 years
3PossibleExpected once every 5–20 years
4LikelyExpected once every 1–5 years
5Almost certainAnnually or more

Impact scale

ScoreLabelDescription
1NegligibleMinor inconvenience, resolved in hours
2MinorManageable disruption, resolved in days
3ModerateSignificant disruption, property damage, weeks to recover
4MajorSevere losses, displacement, months to recover
5CatastrophicLife-threatening, infrastructure failure, years to recover

Risk score matrix (likelihood × impact)

Likelihood and impact 12345
Critical15 to 25 Act now
High10 to 14 Write a specific plan
Moderate6 to 9 Cover in general preparedness
Low1 to 5 Monitor

Select a cell to read its score. A dot marks cells that hold hazards you have scored.

About World Aware

This tool is part of the World Aware Neighborhood Resiliency Program. Henry offers private household and neighborhood risk assessment consultations. Fee-for-service; sliding scale for low-income households.

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World Aware Risk Assessment v2.1

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