Giles County participating in update of New River Valley Hazard Mitigation Plan

Giles County is participating alongside other regional localities to update the New River Valley Hazard Mitigation Plan. Pre-disaster hazard mitigation is about preventing or minimizing the physical, financial, and human impacts of natural disasters; the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) describes hazard mitigation as “sustained actions taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk from hazards and their effects.”

As part of the process for updating the plan, the localities participating are seeking public input to assist with identifying the region’s likely hazards, assessing the impact of them and determining what can be done to reduce or eliminate the risk they pose to people and property: this planning process will meet these goals and compile a plan for the New River Valley to implement policies, programs and projects that will build its resilience to disasters.

Citizens can review to progress of updating the plan and provide information that will be useful to the plan’s update by visiting http://www.engagenrv.org/hazard-mitigation-plan.