Implement, Integrate and Maintain Mitigation Planning Activities

Mitigation is most effective when it is part of other community planning processes, regulations, and policies. The publications below will help communities integrate principles of hazard mitigation with planning efforts.

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The Earthquake Mitigation Planning Guide for Communities helps state, local, tribal, and territorial communities learn about their earthquake risk as they write or update their Hazard Mitigation Plan. This tool helps them assess earthquake hazards and create mitigation strategies. It includes practical advice for securing earthquake mitigation funding as well. Finally, it provides real-world examples of communities that are leading the way.

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This guide provides information on how state coastal managers and hazard mitigation planners can work together aligning Coastal Enhancement Strategies and Hazard Mitigation Plans to reduce risk.

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This fact sheet summarizes the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy and Hazard Mitigation Plan Alignment Guide. The Alignment Guide provides economic development and hazard mitigation practitioners with strategies to align EDA CEDS with FEMA-approved local mitigation plans. This will help create more resilient communities.

FEMA and the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) have produced the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy and Hazard Mitigation Plan Alignment Guide. The Alignment Guide provides economic development and hazard mitigation practitioners with strategies to align EDA CEDS with FEMA-approved local mitigation plans. This will help create more resilient communities.

While community officials plan for and carry out mitigation projects to protect the whole community, mitigation is effective for an individual home or property.

This brochure provide homeowners and renters with steps to prepare for and reduce disaster damage from storm surge.

FEMA provides hazard mitigation funding for eligible mitigation measures to state, tribal and territorial applicants. These applicants then provide subgrants to local governments to assist in reducing overall risk to people and property.

While community officials plan for and carry out mitigation projects to protect the whole community, mitigation is effective for an individual home or property.

This brochure provide homeowners and renters with steps to prepare for and reduce disaster damage from wildfire.

The Guides to Expanding Mitigation are designed to highlight the connection between mitigation and potential partners.

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Making the Connection to the Whole Community
This guide provides recommendations for working across the Whole Community to support hazard mitigation, especially in planning and project development. It is designed to help community officials initiate conversations about mitigation investments that can engage communities in becoming more resilient.

The Guides to Expanding Mitigation are designed to highlight the connection between mitigation and potential partners.

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Making the Connection to the Arts and Culture
This guide explores ways for community officials to work with the arts and culture sector to support hazard mitigation, including the planning process. This guide is a starting place for community officials to initiate a conversation with arts and culture partners about making investments in mitigation relevant and risk information accessible, while building the knowledge and capacity of the entire community.

The Guides to Expanding Mitigation are designed to highlight the connection between mitigation and potential partners.

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Making the Connection to Agriculture

This guide shows how community officials can work with the agriculture sector to support hazard mitigation, including the planning process. This guide can help community officials initiate a conversation about mitigation investments that will make agriculture more resilient.

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