Mitigation plan draft available for public review

Would you like to learn more about what Park, Hot Springs, Washakie and Big Horn counties are doing to minimize the impacts of floods, dam failures, wildfires, hazardous materials incidents, and other hazards?

A draft of the updated Regional Hazard Mitigation Plan, which includes individual county annexes, is being made available for public review and comment.

The plan assesses risks posed by natural and man-made hazards, identifies ways to reduce those risks, and allows each county to be eligible for mitigation grant funding from FEMA.

Counties in the region are now soliciting public comment on the plan before it’s finalized and submitted for FEMA review and approval. The final plan will be re-adopted by each participating county and municipality before it becomes official. The comment period runs through December 22.

The plan can be accessed on the Hot Springs County website at http://www.hscounty.com

For more information, please HSC Emergency Management Coordinator Bill Gordon at 864-4649.