Local mitigation strategy (LMS) - Volusia County Government

SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION1.2 PURPOSEThe purpose of the Volusia County Multi-jurisdictional LMS is to: Provide a comprehensive update to the Volusia County Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, asamended in 2005 that is compliant with federal and state requirements.This Plan is intended to assist participating jurisdictions to comply with requirements inorder to expedite the response and recovery process. In addition, compliance is oftenrequired to obtain state and federal funding for pre-disaster mitigation projects andpost-disaster situations. This Plan allows participating jurisdictions to quickly assemblethe necessary grant application materials when seeking funding. Provide a methodical, substantive approach to mitigation planning.The use of a methodical approach ensures that each step in the planning process buildsupon the last, resulting in a high level of assurance that proposed mitigation actionshave a valid basis. Enhance public awareness and understanding of hazard mitigation planning.Engaging the public in the local mitigation planning process shapes the goals, objectivesand policies in this Plan. Further, it provides a method for educating the public on howto protect themselves from the impacts of hazards. Create a decision tool for management.This plan provides local managers, leaders and officials with the tools needed to reducevulnerabilities to future hazard events. Enhance local policies for hazard mitigation capability.The Capability Assessment found in Section 7 outlines the policies in Volusia County andthe participating jurisdictions to reduce hazard vulnerability. Volusia County theparticipating jurisdictions aim to enhance and create policies to address mitigating theimpacts of a hazard is such policies do not already exist. Assure inter-jurisdictional coordination of mitigation-related programming.By creating a multi-jurisdictional plan, this Plan ensures coordination of mitigationactivities. This ensures that mitigation actions proposed or implemented by onejurisdiction will be compatible with the actions pursued by another. Provide jurisdiction-specific hazard mitigation vulnerability assessments and actions.The vulnerability of each jurisdiction will be outlaid in the Vulnerability Assessment.Further, each jurisdiction, based on its vulnerability, will have actions to address hazardvulnerability.Volusia County Multi-jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation PlanFebruary 20101:3