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COMMUNITY RISK PRIORITIES

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Assessing community risks can be a complex process. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to scoring risks

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Mass Gatherings

Mass gathering events are planned each year across the city. Examples include sporting events, festivals,
parades, conventions, dedications, memorials, and occasionally high-profile meetings or visits by dignitaries.
In today’s environment, special events increase police, fire, and EMS workloads and may be considered
terrorist targets due to large concentrations of crowds, the symbolic nature of the event, high-profile
attendees, and increased media attention.

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Transportation Networks

Roads

The F.E. Everett Turnpike, also known as U.S. Route 3, runs through Nashua. The turnpike is a high-speed
connection to the interstate highway system, granting access south into metro-Boston and north into
Manchester. Nashua has eight highway exits, making virtually any location in the city no more than a few
short minutes away from the highway.

Buses

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Target Hazards within the City of Nashua include the following:

Figure 31. Target Hazards

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Target Hazards

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) defines target hazards as “facilities in either the public
or private sector that provide essential products and services to the general public, are otherwise necessary
to preserve the welfare and quality of life in the community, or fulfill important public safety, emergency
response, and/or disaster recovery functions.” The NFPA further breaks these down into three risk categories
for occupancies.

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Hazardous Substances and Processes

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Figure 29. Housing, Year Built

Housing: Year Built

20% |
10% <<
0%

<1939 1950-59 1970-79 1990-99 2013-2017

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Housing

Risk indicators in a community involve property value, occupancy rate, and ownership status of homes in the
community's neighborhoods. Less maintenance and repairs are performed on low valued, vacant, or rental
properties than higher value categories. Owner-occupied homes are maintained more often as owners are
seeking to sustain or improve property values.

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Zoning maps provide permitted use information for each parcel. The following figure shows the general

classes of zoning found in community development planning.

Figure 27. Zoning Map*5

NASHUA
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DUNSTABLE, MA

TYNGSBOROUGH, MA

CITY OF NASHUA - ZONING MAP

REVISED JNUERY 2018

15 Zoning-Map-PDF (nashuanh. gov).

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C Urban Residence
(R-C)

Local Business

(LB)

Highway Business
(HB)

General Business
(GB)

Downtown
(D-1 and D-3)

Park Industrial

a)

General Industrial
(Gl)
[Amended 2-26-2008 by
Ord. No. 0-08-07]

Airport Industrial
(Al)

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