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Hazard mitigation describes actions taken to help reduce or eliminate long-term risks caused by hazards or disasters, such as flooding, earthquakes, wildfires, landslides, or tsunamis. As the costs of disaster management and recovery continue to rise, governments and citizens must find ways to reduce hazard risks to our communities.
Mar 26, 2024 · What is hazard mitigation? Hazard mitigation is any ongoing or permanent action that reduces or eliminates risk to people and property. With less risk comes less damage and a faster recovery from disaster.
Apr 3, 2023 · Define hazard mitigation and the importance of hazard mitigation in sustainable communities. List the main components of each phase of the local hazard mitigation planning process. Identify hazard mitigation measures that are applicable to your community’s hazard risk problems.
Hazard mitigation lessens the impacts of natural hazards by taking actions before the next event. Hazard mitigation plans raise awareness of hazards, risks and vulnerabilities. They also identify ways to reduce risk and focus local resources on the greatest risks.
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Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities
FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) annual grant program supports SLTTs as they implement hazard mitigation projects to reduce the risks from disasters and natural hazards. The program is authorized by the Section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act). The BRIC program aims to categorically shift the federal focus away from reactive disaster spending and toward proactive investment in community resilience. FEMA fu...
Flood Mitigation Assistance Program
Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) grants provide funding to states, local communities, tribes and territories to reduce or eliminate the risk of repetitive flood damage to buildings insured under the National Flood Insurance Program(NFIP). The program is authorized by Section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act. FEMA’s priorities for the FY 2023 Flood Mitigation Assistance program are to: 1. Increase funding on Localized Flood Risk Reduction Projects, ensuring targeted support where it's...
Flood Mitigation Assistance Swift Current
The Flood Mitigation Assistance Swift Current (Swift Current) effort provides funding to mitigate repetitively and substantially flood-damaged buildings insured through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)after a presidentially declared flood-related disaster to reduce risk against future flood damage. Funds will be made available to states, territories, and federally recognized tribal governments that receive a major disaster declaration following a flood-related disaster event and me...
A Common Goal
The shared goal of all FEMA HMA programs is to reduce the loss of life and property due to natural hazards.
General Requirements
All mitigation projects must be cost-effective, technically feasible and effective, and compliant with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)and any other applicable requirements outlined in federal, state, territorial, federally recognized tribal and local laws. Additionally, all applicants and subapplicants must have a FEMA-approved Hazard Mitigation Plan.
Program Comparisons for Cost Share
Through its grant programs, FEMA typically funds the federal cost sharefor 75% of eligible activity costs. In certain cases, FEMA may provide up to 90% or 100%. Refer to Table 1 for additional information. Applicants and subapplicants must pay for the remaining 25%, non-federal costs share, of eligible activity costs with non-FEMA sources. In general, the non-federal cost share requirement may not be met with assistance from other federal agencies. However, exceptions include funding from the...
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and Hazard Mitigation Grant Program Post Fire
Applications are processed through the HMGP system (formerly known as National Emergency Management Information System, or NEMIS). Applicants must apply using the Application Development Module of the HMGP system. When doing so, they can create project applications and submit them to the appropriate FEMA Region Officewithin 12 months of a Presidential Disaster Declaration. For HMGP Post Fire, project applications may be submitted until March 31 of the next fiscal year in which the FMAG event...
Flood Mitigation Assistance and Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities
Applicants to the Flood Mitigation Assistance and BRIC programs are processed through FEMA's Grants Outcomes (FEMA GO) grants management system.
Swift Current
Applications must be received in Mitigation eGrants (MT eGrants) by the applicant’s submission deadline (3 p.m. EST). Applications received by MT eGrants after this date will not be considered for funding. Subapplicants should contact their State Hazard Mitigation Officerto find out their deadline to submit subapplications. If you need help, reach out to: MT eGrants Help Desk
Hazard mitigation is any sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to life and property from hazard events. It is an on-going process that occurs before, during, and after disasters and serves to break the cycle of damage and repair in hazardous areas.
Define hazard mitigation and the importance of hazard mitigation in sustainable communities. List the main components of each phase of the local hazard mitigation planning process. Identify hazard mitigation measures that are applicable to your community's hazard risk problems.
