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.
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Survey Results
Your opinion matters! The information you provide will help us identify and coordinate projects focused on reducing the risk of injury or damage to property from future hazard events (e.g. wildfires, floods, earthquakes).
The survey should take approximately 5 minutes to complete and is anonymous.
REVIEW THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN!
Public review now open! From August 20 to September 11, 2020. Documents can be found on the “Public Draft HMP” page.
Discover County Planning Documents
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.