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Pre-Disaster Planning relies heavily on the input of the entire community. Please take a few moments to let us know your experiences in your community. CLICK HERE
Natural hazards have the potential to cause property damage, loss of life, economic hardship, and threats to public health and safety. Hazard mitigation measures are the things you do today to be more protected in the future. They are measures taken before a disaster happens to reduce the impact that future disasters will have on people and property in the community. Mitigation reduces the risk of loss and creates a more disaster-resistant and sustainable community. Hazard mitigation measures are essential to breaking the typical disaster cycle of damage, reconstruction, and repeated damage.
Hazard mitigation plans are developed BEFORE a disaster strikes. The plans identify community policies, actions, and tools for long-term implementation to reduce risk and potential for future losses. Adopted, implemented and maintained on an ongoing basis, these plans will gradually, but steadily, lessen the impacts associated with hazard events in Atlantic County. As of November 1, 2004 communities without a FEMA-approved hazard mitigation plan are not eligible for FEMA project grant monies under programs such as the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), Flood Mitigation Assistance Program (FMA) and Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program (PDM). For more information please download our "Project Fact Sheet". The fact sheet presents an overview of the Atlantic County Multi-Jurisdictional Natural Hazard Mitigation Planning Project. CLICK HERE to view/download*. Press Releases Atlantic County Receives $225,000 FEMA Grant for Hazard Mitigation *This form is in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and require the Adobe Acrobat (pdf) reader. For a free copy of the reader Click Here. |
