The purpose of hazard mitigation is to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and their property from hazards. The County of Kern developed the Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (MJHMP) update to make the County, its residents and visitors less vulnerable to future hazard events.
Public review now open! From August 20 to September 11, 2020. Documents can be found on the “Public Draft HMP” page.
Does your neighborhood have its own Community Wildfire Protection Plan? Do you know where the flood zones are in the County? There are a lot of great resources available to the public and they can all be found here.
