Transcript Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000

THE COUNTY OF
YUBA
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000
Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000*
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Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA
2000) requires:
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hazard mitigation planning as a part of the
Stafford Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act.
 Local
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government entities are required:
to develop and submit local hazard mitigation
plans by November 1, 2004 to be eligible to
receive federal hazard mitigation grant
program (HMGP) funds.
* Public Law 106-390
DMA 2000
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Increases the emphasis on multi-agency
integrated planning for reducing disaster
costs in terms of loss of life, loss of
property, and economic disruption
Emphasizes the local government’s
responsibility for mitigation of hazards
Increases the emphasis placed on state and
local planning to:
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Assess risks
Implement loss reduction measures
Ensure critical services/facilities survive a
disaster
Risk Assessments
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Risk assessments should provide:
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The factual basis for activities proposed in the
strategy to reduce losses from identified hazards.
Sufficient information to enable the jurisdiction to
identify and prioritize appropriate mitigation actions
to reduce losses from identified hazards.
44 CFR Part 201.6(c)(2)
Risk Assessment
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plan must include:
a description of the type, location, and extent
of all natural hazards that can affect the
jurisdiction.
information on previous occurrences of
hazard events and on the probability of future
hazard events.
44 CFR 201.6(c)(2)(i)
Risk Assessment
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Plan must include:
a description of the jurisdiction’s vulnerability
to each identified hazard
an overall summary of each identified hazard
and its impact on the community.
44 CFR 201.6(c)(2)(ii)
Vulnerability
The plan should include:
A description of vulnerability –
types and numbers of existing buildings,
infrastructure, and critical facilities
An estimate for each identified hazard of the
potential dollar losses to vulnerable structures
identified
A description of the methodology used to prepare
the estimates.
Vulnerability (continued)
The vulnerability description should also
include a discussion of future buildings
infrastructure and critical facilities, and the
potential human and economic impact that
each identified hazard would have on the
jurisdiction.
44 CFR 201.6(c)(ii)(A) & (B)
Mitigation Strategy
The Plan must include a mitigation strategy that
provides the jurisdiction’s blueprint for reducing
the potential losses identified in the risk
assessment based on existing authorities,
policies, programs and resources, and its ability
to expand on and improve these existing tools.
44 CFR 201.6(c)(3)
Mitigation Strategy (Continued)
The Mitigation Strategy shall address
FEMA’s Floodplain Map Modernization
Program and Repetitive Loss Initiative
including: prioritization of mitigation
measures towards repetitive loss
properties; fulfillment of CRS planning
requirements, and FEMA’s on-going field
and database verification projects for
repetitive loss properties.
Local Hazard Mitigation Goals
The Plan shall include a description of
mitigation goals to reduce or avoid longterm vulnerabilities to the identified
hazards.
44 CFR 201.6(c)(3)(i)
Identification & Analysis of
Mitigation Measures
The Plan shall include a section that identifies,
evaluates, and analyzes a comprehensive range
of specific mitigation actions and projects being
considered to reduce the effects of each hazard
identified, with particular emphasis on new and
existing buildings and infrastructure.
44 CFR 201.6(c)(3)(ii)
Implementation of Mitigation
Measures
The plan shall include an action plan describing
how the actions identified will be prioritized,
implemented, and administered by the local
jurisdiction. This Section shall include the
implementation timeline; the funding sources or
other resources that will be used to implement
the strategy, when possible; and the agency or
personnel responsible for carrying out these
actions.
44 CFR 201.6(c)(3)(iii)
Implementation of Mitigation
Measures
For FEMA program funding these
mitigation measures must be cost
effective, environmentally sound and
technically feasible. The local jurisdiction
and the State must prioritize the measures
based on these criteria.
Implementation Through
Existing Programs
The Plan must include a description of the
process by which local jurisdictions
incorporate the requirements of the
mitigation plan into other planning
mechanisms such as comprehensive or
capital improvement plans, when
appropriate.
44 CFR 201.6(c)(4)(ii)
New Yuba County OES Web Page
http://www.co.yuba.ca.us/content/departments/oes
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The web site will contain information helpful to:
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Stakeholders involved in the planning process, and
The general public looking for preparedness information.