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39 <br /> Elected Official's Guide to Emergencies and Disasters <br /> Measurement of Types of Hazard Impacts <br /> Magnitude <br /> Type (percent of <br /> property in county Severity <br /> damaged) <br /> Catastrophic More than 50% Multiple deaths, complete shutdown of facilities <br /> for 30 days or more. 50% of property damaged. <br /> Multiple severe injuries, complete shutdown of <br /> Critical 25% to 50% critical facilities for 2 weeks, more than 25% of <br /> property damaged. <br /> Some injuries, complete shutdown of critical <br /> Limited 10% to 25% facilities for more than a week. More than 10% of <br /> property damaged. <br /> Minor injuries, minimal quality of life impact, <br /> Negligible Less than 10% shutdown of critical facilities for 24-hours or less. <br /> Less than 10% of property is severely damaged. <br /> 36 1 <br />