Hazard Mitigation

This functional plan details a hazard mitigation strategy for the city. Its recommended actions advance the following goals: 

• Minimizing death and property loss from natural hazards 

• Protecting public health and safety 

• Increasing public awareness of risk 

• Reducing risk and effects of natural hazards 

• Identifying hazards and assessing risks 

• Ascertaining historical incidences and frequency of hazard events 

• Determining increased risk to specific hazards due to location or other factors 

• Improving disaster prevention 

• Improving forecasting 

• Limiting building in high-risk areas 

• Improving building construction 

• Improving government and public response to natural hazards