Natural Hazards and the Comprehensive Plan: The Hazards Are Already on the Map

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Part 2 of 5 in our August series on Public Safety and Hazard Mitigation in the Comprehensive Plan. Every community has natural hazards. Not every community has chosen to shape their future to put resilience to hazards front and center. That distinction is at the heart of hazard mitigation and comprehensive planning. Tornadoes, floods, drought, […]

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Public Safety and the Comprehensive Plan: What’s Coming in August

public safety comprehensive plan — aerial view of rural community with emergency services infrastructure and natural hazard landscape

Introducing our August series on Public Safety and Hazard Mitigation in the Comprehensive Plan. In too many communities, the comprehensive plan and the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan live in separate binders — prepared by separate offices, often in separate counties, by decisionmakers who may not know each other, let alone talk to one another. It’s […]

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