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Status of Local Hazard Mitigation Plans from FEMA as of March, 2018. A Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) or Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) is a local government plan (in the United States, typically implemented at a county level), that is designed to reduce or eliminate risks to people and property from natural and man-made hazards.
Local governments are required by law under the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 and 44 CFR § 201.6 to maintain a hazard mitigation plan and to update it every five years. Louisiana encourages the development of multi-jurisdictional plans, which encompass parish and municipal governments.
Then it must show a way to support the development of a local mitigation plan. The plan must then show how it will provide technical assistance to its local and tribal governments for mitigation plans. Lastly, it must identify and prioritize the mitigation actions that it will support as its resources become available. [2]
Council members Tuesday unanimously adopted the Lebanon County 2023 Hazard Mitigation Plan as the borough's mitigation plan, which makes the borough eligible for certain federal disaster relief funds.
The county hazard mitigation planning team identified 23 hazards within the county, two more than were identified in the 2018 plan. The new hazards included blighted properties and an emergency ...
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The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, Public Law 106-390, also called DMA2K, is U.S. federal legislation passed in 2000 that amended provisions of the United States Code related to disaster relief. The amended provisions are named after Robert Stafford , who led the passage of the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1988.
Research supports the idea that implementing a more holistic pre-disaster planning approach is more cost-effective. Every $1 spent on hazard mitigation (such as a disaster recovery plan) saves society $4 in response and recovery costs. [24] 2015 disaster recovery statistics suggest that downtime lasting for one hour can cost [25] small ...