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PUBLIC COMMENT: Iowa County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan 2020-2025
The public comment period is now open for the Iowa County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan 2020-2025. The public comment period will remain open through June 17, 2020. Comments may be provided through the form on this page, emailed to tom.gruis@ecicog.org, or mailed to Tom Gruis at the address listed at the bottom of this page. The plan will allow participating jurisdictions within Iowa County to maintain eligibility for FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grants beyond 2020. A digital draft of the plan and the appendix is linked below. The plan has been submitted to FEMA for review. Iowa County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan 2020-2025 Hazard Mitigation Plan 2020-2025 Appendix 2015-2020 Plan Iowa County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan 2015-2020 Appendicies |
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September 4, 2019 Meeting Slides and Handouts
Hazard Mitigation Planning
The primary purpose of hazard mitigation planning is to identify how a community can minimize the negative impacts of natural, human caused, and combination hazards. This type of planning attempts to minimize death, injury, property damage, and community disruption. The secondary purpose of hazard mitigation planning is to maintain a local government’s eligibility to apply for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) funding, which includes the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Grant Program, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), and the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) program.
The importance of hazard mitigation planning was recognized at the federal level in the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, which was amended most recently by the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000).
A hazard mitigation plan broadly includes four sections: 1) documentation and description of the planning process, 2) a hazard analysis and risk assessment, 3) a mitigation strategy, and 4) a plan maintenance process.
The primary purpose of hazard mitigation planning is to identify how a community can minimize the negative impacts of natural, human caused, and combination hazards. This type of planning attempts to minimize death, injury, property damage, and community disruption. The secondary purpose of hazard mitigation planning is to maintain a local government’s eligibility to apply for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) funding, which includes the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Grant Program, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), and the Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) program.
The importance of hazard mitigation planning was recognized at the federal level in the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, which was amended most recently by the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000).
A hazard mitigation plan broadly includes four sections: 1) documentation and description of the planning process, 2) a hazard analysis and risk assessment, 3) a mitigation strategy, and 4) a plan maintenance process.
A printed copy of the plan can be made available for review at the ECICOG office. To request a printed copy or for more information on hazard mitigation please contact Tom Gruis at tom.gruis@ecicog.org or 319-365-9941 ext. 130.
