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Office of Emergency Management

The city of Phoenix has partnered with Maricopa County and other towns, cities, and tribal governments located within the county to review and update the existing multi-hazard mitigation plans, and to consolidate the plans into one multi-jurisdictional, multi-hazard mitigation plan.  A final draft of the 2009 Maricopa County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (Plan) is now available for review and comment.

The goal of mitigation planning efforts is to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to life and property from natural hazard events.  Mitigation is not how a jurisdiction responds to emergencies like floods and wildfires, but rather how preventative measures taken by a jurisdiction might lessen or even eliminate the impact of natural hazards.

The mitigation planning process involved identifying and profiling the natural hazards most likely to occur in a jurisdiction, assessing the vulnerability to the hazards, and establishing goals, actions, and projects that mitigate the associated risks.  The update of this mitigation Plan will also ensure participating jurisdictions remain eligible for non-emergency, federal hazard mitigation grants.

Residents are highly encouraged to review the updated Plan and offer comments.  For more information, please visit the multi-jurisdictional planning website at:

http://www.maricopa.gov/Emerg_Mgt/links.aspx

or contact:

Michael DeBenedetto or Jeri Todd
Phoenix Office of Emergency Management
michael.debenedetto@phoenix.gov
jeri.todd@phoenix.gov
602-534-0642

 or

 Cristina Herrera, Maricopa County Department of Emergency Management
cristinaherrera@mail.maricopa.gov