Hazard Mitigation

WHAT IS HAZARD MITIGATION?

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) defines hazard mitigation as, “any sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to life and property from natural hazards.” Another way to understand hazard mitigation is as the prevention component of the emergency management process.

THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CYCLE

Preparedness activities are the emergency plans, training, drills, and exercises that individuals, communities and first responders participate in on almost a daily basis. These are things done to get ready for an emergency or disaster before it happens.

Response is the short-term, emergency actions taken to address the immediate impacts of a hazard.

Recovery is the longer-term process of restoring the community back to normal or pre-disaster conditions.

Mitigation activities are actions that will prevent or eliminate losses, even if an incident does occur. Mitigation can reduce or eliminate the need for an emergency response and greatly reduce the recovery period.

This may sound complicated, but we all do many of these things on a daily basis.

2021 LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN (LHMP)

This 2021 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) Update serves to update the 2015 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved Yuba County LHMP. The purpose of hazard mitigation is to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and property from hazards. View plan here

Yuba County Office of Emergency Services