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This section includes changes made during the 2013 update.Requirement §201.4(c)(2)(ii): [The State risk assessment shall include an] overview and analysis of the State’s vulnerability to the hazards described in this paragraph (c)(2), based on estimates provided in local risk assessments as well as the State risk assessment. The State shall describe vulnerability in terms of the jurisdictions most threatened by the identified hazards, and most vulnerable to damage and loss associated with hazard events. State owned critical or operated facilities located in the identified hazard areas shall also be addressed… STATE-OWNED AND CRITICAL ASSETSIntroductionThis section provides an overview of state-owned assets in relation to high risk hazard areas using a macro approach to ascertain the extent of vulnerability for state-owned and critical assets in North Carolina on a county-by-county basis. Due to data limitations, a detailed site-by-site analysis is not currently available 2013 Plan UpdateThe North Carolina State Property Office provided an updated list of state-owned structures effective January 1, 2013. This is the same source of data used for the first three editions of the state 322 plan. The previous list identified 11,196 structures; the current list identifies 11,986 structures. The State of North Carolina self-insures many structures and based on available data, no significant changes in risk have been identified by NCEM or the NC Center for Geographic Information Analysis. The process used in 2004, 2007 and 2010 for the first three assessments of state owned assets has been deemed sufficient for this update. Identification and assessment of Critical State Owned or Operated Assets continues below. Requirement §201.4(c)(2)(iii): [The State risk assessment shall include an] overview and analysis of potential losses to the identified vulnerable structures, based on estimates provided in local risk assessments as well as the State risk assessment. The State shall estimate the potential dollar losses to State owned or operated buildings, infrastructure, and critical facilities located in the identified hazard areas. Methodology The following methodology was used to (1) calculate the dollar value exposure of state-owned assets; and (2) determine the vulnerability of state-owned assets to identified hazards. In order to calculate the exposure of state-owned assets, the first step was to acquire the most up-to-date state-owned building inventory from the North Carolina State Property Office (updated in January 1, 2013). This inventory includes the identification of 11, 968 structures such as buildings, service trailers, storage sheds, picnic shelters, restrooms, pump houses and other structures. The database on state-owned buildings includes important attribute information for most assets including number of buildings, square footage, acquisition and construction costs, and insured property values. Building contents values are not expressed in the most current spreadsheet of properties. In order to reduce the list to a manageable size, facilities deemed critical are identified only once, regardless of the number of buildings for the site. A column in the final spreadsheet shows the actual number of buildings for each site. Each facility was assigned an identification number 1-18 based on the 18 Critical Infrastructure Classifications of the US Department of Homeland Security. 10 Distinct types of facilities from the list are recognized and include the following categories: 1) Agricultural Facilities, 2) Information Technology, 3) Communications, 4) Government facilities, 5) Monuments and Icons, 6) Transportation Facilities, 7) Emergency Services; 8) Health Care, 9) Nuclear Facilities (redacted for reasons of national security), 10) Commercial Facilities. County totals for number of facilities, buildings, and building value are represented. Since information was not available to allow site by site investigation, the total exposure of the critical facilities for each county is expressed by comparing the total number of facilities and their cost to the overall hazard score assigned to the particular county in the Risk Assessment Appendix A of this document. Table 7-1 lists the total exposure for state-owned buildings on a county-by-county basis in terms of the attribute information listed above. According to the database, total statewide exposure to 9,321 state-owned facilities in terms of insured property value is $24,594,130,240. The highest concentration of exposure for state-owned buildings is located in Wake County, with more than $4.85 billion in insured building values (more than 25% of all state-owned buildings). Orange County is ranked first in terms of building exposure with around $5 billion in insured building values, most of which are located at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Figure 7-1 illustrates total exposure of state-owned buildings, as listed in Table 7-1. Figure 7-1. Total Exposure of State Owned Buildings 
The next step in determining the total exposure of state-owned assets was to add in the total value of state-owned transportation systems to total exposure values of state-owned buildings. Transportation systems include highway segments, bridges and tunnels; railway segments, bridges, and facilities; bus facilities; port facilities; ferry facilities, airport facilities; and runway facilities. During the 2010 update, Utility Systems to include potable water facilities, oil systems facilities, natural gas facilities, and electric power facilities were included in this valuation, even though they are not state owned. Since utility data is also difficult to collect given the number of private sector utilities operating in the state, this data was excluded from the 2013 update. Using data provided by the North Carolina State Property Office and HAZUS-MH, FEMA’s loss estimation software tool, the planning team determined the total statewide exposure for critical assets is nearly $148 billion. Table 7-1. Total Exposure of Critical Assets by County
The highest concentration of state-owned transportation system value is associated with the highway segments category, which accounts for a majority of the total transportation system value. Overall, eleven counties contain 2 percent or more of the total exposure of state transportation system facilities (in terms of dollar value), including Buncombe, Carteret, Cumberland, Forsyth, Guilford, Johnston, Mecklenburg, Nash, Robeson, Wake, Counties. These eleven counties account for nearly 25 percent of the total exposure of state transportation infrastructure, whereas during the 2010 update, only 5 counties contained more than 2 percent of the total state transportation exposure. The highest concentration of exposure for all state-owned assets (including building and transportation systems) is located in Wake, Mecklenburg, Orange, and Guilford Counties. Figure 7-2 illustrates total exposure of state-owned assets by county. Figure 7-2. Total Exposure of All State Owned Assets 
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