During the planning process, BRADD staff met with stakeholders (see the Planning section for details) to understand the region’s mitigation needs. After 60+ meetings with local officials, city and county employees, local interest groups, and members of the public, BRADD staff helped create six goals for the region’s mitigation strategy. These goals were approved by BRADD’s Regional Hazard Mitigation Committee.
- Objective 1.1: Minimize the loss of life and number of injuries related to disaster events through implementation of mitigation projects throughout the region.
- Objective 1.2: Minimize the disruption to and enhance rapid restoration of transportation systems.
- Objective 1.3: Minimize the disruption to and enhance rapid restoration of utility systems including broadband & communication infrastructure and systems.
- Objective 1.4: Minimize the disruption to and enhance rapid restoration of all identified critical infrastructure.
- Objective 1.5: Reduce the number of critical facilities in hazard areas.
- Objective 1.6 Minimize the damages to groundwater and the environment as a result of damages caused by hazards.
- Objective 2.1: Utilize available mitigation measures to reduce the number of vulnerable structures in the hazard areas.
- Objective 2.2: Improve the resistance of structures in the community against natural hazards.
- Objective 3.1: Enforce and enhance existing policies and authorities.
- Objective 3.2: Develop new policies such as ordinances and building codes that will require new structures meet standards for hazard areas.
- Objective 3.3: Revise existing and develop new regulations that promote mitigation activities.
- Objective 3.4: Develop plans at the local level to enhance hazard mitigation.
- Objective 4.1: Educate the public about hazards prevalent in their jurisdiction.
- Objective 4.2: Increase public understanding, support, and awareness for hazard mitigation to maintain community resiliency.
- Objective 4.3: Develop and maintain education on evacuation processes.
- Objective 4.4: Educate the citizenry about the availability of insurance options.
- Objective 5.1: Improve each jurisdictions capability to identify and map vulnerable structures and critical facilities.
- Objective 5.2: Reduce vulnerability of future development by creating databases that identity risk areas and loss potentials in order to mitigate during development.
- Objective 5.3: Reduce vulnerability and increase the jurisdiction’s communication systems and ability to direct emergency services and resources to the appropriate hazard areas.
- Objective 5.4 Improve each jurisdiction’s training capability to respond to special incidents and/or events that may arise due to unique circumstances.
- Objective 6.1: Train volunteers to support and implement mitigation activities through Citizen Corps (including CERT, MRC, FireCorps, etc.) and other programs that will enhance the response capabilities of the local jurisdictions to work toward self-sustainability when responding to hazards.
- Objective 6.2: Pursue regional, local, and inter-agency partnerships to increase communication and coordination for hazard mitigation and disaster response.