Executive Summary

Napa County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Update 2024

The County of Napa is in the process of updating its Hazard Mitigation Plan to reduce losses resulting from natural disasters. This plan strives to identify and reduce vulnerability of the County’s residents, visitors, and infrastructure to future hazard events.

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Napa County is in the process of drafting a Multi-Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan Update to reduce losses resulting from natural disasters. Hazard mitigation is the use of sustained, long-term actions to reduce the loss of life, personal injury, and property damage that can result from a disaster.

Planning efforts could include capital projects and other pragmatic activities that can mitigate the impacts of hazards. The 2024 HMP Update will cover each of the major natural hazards that pose risks to County infrastructure and residents.

Recognizing that successful mitigation planning efforts must be communicated and understood by the public, the County approach will include stakeholder participation and input with the use of GIS technology to map and update the hazard information for each hazard profiled in the 2024 HMP.

The process will incorporate input from the public, from Federal and State land management agencies, including the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and the US Forest Service, and from neighboring and regional agencies. The Hazard Mitigation Plan could also be used to document and coordinate mitigation efforts among Federal, State, and local jurisdictions.

Mitigation Planning Benefits

Identifying actions for risk reduction through collaboration with stakeholders and the public
Focusing resources on the greatest risks and vulnerabilities
Building partnerships by involving citizens, organizations, and businesses
Increasing education and awareness of threats and hazards, as well as their risks
Communicating priorities to State and Federal officials
Aligning risk reduction with other community objectives

Update Requirements & DMA 2000

A current and approved hazard mitigation plan is a prerequisite for jurisdictions wishing to pursue funding under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) if a Federal disaster should occur. The Stafford Act constitutes the statutory authority for most Federal disaster response and recovery activities, especially as they pertain to FEMA and FEMA programs.

On October 30, 2000, the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act was amended by Public Law 106-390 and is referred to as the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000). As a DMA 2000 requirement, the HMP must be updated every five (5) years to remain in compliance with regulations and Federal mitigation grant conditions. Federal regulations require hazard mitigation plans to include a plan for monitoring, evaluating, and updating the hazard mitigation plan. A current and approved hazard mitigation plan is a prerequisite for jurisdictions wishing to pursue funding under the Stafford Act.

Project Funding Information

Napa County is using funding from the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program to complete the MJHMP update. The “County” has contracted with Dynamic Planning + Science to update the current Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. The consultant will provide process facilitation, stakeholder outreach, data collection and analysis, plan writing, and strategy development.

Executive Summary

Napa County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan Update 2024

Mitigation Planning Benefits

Update Requirements & DMA 2000

Project Funding Information

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