MITIGATION
Mitigation
Act of 2000
Building Support for Mitigation
Planning.
Guam Hazard Mitigation Plan - (Draft)
What is mitigation?
Mitigation is any step taken to reduce the likelihood of a disaster occurring
or, in the event a disaster cannot be prevented, lessening its impact.
A good example of mitigation is the relocation of houses out of flood-prone
areas. Mitigation has become firmly cemented in state and federal disaster
programs over the past few years, primarily due to the overwhelming success
of mitigation activities nationwide.
In practice, mitigation can take many forms. It can involve actions such
as:
- Promoting sound land use planning based on known hazards
- Buying flood insurance to protect your belongings
- Relocating or elevating structures out of the floodplains
- Securing shelves and water heaters to nearby walls
- Developing, adopting, and enforcing effective building codes and standards
- Engineering roads and bridges to withstand earthquakes
- Using fire-retardant materials in new construction
- Developing and implementing a plan in your business or community to
reduce your susceptibility to hazards
You can learn more about mitigation by viewing FEMA's web site on Mitigation.
Hazard Mitigation Application
HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM
Section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act established the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) in November
1988. Regulations governing the HMGP can be found at 44
Code of Federal Regulations
206. It was created to assists states
and local communities in implementing long-term hazard mitigation measures
following a major disaster declaration. The Catalogue of Federal Domestic
Assistance for HMGP is 83.548.
The Program's objectives are:
- To prevent future losses of lives and property due to disasters
- To implement State or local Hazard Mitigation plans
- To enable mitigation measures to be implemented during immediate recovery
from a disaster, and
- To provide funding for previously identified mitigation measures that
benefit the disaster area.
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