Part 3 of 5 in our August series on Public Safety and Hazard Mitigation in the Comprehensive Plan. When most people hear “hazard mitigation,” they think of floods, tornadoes, wildfires, or winter storms. Those are real and familiar risks, especially in rural communities. But communities also face hazards created by the systems we build, the […]
Public Safety and the Comprehensive Plan: What’s Coming in August
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 […]