In an effort to reduce the Nation's disaster losses through pre-disaster mitigation planning, the United States Congress passed the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000. This legislation makes the development of a hazard mitigation plan a specific eligibility requirement for any local government applying for federal mitigation grant funding, including the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) and the Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Program.
H-GAC, the Texas Division of Emergency Management (DEM) and 85 local governments developed a regional plan during 2004, 2005 and 2006. The comprehensive plan identifies regional hazards and vulnerabilities, and includes over 300 mitigation projects that could be implemented within our region.
Types of projects include acquiring floodplain property, buying out flood prone homes, increasing culvert capacity, improving regional drainage, building tornado shelters, and implementing early warning systems and public outreach programs.
H-GAC received formal approval of the plan on April 28, 2006 and worked with the local partners to adopt the plan for every participating community.
If you are a plan participant and need assistance completing grant applications using the Regional hazard Mitigation Plan, please contact Chuck Wemple at 713-993-4514 or cwemple@h-gac.com.
Please click on the hyperlinks below to download individual sections of the Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan.
DOWNLOAD (PDF)
SECTION 1: Introduction 452K
SECTION 2: Planning Process 214K
SECTION 3: Community Profile 2M
SECTION 4: Hazard Identification 1.6M, Analysis 2.3M and Vulnerability Assessment 3.7M
SECTION 5: Capability Assessment 566K
SECTION 6: Mitigation Strategy 103K
SECTION 7: Plan Maintenance Procedures 53K
APPENDIX A: Local Mitigation Actions 1.62M
APPENDIX C: Crosswalks 1.2M
APPENDIX D: Survey and Results 863K
MAPS: (PDF)
Austin
Brazoria
Chambers
Galveston
Liberty
Montgomery
Walker
Waller
H-GAC will be working with participating communities to adopt the HazMAP following FEMA approval. For additional information please contact Chuck Wemple at (713) 993-4514 or cwemple@h-gac.com.
Links
Federal Register Notices
February 26, 2002
October 1, 2002
Federal Emergency Management Agency
State Mitigation Requirements