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Pre-Disaster Mitigation grant money is given to the State that, in turn, is given to local governments for mitigation activities such as planning and the implementation of projects through evaluation of natural hazards. http://www.wfrc.org/programs/hazard.htm
The plan update not only involves a comprehensive review and evaluation of each section of the plan, but also a discussion of the results of evaluation and monitoring activities detailed in the Plan Maintenance section of the previously approved plan.
Plan updates may validate the information in the previously approved plan, or may involve a major plan rewrite. A plan update must stand on its own as a complete and current plan.
Other criteria that will be considered during the update include:
if changing situations have modified goals/objectives/actions and/or hazards;
if additional information is available to perform more accurate vulnerability assessments;
if it is determined that participating jurisdictions wish to be added to and/or removed from the Plan; or
if it is determined that the Plan no longer addresses current and expected future conditions.
The Newton County Hazard Mitigation Stakeholders determined that the implementation process should be coordinated within a nascent organization called the Newton County Hazard Mitigation Committee (which will consist of County Commissioners, County Emergency Management Director, municipal public officials, fire protection, law enforcement, emergency, and public health officials).
This Committee will convene to move through this plan so to implement and initiate the Hazard Mitigation Plan’s actions and coordinate all the grants through SEMA by recommending which projects warrant priority based upon the analysis of this Plan and their participation there within.
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