Recovery Assistance & Mitigation Planning

Recovery Planner Jennifer Gerbasi

 

Beyond the Basics – Hazard Mitigation Plan Development Tips

Friday April 25, 2014 07:30 am

A new website is available to help communities get Beyond the Basics in their approach to reducing flood risk and other hazards. The website was designed to walk communities through the plan drafting process to have a place-specific plan that helps each community reach its goals. For a great look at what the update of a plan looks like, visit http://mitigationguide.org/


Over the next 4-6 months, the Parish will be updating the Hazard Mitigation Plan as required by FEMA. More than a FEMA requirement to earn mitigation funding, this is an opportunity to brainstorm about how to build safer and stronger for the future. The site provides step by step advice and worksheets to help communities through the decision making process. Links lead readers to whatever level of detail each needs. 

The Parish is in the process of hiring a firm to manage the process and draft the plan. These professionals have drafted many plans adopted by FEMA and the State. However, it is Terrebonne Parish’s plan, and only the input of local stakeholders will make it our plan, and our future. If you would like to actively participate in the plan development, call Jennifer Gerbasi at 873-6565 to receive updates on meeting and materials. 

The Beyond the Basics website was developed as part of a multi-year research study funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Coastal Hazards Center of Excellence and led by the Center for Sustainable Community Design within the Institute for the Environment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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