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Mitigation and Mitigation Planning

13 November 2014

Presented by Scott Baldwin

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Today’s Instructor

Scott Baldwin Mitigation Specialist, Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Mitigation and Mitigation Planning

Presented By The Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

What We Will Cover

• State and Local Hazard Mitigation Planning

Process

• What your organization can do to mitigate

disaster and environmental impacts

• Private Non-Profit mitigation funding eligibility
• Communication strategies for engaging

Emergency Managers

What is Hazard Mitigation?

• Mitigation: “sustained action taken to reduce or

eliminate long-term risk to people and property from hazards”

• Local hazard mitigation plans form a foundation for

communities seeking to reduce risks from hazards to people, property, and infrastructure.

The Stafford Act and DMA 2000

• The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

Emergency Assistance Act, as amended by the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000), provides the legal basis for State, local, and Indian Tribal governments to undertake a risk-based approach to reducing risks from natural hazards through mitigation planning.

DMA 2000 Continued

• DMA 2000 provides an opportunity for States, Tribal

Governments, and local jurisdictions to significantly reduce their vulnerability to natural hazards.

• An opportunity to comprehensively assess your risks

and develop a strategy to reduce those risks

• It places emphasis on State, Tribal, and local mitigation

planning by requiring these entities to develop and submit mitigation plans as a condition of receiving various types of federal assistance.

What Are the Benefits?

• Eligibility for FEMA grant programs, including:

– Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) – Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) – Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP – Post-Disaster) – Private Non-Profits are only eligible for post-disaster mitigation assistance

Eligible Activities – HMGP

• Planning
• Wildfire
• Acquisition/Elevation
• Flood Control
• Generators
• 5% Projects – public awareness campaigns,

warning systems, building codes

The Stages of the Mitigation Plan

1. Planning Process/Organizing Resources 2. Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment 3. Mitigation Strategies 4. Plan Adoption Monitoring and Evaluation *Note: Federal regulations pertaining to local mitigation planning can be found in § 44 CFR 201.6. FEMA “How to” guidance can be found

• n FEMA’s website

Planning Process

• Establishing stakeholders and the Planning Team

– Should include (but not be limited to): – It is important that as many departments as possible are involved – they play a central role in effective implementation of mitigation projects

• Jurisdiction political/

administrative leadership

• Emergency Management
• Planning
• Public Works/Engineering
• State and Federal Partners

Floodplain Management

• Fire
• Parks
• Members from Each Participating

Jurisdiction (for multi-jurisdictional plans)

• Academia
• Local Non-profits and businesses
• Citizens

Benefits of Plan Participation

• Advocacy –

– Your organization – Cultural and Historic Resources

• Subject matter expertise
• Develop community relationships

• During the next few slides

think about how Hazard Identification and Risk Analysis (HIRA) and mitigation strategies could be applied to your institution/ organization

Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment

• Hazard Identification

– Provide descriptions of all natural hazards affecting the jurisdictions

• Human-caused, public health, and zoonotic hazards can be

included as determined by local priorities, but they are not required

– Analyze how hazards vary across jurisdictions, if applicable

Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment

Profiling Hazards

• Location

– Where are the areas of highest risk to a given hazard?

• Magnitude/severity (Extent)

– i.e. wind speed, depth and duration of flooding, peak ground acceleration (earthquake)

• Historical hazard events
• Probability of future events

Mitigation Strategies

• Mitigation Action matrix should include:

– Identified action – Action priority – Corresponding hazard – Jurisdiction implementing the action – Responsible agency/department – Potential funding source – Timeline

Sound Collection Care

• Incredible amount of overlap between collection care

and disaster preparedness

• Thorough inventory of collection
• Know location of important items and ensure they are

stored properly

• Know your insurance coverage
• Develop an Emergency Plan – WESTPAS
• Continually train staff

Disaster Preparedness - Partnerships

• Develop local and regional partnerships to assist each
• ther during a disaster
• It is likely your staff will be impacted personally by the

event

Emergency Management Engagement

• Response Priorities

– Life Safety – Property – particularly primary residences

• You must advocate for yourselves

– Your institutions and their contents are valuable and intrinsic to your community’s recovery.

• You must be adaptable/flexible

Emergency Management Engagement

• Relationship building – reciprocity

– Explain how you can assist in a disaster – You all have subject matter expertise – This expertise is an incredible asset – Facility walk-throughs – Exercises – Planning (Emergency, Mitigation)

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